علاقة الصناديق الحجرية بطقسة رمي الكرات الأربع The Relationship of Stone Chests to the Ritual of Throwing the Four Balls شادية سالم محمد إبراهيم

Through this research, the researcher attempts to shed light on one of the methods of preserving the clay balls that were used in the ritual of throwing the four balls, which is one of the important rituals related to protecting the god Osiris from the evil of his brother, the god Set, and his other enemies.This method of preservation was widespread within the Osirisian necropolis in Bahnasa.In this research, the researcher will present the importance of these boxes and the magic clay balls they contain, which are a major part of the ritual of throwing the four balls, the significance of using these stone boxes to preserve them, and the writings found on the faces of the boxes in black ink in Demotic script, which define one of the four basic directions of the universe.