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V OLUME 25
M ARCH 2020

TABLE OF C ONTENTS

About This Journal i

Editorial Personnel ii
Guide for Contributors iii
Subscription Instructions vi

InTroduCTIon

Introduction by the Editor 1

Kasia Szpakowska

ArTIClES

underworld demons in the decoration of the large late Period Shaft Tombs at Abusir 5
Ladislav Bareš

disease demons in Mesopotamia and Egypt: Sāmānu as a Case Study 20

Susanne Beck

The Anatomy of a Coffin Text demon 34

Zuzanna Bennett

liminal deities in the Borderlands: Bes and Pataikos in Ancient nubia 46

Erin E. Bornemann, Stuart Tyson Smith

The BAw of Taweret: Vindictiveness (and Forgiveness) of the Hippopotamus Goddess 62

Sabrina Ceruti

MnH, “The Butcher” and lord of the Butcher demons 78

Amr Gaber

The Guardians of Menekhibnekau: Chapter 144 of the Book of the dead in the Shaft tomb of
Menekhibnekau at Abusir 96
Renata Landgráfová

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liminal Sources of dangerous Powers: A Case of the Black ram 107

Nika Lavrentyeva, Ekaterina Alexandrova

Baba and the Baboon demons 116

Rita Lucarelli

The Impact of the Manifestation of demoniacal Winds on Terrestrial life: The role of demon Gangs
in dispersing the IAdt-rnpt 128
El Zahraa Megahed

Symbolae Sacrae: Symbolic Formulae for Protection and Adoration within the Quarries of Gebel el-Silsila 138
Maria Nilsson

A Particular depiction of Anubis from the Tomb of the Sculptor nakhtamun (TT 335): Is Anubis a demon? 159
Arnaud Quertinmont

The Maned Hippopotamus at lahun: Identifying Homes and names 169

Stephen Quirke, Campbell Price

The Slaughterers: A Study of the ≈A.tyw as liminal Beings in Ancient Egyptian Thought 181
Danielle Sass

Ghosts and Ancestors in a Gender Pespective 201

Renata Schiavo

Fear and loathing at Amarna: A Case Study of the development of Sacred objects in response to
Communal Anxiety 213
Kasia Szpakowska

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