Tongue Cover-Plates were gold foil amulets placed over the tongues of some Egyptian mummies. [1] This mainly took place during the Greco-Roman period although examples from the Twenty-sixth Dynasty have been found at Oxyrhynchus. [2] [3] This funerary ritual appears to have been to done in the belief that it would help the dead individual speak in the afterlife. [4] They were sometimes accompanied by gold eye amulets. [1] [2]
In the 21st century examples of such amulets have been found at Oxyrhynchus, Quesna and Taposiris Magna. [2] [3] [5] In the 19th century finds were made at Tell Nabasha, San el-Hagar and Hawara. [6] [7] [8]
Tongue Cover-Plates were gold foil amulets placed over the tongues of some Egyptian mummies. [1] This mainly took place during the Greco-Roman period although examples from the Twenty-sixth Dynasty have been found at Oxyrhynchus. [2] [3] This funerary ritual appears to have been to done in the belief that it would help the dead individual speak in the afterlife. [4] They were sometimes accompanied by gold eye amulets. [1] [2]
In the 21st century examples of such amulets have been found at Oxyrhynchus, Quesna and Taposiris Magna. [2] [3] [5] In the 19th century finds were made at Tell Nabasha, San el-Hagar and Hawara. [6] [7] [8]