Egyptian Corn-mummies: A class of religious artefacts catalogued and systematically analysed

This work focuses on the study of Egyptian corn-mummies. The aim is to record and analyse this class of objects in terms of form, decoration, representational theme, archaeological and cultural context, chronology and use. Corn-mummies are mummiform objects, 35¿50 cm long, made from a mixture of earth and grain, wrapped in resin-soaked linen bandages and often provided with Osirian wax mask and four small packages interpreted as the Sons of Horus. A catalogue, comprising 96 specimens, is provided as basis for their interpretation in the light of literary, pictorial and archaeological related evidence, associated religious beliefs and symbolic concepts. This book constitutes a valid contribution to the study of ancient Egyptian religious practice and a very useful resource both for scholars interested in traditions surroundings the god Osiris and for museum curators and others who wish to situate particular corn-mummies within a broader temporal and symbolic context. Read more