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Author : Mark J. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (287 download)
Download or read book The Demotic Mortuary Papyrus Louvre E. 3452 written by Mark J. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Coleman Darnell
Publisher : Saint-Paul
ISBN 13 : 9783525530559
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (35 download)
Download or read book The Enigmatic Netherworld Books of the Solar-Osirian Unity written by John Coleman Darnell and published by Saint-Paul. This book was released on 2004 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Egypt, from the Old to the New Kingdom, enigmatic texts were created on the basis of non-standardized lists of characters and phonetic signs, the exact principles of which are still unclear to this day. For the first time, this study examines in detail the three most comprehensive known inscription texts from the New Kingdom, which were discovered in the tombs of Tutenchamun, Ramses VI and Ramses IX. Darnell shows that these three texts have a theological, iconographic and formal connection, and calls them collectively the "Book of the Solar-Osirian Unity". Differentiated and lively, he presents the content and theological peculiarities of these texts that deal with the afterlife with each other and in relation to other enigmatic texts of the new as well as the Middle and Old Kingdom.
Author : Ann-Katrin Gill
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111096939
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Transforming the Dead in Graeco-Roman Egypt written by Ann-Katrin Gill and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-05-08 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The belief that dead people could assume non-human forms is attested in Egyptian texts of all periods, from the Old Kingdom down to Graeco-Roman times. It was thought that assuming such forms enhanced their freedom of movement and access to nourishment in the afterlife, as well as allowing them to join the entourages of different deities and participate in their worship. Spells referring to or enabling the deceased’s transformations occur in the Pyramid Texts, the Coffin Texts, and the Book of the Dead. But it is not until the Graeco-Roman Period that we find entire compositions devoted to this theme. Two of the most important are P. Louvre N. 3122 and P. Berlin P. 3162, both written in hieratic and dating to the 1st century AD. Both texts have been known to Egyptologists for more than a century, but neither is currently available in an up-to-date comprehensive edition. This book provides such an edition, including high-resolution images of the manuscripts, hieroglyphic transcriptions, translations, descriptions of their material aspects, studies of their owners, their titles, and their families, reconstructions of their context of usage, analyses of their orthography and grammar, and detailed commentaries on their contents.
Author : Kim Ryholt
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
ISBN 13 : 9788772896489
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (964 download)
Download or read book Acts of the Seventh International Conference of Demotic Studies written by Kim Ryholt and published by Museum Tusculanum Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains contributions from K.T. Zauzich, H.S. Smith, B. Porten, U. Kaplony-Heckel, R.K. Ritner, S. Allam, M. Chauveau, and D. Devauchelle.
Author : Richard Jasnow
Publisher : Lockwood Press
ISBN 13 : 1937040755
Total Pages : 499 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Illuminating Osiris written by Richard Jasnow and published by Lockwood Press. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminating Osiris comprises twenty-seven articles by students, friends, and colleagues in honor of Mark Smith, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford. Smith is especially renowned as a Demoticist and specialist in ancient Egyptian religion. His numerous Demotic text editions and translations of Egyptian funerary and religious compositions have been enormously influential in the field. The contributions in Illuminating Osiris naturally reflect Smith's particular interests in the religion and literature of Graeco-Roman period Egypt, dealing with cult, rituals, astronomy, and divination, among other subjects. The book includes many editions or reeditions of texts written in Demotic, Hieratic, and Ptolemaic Hieroglyphs. It is profusely illustrated and supplied with detailed indices.
