La identificación del muerto con Osiris durante el Egipto ptolemaico
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2023
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El objetivo de esta tesis doctoral es investigar sobre «La identificación del muerto con Osiris durante el Egipto ptolemaico». El dios Osiris era uno de los más importantes del Antiguo Egipto y su popularidad se diseminó en el Mediterráneo debido a su mujer y hermana Isis. Además, los rituales funerarios en Egipto estaban ligados al mito osiriano, específicamente al proceso de embalsamamiento. La momificación era un ritual que se realizaba para conservar el cuerpo y, desde el Reino Medio, cumplía el propósito de identificar al difunto con Osiris a través de esta ceremonia. En algunos casos, pero no de forma tan habitual como se pensó en un primer momento en el ámbito de la egiptología, las mujeres se identificaban con la diosa de la fertilidad Hathor. La momificación continúa siendo el ritual funerario principal en el Egipto ptolemaico. Ser enterrado de cierta manera implica aceptar esta forma para la eternidad, lo cual se relaciona directamente con las creencias funerarias y con la identidad mortuoria. Esta última no se limita a un único aspecto, hay multitud de identidades en nosotros, pero la identidad funeraria solo es elegida una vez y dura para siempre. Debido a la multiplicidad de identidades, no es extraño que las personas que se identificaban como griegos en algunos aspectos de su vida diaria en el Egipto ptolemaico pudiesen elegir el ritual funerario egipcio para ser enterrados. Al contrario de lo que se solía pensar, los griegos y los egipcios no fueron dos grupos separados durante este periodo de la historia...
The aim of this dissertation is to investigate about «The identification of the dead with Osiris during the Ptolemaic Egypt». The god Osiris was one of the most important gods in Ancient Egypt, and its popularity widespread through the Mediterranean due to his wife and sister, Isis. Also, funerary rituals in Egypt were linked to the Osirian myth, specifically the embalming process. Mummification was an Egyptian ritual performed to preserve the body and, from the Middle Kingdom onwards, served the purpose of identifying the dead with Osiris through this ceremony. In some cases, but not as usual as Egyptology thought in the first place, women identified with the fertility goddess Hathor.Mummification in Ptolemaic Egypt continues to be the main funerary ritual. To be buried in a certain way is to accept this condition for eternity, that is directly related to funerary beliefs and mortuary identity. The latter is not restricted to a single aspect, there are a multitude of identities in us, but the funerary identity is only chosen once and lasts forever.Due to the multiplicity of cultural identities, it is not strange that people who identified as Greek in some aspects of their daily life in Ptolemaic Egypt would choose an Egyptian funerary ritual to be buried. As opposed to what we used to think, Greeks and Egyptians were not two separate social groups during this period of history...
The aim of this dissertation is to investigate about «The identification of the dead with Osiris during the Ptolemaic Egypt». The god Osiris was one of the most important gods in Ancient Egypt, and its popularity widespread through the Mediterranean due to his wife and sister, Isis. Also, funerary rituals in Egypt were linked to the Osirian myth, specifically the embalming process. Mummification was an Egyptian ritual performed to preserve the body and, from the Middle Kingdom onwards, served the purpose of identifying the dead with Osiris through this ceremony. In some cases, but not as usual as Egyptology thought in the first place, women identified with the fertility goddess Hathor.Mummification in Ptolemaic Egypt continues to be the main funerary ritual. To be buried in a certain way is to accept this condition for eternity, that is directly related to funerary beliefs and mortuary identity. The latter is not restricted to a single aspect, there are a multitude of identities in us, but the funerary identity is only chosen once and lasts forever.Due to the multiplicity of cultural identities, it is not strange that people who identified as Greek in some aspects of their daily life in Ptolemaic Egypt would choose an Egyptian funerary ritual to be buried. As opposed to what we used to think, Greeks and Egyptians were not two separate social groups during this period of history...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Filología, leída el 09-06-2023