Positions
Deputy of affairs of state; oversaw administrative work.
What was the vizier?
One deity for each district.
What are local deities?
The thought/mind of a person. Released in the opening of the mouth ceremony.
What was the akh?
Cursive form.
What is heiratic?
Looked after royal estates.
What was a steward?
Deities that have a role in creation.
What are cosmic deities?
Spiritual double of a person; found in the heart; sustained by food in the tomb.
Fast and simple.
What is demotic?
Looked after daily palace affairs.
Who was the chamberlain?
Deities encountered daily.
What are minor deities?
The personality of a person; reunites with Ra each night.
What was the ba?
What are determinatives?
Supervised the palace guard.
What was the first herald?
A city of the dead.
Funerary texts left in the tomb to guide the dead.
What is the Book of the Dead/the pyramid texts?
One symbol on top of another.
What is bilateral writing?
Public service jobs.
What was corvee duty?
Formations of dieties; usually two adults and a youth.
What is a triad?
Uses phonics.
What is phonetic writing?