Ear Slabs in Ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom (1549–1069 BC)

Abstract

The ancient Egyptians often tried to express their inner spiritual needs in a material way, especially the common people who constituted the vast majority of the ancient Egyptian people. Among the things that the ancient Egyptians expressed was the creation of many paintings with different concepts, although they shared a spiritual concept, which was of interest to the elite of the people, from kings and nobles to the common people.Especially in the era of the modern state, in which many religious concepts developed, especially the concept of “personal piety,” which reflects the relationship between the individual and the deity, which led to the invention of new tools for communicating with deities, including what is known as “ear plates.” It is a means by which the deity could listen to the requests, pleas and appeals of individuals and then fulfill them. These tablets became popular in the era of the New Kingdom, which was its golden age, as they disappeared in the era of the Twentieth Dynasty.