A guest post by Adam Morser, a post -graduate student at Manchester Metropolitan University, is studying the extraordinary painting of twenty seconds of family coffins.
Hipopoxymps (ancient Greek ἱππόκα, which is translated as a marine monster or marine horse) is a legendary creature that is primarily included in the Greek story, as well as Roman, Etroskin and Pactish fiction. It is commonly shown as a hybrid creature that has the upper body of the horse and the lower body of the fish. In Greek poetry, both the Homer and Apolonius of the Rhodes Reference, both in the seventh and third centuries BC, spread and gaze to the Posiden’s horses, however, that it is only from Velaryus Flakos’s first -century advertising writings that Posidon’s horse is described by two sides.
In connection with archaeological evidence, the 5th and fourth century BC is the BC when the reflection of the hippocampus began to become commonplace, such as earthen pots and coins. The thing that is thought to be one of the early maps of the hippocampus, which is a brochure of gold from the royal tomb, is said to be from King Croses of Ladia. This example, such as some others, include hippocampus with wings, which they do not do. It can be speculated that it was another fusion of hybrid creatures with Pegasis, which was a child of Posidon, connects it to ancient literature, though it is not known why some examples have a feature of wings while others do not.
It is believed that the Hippocampus in Egyptian art has begun to use the end of the third intermediate period in the 25th and 26th families and the onset of the late period, in the Tollmek period. It seems proud because the frame of the time is in agreement with the dates of predicted artifacts like Gold Broch, and trade between the two civilizations was established, so artistic innovations could be shared. In addition, the Tollimic period was Egypt in Greek control, so it is no surprise that the commonly used symbol in Greek myths will be used in Egypt at this time. In Egypt, the hippocampus was primarily prominent on the coffins, but it is slightly different. In other cultures, instead of the clearly described half of the fish, the Egyptian hippocampus has a snake’s breath. The decoration on the Egyptian coffin always presented pictures of gods and mantras to help the deceased always enter into life, but horses do not play an important role in Egyptian religious symbols, so why did they start this feature in coffins?
The impact of influence from traded Greek goods would have been an easy result if it did not include three specific coffins, belonging to a woman named Pernabast, a man named Horkhbis, and another named Jedkovinovicin. The coffin of Pirnabast is located in the Manchester Museum (Exist. 5053A) organic store, in a collection of private ownership at Boddden Hall of Horkibes Wells, and Digidconneviovic in the storage in Louver. Not only this coffin, along with a very similar artistic style, with those owners who work at the Karnak Temple, but all of them are the feature of hippocampi despite being the 22nd family. This will keep them in C. 900 BC, Homer was prepared before writing Elid. If the Greeks speculated that they affect the Egyptians, before the Greeks started using the symbol themselves? In addition, these are the only examples of hippocampi from the 22nd family, whose symbol does not appear again to the 25th family. Hipopoxymps is a very low -research topic, and further studies, not only within ancient Egypt, but also in many ancient civilizations, can lead to new discoveries related to the beginning of hippocampus, and why the Egyptians used it on their coffins.
Read Caroline Thomas and Garstang work for further studies of hippocampus
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