Die bilingue Opfertafel der Tasuchion aus dem Fayum (Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum ÄM 11631)

Abstract

Publication of an early Roman offering table for the woman Tasouchion. The table probably came from the Fayum and was inscribed with a rare bilingual Hieroglyphic-Greek inscription. The Hieroglyphic text contains a ritual, while the Greek text offers a Greek version of the wellknown and wide-spread Latin epitaph sit tibi terra levis. Both texts are analyzed in the context of ancient funerary practices.