Click here (pyramidtextsonline.com), and follow the links, for some remarkable views of mortuary inscriptions from Egypt's 5th and 6th Dynasties...
What observations do you make regarding the relationships between the graphic (hieroglyphic) and spatial layouts of these tombs? How might these positionings contribute to the efficacy of the magic?
3 comments:
Wow this is a really cool chamber. The text covers the entirety of the walls as though to create a sort of sacred little plane of spirit world on earth. The inscriptions are repetitious in their nature, not precisely repeating but constantly rephrasing, praising the deities and Unas. It's an incantation. As for the layout, the presence of an antechamber seems to suggest a sort of readying area - a place for people to become sacred prior to entry.
-Devon Naudé
I agree with the comment above. The placement of the texts on the walls is very cool, text is surrounding every inch of the tomb which may be done to ensure the magic to work.
-Taylor E.
It seems that going deeper into the tomb the hieroglyphics became stronger in spells. I thinik that the fact that there are more tightly written hieroglyphics the closer you get to the body the stronger the spells are.
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