Open AccessApelaciones, deseos y mensajes para la eternidad. El llamado a los vivos en las estelas abideanas del Reino Medio
Author(s) -
Pablo Martín Rosell
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
trabajos de egiptología
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1695-4750
DOI - 10.25145/j.tde.2020.11.18
Subject(s) - appeal , visitor pattern , humanities , context (archaeology) , order (exchange) , art , osiris , cartography , art history , history , geography , law , political science , archaeology , computer science , finance , economics , programming language , botany , biology
The appeal to the living refers to some inscriptions left by the deceased on their graves and funerary monuments allowing any visitor to read and recite them in order to perpetuate their name, their memory and guarantee the symbolic provision of offerings. The appeal to the living has been known since the end of the Old Kingdom and can be found throughout the Pharaonic history. In this paper, we will analyse the appeals to the living found in a large number of votive stelae from Abydos. These stelae were set up in Abydos as part of the feasts of the Osiris Mysteries. Based on their analysis, this paper attempts to reveal some questions about these appeals to the living such as: Who was the addressee? What were their intentions? What kind of demands did they use to request? What kind of reward would be offered to the visitors who recite their claims? And how these appeals are registered within the context of the annual pilgrimages for the celebrations of the Osiris Mysteries in Abydos?