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21 juin 2022
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Carlos Gracia Zamacona, « How to become a flea, and what for? Coffin Texts spell 49 », Inside Ancient Egyptian Graphemics, ID : 10.58079/o4yy
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In the ancient Egyptian mortuary texts, the deceased takes the shape of different entities (animals, plants and other natural elements, also gods) to prevail over dangers in the Netherworld. In the Coffin Texts spells 49, the deceased adopts the surprising shape of a flea. Today, we know only six copies of this spell on coffins from Dayr al-Barsha, the necropolis of ancient Hermopolis (Egyptian Khemenu). Keeping in mind how complex these texts are to understand, the Coffin Texts spell 49 see...