MDSA02H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Unmixed, Oral-Formulaic Composition, Hyksos
Document Summary
Almost like paper but made out of strips of plants (cyperus papyrus) lined together and pounded together to make larger sheets. The invention of this allowed for more cursive and round writing as opposed to the rectangular penmanship needed when writing on stoned monuments. 6-16 inch (1/16- 1/10 diameter) brushes were made from funcusmaritimus. This has allowed for more efficiency in administrative matters. With writing becoming more popular, there were new religions. Ra worship: osiris was an agricultural god (god of the nile), slain for salvation of man but conquered death. He had a son named horus, and a magician wife named isis. Isis is a main part as they persuaded sun god (ra) to disclose himself which gave her the power over him. Osiris repped yesterday and death, ra repped tomorrow and life, together they made night and day. Isis initiated funerary rites (initially practiced on osiris)
