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Research paper thumbnail of A POSSIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DEPICTIONS of the OFFERINGS ON THE TABLE AND THE CHANGE IN SUSTENANCE OF THE DECEASED

Early in the Old Kingdom small bread loaves were represented on the offering table that was depic... more Early in the Old Kingdom small bread loaves were represented on the offering table that was depicted on the panel of the false door(s) and/or the chapel wall(s) on which this scene could be placed. In the course of the Old Kingdom these loaves grew larger and eventually changed into reed plumes. In this study it is determined that this development is in line with the chronology of the overall change of the mode of sustenance of the deceased as described by the author in a previous study (L.H. Roeten,The decoration on the cult chapel walls of the Old Kingdom tombs at Giza (Leiden, Boston, 2014). The chronological simultaneity of the appearance of the hunting scene on the northern wall of the chapel is included in the study.
These developments can be explained with the change in the ideas about life after death that came with the introduction of the Osiris cult. This study also makes clear that the cult was in development even before its first written evidence appeared (reign of Neuserre‛).

Research paper thumbnail of A POSSIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DEPICTIONS of the OFFERINGS ON THE TABLE AND THE CHANGE IN SUSTENANCE OF THE DECEASED

Early in the Old Kingdom small bread loaves were represented on the offering table that was depic... more Early in the Old Kingdom small bread loaves were represented on the offering table that was depicted on the panel of the false door(s) and/or the chapel wall(s) on which this scene could be placed. In the course of the Old Kingdom these loaves grew larger and eventually changed into reed plumes. In this study it is determined that this development is in line with the chronology of the overall change of the mode of sustenance of the deceased as described by the author in a previous study (L.H. Roeten,The decoration on the cult chapel walls of the Old Kingdom tombs at Giza (Leiden, Boston, 2014). The chronological simultaneity of the appearance of the hunting scene on the northern wall of the chapel is included in the study.
These developments can be explained with the change in the ideas about life after death that came with the introduction of the Osiris cult. This study also makes clear that the cult was in development even before its first written evidence appeared (reign of Neuserre‛).

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