Pippa Browne

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Courses coordinated by Pippa Browne

Archaeology of Religion in Ancient Egypt

Courses lectured in by Pippa Browne

Archaeology of Religion in Ancient Egypt

Introduction to the Cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia

Lectures given in this course: Egyptian art

Society and Settlement in Ancient Egypt

Individual lectures given in this course: Royal power and its materialisation Royal power and ima... more

Courses supervised by Pippa Browne

Archaeology of Religion in Ancient Egypt

Advanced Middle Egyptian Language

Topics in Egyptology - Pembroke-King’s Programme (summer school)

Introduction to the Cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia

University of Cambridge. Faculty of Human, Social and Political Sciences: Division of Archaeology... more

Dissertations by Pippa Browne

It’s a kind of magic: exploring the role of the living in effecting food and drink offerings in private mortuary cults of late Old Kingdom Egypt

PhD thesis, 2019

The figured ostraca of Deir el-Medina: 'anomalous' images and their significance

MPhil dissertation, 2014

Kassite art and iconography: towards an understanding of Kassite style

Undergraduate dissertation, 2008

Papers by Pippa Browne

It's a kind of magic: exploring the role of the living in effecting food and drink offerings in private mortuary cults of late Old Kingdom Egypt

Food and drink were vital for post mortem existence in Ancient Egypt, and the presentation of the... more Food and drink were vital for post mortem existence in Ancient Egypt, and the presentation of these by the living to the dead at the tomb formed a key part of the mortuary cult. Egyptological scholarship commonly proposes that once the cult ceased, and the temporary, perishable offerings along with it, a permanent, 'magical' supply was provided via image, text, and object representations of sustenance in the tomb. This study examines these 'modes' through which offerings were present and presented. Complementary theoretical frameworks are employed in case studies that analyse illustrative examples of the offering related decorations, installations, and objects from a number of elite late Old Kingdom tombs (c.2492 2181 BCE) at Saqqara. These demonstrate that tomb design incorporated different modes to communicate salient information about the cult to the living: it took into account their varying literacy and resource levels as did the different modes of offerings tha...