Dr. Yekaterina Barbash
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 9 Jul
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And an image of a vulture is added in the vignette.
And at the end of the recitation, there are directions for the ritualist.
It explains very specifically words spoken over the gold vulture on which this formula is written.
and it should be placed on the spirit on the day of burial.
So very specific instructions in the papyrus.
Interestingly enough, the instructions do not always match what we find in archaeology.
Most often,
The amulets are not inscribed with that spell.
Sometimes they use a totally different material.
So instead of gold, they might use stone.
They were very flexible about some rules, it seems.
Absolutely, absolutely.
There are instructions for amulets, there are instructions for
kind of a silly name, what we call magic bricks to be placed at the cardinal points of tomb that are described in books of the dead.
And then examples have been found in tombs.
So they actually did follow the directions, but sometimes intentionally or unintentionally changed them, changed the rules.
Yes and no.
There is a choice.
Sometimes they were placed inside the coffin.
Sometimes they were placed on top of the body, either as a scroll in certain periods of time, like in the third intermediate period, they would be
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