{"id":756,"date":"2023-04-28T11:12:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T15:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/?page_id=756"},"modified":"2023-04-28T11:29:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T15:29:13","slug":"coffin-foot-iconography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/coffin-foot-iconography\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffin Foot Iconography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-760 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/files\/2023\/04\/ankh-was.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/files\/2023\/04\/ankh-was.png 1122w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/files\/2023\/04\/ankh-was-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/files\/2023\/04\/ankh-was-1024x520.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/files\/2023\/04\/ankh-was-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/files\/2023\/04\/ankh-was-900x457.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The pattern decorating the top of the foot of the coffin consists of repeating ankhs and was scepters, which had stylized ram\u2019s heads. The was scepter is a symbol of protection; the ankh symbolizes eternal life. Both were also common symbols on amulets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-761 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/files\/2023\/04\/apis.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/files\/2023\/04\/apis.png 902w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/files\/2023\/04\/apis-256x300.png 256w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/files\/2023\/04\/apis-875x1024.png 875w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/files\/2023\/04\/apis-768x898.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/files\/2023\/04\/apis-900x1053.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The sacred Apis, a black and white bull, revered by Egyptians as a living god, was often depicted on the foot of the coffin. In the Afterlife, Apis would carry the dead on his back toward a tomb.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/coffin-inside-iconography\/\">Up next: Coffin Inside Iconography<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pattern decorating the top of the foot of the coffin consists of repeating ankhs and was scepters, which had stylized ram\u2019s heads. The was scepter is a symbol of protection; the ankh symbolizes eternal life. Both were also common symbols on amulets. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The sacred Apis, a black and white bull, revered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5468,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[207586],"class_list":["post-756","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":782,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756\/revisions\/782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}