The functions of the female figurines in Ancient Egypt Applied on some unpublished female Figurines at the Egyptian Museum | ||
| مجلة بحوث کلية الآداب . جامعة المنوفية | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 24 December 2021 | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/sjam.2021.110210.1408 | ||
| Author | ||
| داليا حنفى محمود حنفى* | ||
| کلية الآداب - جامعة المنصورة | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This paper focuses on the female figurines are small statues made from different material and were used from the prehistory till the Greco-roman period for the purposes of promoting fertility in women and for richness of their motherly physique which was purposely exaggerated. Scholars called them "concubine figures" and speculated that they were put into tombs to stimulate and gratify the sexual desires of the male tomb owners, but this explanation ignores their presence in women's burials, in temples, and in houses. It has now been shown that these objects are related to fertility and birth, both in life and in the afterlife. Both Women and men hoped to be reborn in the afterlife so these figurines were necessary for adult and child burials of both sexes. In life their role in the domestic cult was related to the continuity of the family in this world, while in temples they were presented as votive offerings. Since the majority of surviving figures that are found in temple contexts come from Hathor shrines, this clearly links them to sexuality and fertility. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Female figurines; Women; Pregnant; concubines | ||
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