Ritual repair of mummies in the DeB 320 royal cache

Afterlives of Ancient Egypt with Kara Cooney

During the process of recommodification and reburial by 21st Dynasty elites, several royal mummies in the Deir el Bahri 320 (also known as TT 320) burial cache were badly damaged. In this episode, Kara and Amber discuss the evidence we have for the ritual repair of these mummies carried out during their reburial, including the term rdit Wsir, “to make an Osiris.”

Ritner, Robert, 2009, The Libyan Anarchy: Inscriptions from Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period.

Ritner, Robert, 1993, The Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice.

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