Holy Spirit on the Nedjemankh Coffin

Holy Spirit on the Nedjemankh Coffin

Nearly three centuries into the last and longest dynasty of Ancient Egypt a period marked by cultural fusion One of the ancient Egyptian gods with the head of a ram. Gilded burial rituals from the late Ptolemaic period The Nedjemonk sarcophagus built during the Ptolemaic period c. 150–50 BC contains the mummy Nedjemonk, representing the deceased with a sacred braided beard and a wide collar apex of the sun hunter and wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt adorned with two feathers The face of the Nedjemonk sarcophagus is a gilded ancient Egyptian sarcophagus from the late Ptolemaic period. 

The lid of the coffin of Nedjemankh / image : Merja Attia

Priest of Herishaph the ram god the ancient Egyptian god of fertility and creation Centered at Heracleopolis Magna Herishaph ruled the riverbanks A figure from the Nedjemankh sarcophagus contains the mummy of Herishaph who dwells on the lake In the Book of the Dead references to and claims that having this symbol around the mummy will help the soul return to the afterlife It allows for resurrection just as Osiris was resurrected and is linked to the inscriptions in the Book of the Dead which recount the heroic deeds a person performed while alive. 

The lid of the coffin of Nedjemankh / image : Merja Attia

The body and soul are sacred just like the gods in the afterlife The symbol of the jeddah and the presence of this symbol around the mummy of the jeddah pillar in the legend of Osiris and the sacred tree also took root and grew rapidly around the coffin The coffin lid is covered with small images or funeral incantations weighing the heart and burying the mummy There are inscriptions invoking gold and silver Inside is the image of Nut the goddess of the sky There are inscriptions of prayers about gold and silver which are related to the flesh of the gods Decorated with precious metals, gold on the outside and silver on the inside which is like a house will live a spiritual life in the afterlife

The house that served as the tomb of Nedjemankh during the transport of the sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian priests which in the late Ptolemaic period was gilded Egyptian rituals were marked by inscriptions invoking gold and silver Inside there was a figure of Nut the goddess of the sky,partially covered with silver foil On the base of the sarcophagus was a pillar a symbol of stability and connection with the gods The pillar resembling a human being stood in the center left. Inside the shrine there was a human figure with the pillar as the head. Hieroglyphics which represented the stability of the sarcophagus Nedjemankh displayed many rank as a priest who devoted his life to the ram god Herishv decorated with idols and residing in Herakleopolis and Herishv the god of the temple at Herakleopolis Magna the Roman name of the capital of Upper Egypt.