Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: One of seasonal deities in ancient Egypt was god Nepri, god of grains and germination. Thispaper aims at highlighting this deity which there was no monograph about him as yet. This willbe through some religious texts and representations which are related to this deity. God Nepriplayed an important role in Egyptian religion, this fact is confirmed by coffin texts, book of thedead and the Imy-dwAt. Npri's role in the, book of the dead in terms of providing the dead withfood and it is a limited role comparing to his roles in the coffin texts which were linked toresurrection and life that he grants for the dead.
Author: Abu-El-Nadar W.
Institution: Higher Institute for Tourism, Hotels and Computer
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2804444859