Author : Ann-Katrin Gill
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198902492
Total Pages : 904 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (989 download)
Download or read book Glorification Spells from a Priestly Milieu in Ancient Egypt written by Ann-Katrin Gill and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-09-05 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glorification Spells from a Priestly Milieu in Ancient Egypt presents the first comprehensive edition of an ancient Egyptian ritual composition entitled the Glorification Recited on Each Due Occasion of the Embalming Place, a collection of glorification spells attested in five papyri from around 300 BCE. Arguably the most significant extensive ancient Egyptian ritual text still awaiting systematic study, its constituent spells preserve and transmit religious ideas which resonated with the ancient Egyptians for millennia. The collection and adaptation of these spells into a single coherent ritual work bear witness to the remarkable creativity of the priests and scribes of the latest periods of Egyptian history. Much of this process may be attributable to members of a single family or a small circle of colleagues living in a particular place during a circumscribed period of time, highlighting the importance of individual or small-group agency, not only in preserving and transmitting religious traditions, but in transforming them as well. Glorification spells were recited in the embalming place and elsewhere. They were intended, not only to revivify those to whom they were addressed, restoring their mental and physical faculties, but to secure their elevation to a new, exalted status, that of an akh, or glorified spirit, as well. This status integrated the beneficiary within the hierarchy of gods and other glorified spirits in the next world. This volume places the Glorification Recited on Each Due Occasion of the Embalming Place in its wider historical, religious, and sociological context. It includes a hieroglyphic synopsis of all known examples of the spells, and a transliteration and translation of the copy of them preserved in P. Louvre N. 3129, the type version. In a line-by-line commentary, variant readings in the parallels are recorded and salient points of interest, whether grammatical, lexicographical, historical, topographical, or theological, are discussed. An extensive glossary, a general bibliography, an index, and photographic reproductions are provided, alongside hieroglyphic transcriptions of the papyri.
Author : Mark Depauw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Companion to Demotic Studies written by Mark Depauw and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Jasnow
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447050821
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (58 download)
Download or read book The Ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth written by Richard Jasnow and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2005 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The composition, which the editors entitle the "Book of Thoth", is preserved on over forty Graeco-Roman Period papyri from collections in Berlin, Copenhagen, Florence, New Haven, Paris, and Vienna. The central witness is a papyrus of fifteen columns in the Berlin Museum. Written almost entirely in the Demotic script, the Book of Thoth is probably the product of scribes of the "House of Life", the temple scriptorium. It comprises largely a dialogue between a deity, usually called "He-who-praises-knowledge" (presumably Thoth himself) and a mortal, "He-who-loves-knowledge". The work covers such topics as the scribal craft, sacred geography, the underworld, wisdom, prophecy, animal knowledge, and temple ritual. Particularly remarkable is one section (the "Vulture Text") in which each of the 42 nomes of Egypt is identified with a vulture. The language is poetic; the lines are often clearly organized into verses. The subject-matter, dialogue structure, and striking phraseology raise many issues of scholarly interest; especially intriguing are the possible connections between this Egyptian work, in which Thoth is called "thrice-great", and the classical Hermetic Corpus, in which Hermes Trismegistos plays the key role. The first volume comprises interpretative essays, discussion of specific points such as the manuscript tradition, script, and language. The core of the publication is the transliteration of the Demotic text, translation, and commentary. A consecutive translation, glossary, bibliography, and indices conclude the first volume. The second volume contains photographs of the papyri, almost all of which reproduce their original size.
Author : Zahi A. Hawass
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN 13 : 9789774247156
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (471 download)
Download or read book Egyptology at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century: Language, conservation, museology written by Zahi A. Hawass and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive three-volume set marks the publication of the proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Egyptologists, held in Cairo in 2000, the largest Congress since the inaugural meeting in 1979. Organized thematically to reflect the breadth and depth of the material presented at this event, these papers provide a survey of current Egyptological research at the dawn of the twenty-first century. The proceedings include the eight Millennium Debates led by esteemed Egyptologists, addressing key issues in the field, as well as nearly every paper presented at the Congress. The 275 papers cover the whole spectrum of Egyptological research. Grouped under the themes of archaeology, history, religion, language, conservation, and museology, and written in English, French, and German, these contributions together form the most comprehensive picture of Egyptology today.
Author : Alex de Voogt
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900421545X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book The Idea of Writing written by Alex de Voogt and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-12-09 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploration of the versatility of writing systems highlights their complexity when used for more than one language. The approaches of authors from different academic traditions provide a varied and expert account.
