简介:<正>ThereweremanykindsoffuneraryworkersandundertakersinPharaonicandGreco-RomanEgypt.Separatefunctionarieswereinvolvedinthemummification,interment,funeralrites,andcareofthedeadafterentombment,1andamongtheseweresomewhocommonlyarereferredtobytheGreektitleχοαχ?ται(hereafter:choachytes).2ThistermhasbeeninterpretedasderivingfromtheGreekterms