Author : British Museum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of Demotic Papyri in the British Museum written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gojko Barjamovic
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
ISBN 13 : 8763543729
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (635 download)
Download or read book Problems of Canonicity and Identity Formation in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia written by Gojko Barjamovic and published by Museum Tusculanum Press. This book was released on 2016-04-24 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term ‘canonicity’ implies the recognition that the domain of literature and of the library is also a cultural and political one, related to various forms of identity formation, maintenance, and change. Scribes and benefactors ‘create’ canon in as much as they teach, analyze, preserve, prom¬ulgate and change ‘canonical’ texts according to prevailing norms. From early on, texts from the written traditions of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt were accumulated, codified, and to some extent canonized, as various collections developed mainly in the environment of the temple and the palace. These written traditions represent sets of formal and informal cultures that all speak in their own ways of canonicity, normativity, and other forms of cultural expertise. Some forms of literature were used not only in scholarly contexts, but also in political ones, and they served purposes of identity formation. This volume addresses the interrelations between various forms of ‘canon’ and identity formation in different time periods, genres, regions, and contexts, as well as the application of contemporary conceptions of ‘canon’ to ancient texts.
Author : Robert Kriech Ritner
Publisher : Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice written by Robert Kriech Ritner and published by Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures. This book was released on 1993 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To date, no comprehensive treatment of Egyptian magic has focused on the practice of the magician. Both general studies and textual publications have emphasized instead the religious elements in the contents of recited spells, while the accompanying instructions, with their vignettes and lists of materials, instruments, and ritual actions, remained uninvestigated. This study represents the first critical examination of such "magical techniques," revealing their widespread appearance and pivotal significance for all Egyptian "religious" practices from the earliest periods through the Coptic era, influencing as well the Greco-Egyptian magical papyri. The author also discusses the "pagan-Egyptian" influence on Old and New Testament practices and in the lives of the Coptic Desert Fathers. The third edition is a reprinting of the second, which included minor corrections from the original edition. This volume is a significant revisionist approach to ancient Egyptian magic. As a result of a methodical analysis of both the textual and archaeological records, Ritner concludes that the boundaries between ancient Egyptian magic, religion, and medicine were not as strictly observed as modern commentators believe. Furthermore, he categorically denies the frequent attempts of moderns to define ancient Egyptian magic as a phenomenon dealing with the supernatural, practiced primarily for nefarious purposes sub rosa by strictly observed as modern commentators believe. Furthermore, he categorically denies the frequent attempts of moderns to define ancient Egyptian magic as a phenomenon dealing with the supernatural, practiced primarily for nefarious purposes sub rosa by individuals outside of the religious mainstream. Ritner's engaging prose style and felicitous exegesis of even the most arcane material make for easy reading. But more important still, the content of the work ensures that it will become a vital reference tool for all engaged in any aspect of ancient Egyptian religion. [From a review by R. S. Bianchi in Journal of the American Oriental Society 114 (1994) 513-14].
Author : Mark Smith
Publisher : Griffith Institute
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Liturgy of Opening the Mouth for Breathing written by Mark Smith and published by Griffith Institute. This book was released on 1993 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an ancient Egyptian mortuary text preserved in four manuscripts, located in Berlin, Strasbourg, Paris and Oxford. All are written in Demotic script and date to the early part of the 1st century AD. The purpose of this liturgy was threefold: to revivify the deceased oerson for whom it was recited, to provide them with offerings in the form of clothing and sustenance, to reintegrate them within the cosmos, ensuring their freedom of movement and acceptance among the company of gods. The liturgy is edited with an introduction, transliteration and translation, commentary, bibliography, glossary and photographs of all four versions. The Strasbourg MS contains additional textual material, of uncertain relation to the liturgy proper, which is treated as an appendix.
Author : Mark Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Papyrus Harkness (MMA 31.9.7) written by Mark Smith and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in AD 61, Papyrus Harkness is a near-complete demotic text originally owned by a woman called Tanawerouw. The text itself describes a series of mortuary rituals performed for Tanawerouw, who died on February 16th AD 61, and would have been buried with her in her tomb to prolong the rituals' effect.
Author : M. L. Bierbrier
Publisher : British Museum Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Portraits and Masks written by M. L. Bierbrier and published by British Museum Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The result of a major colloquium on burial customs in Roman Egypt, these papers cover the reasons behind the development of mummy portraits and the society from which they emerged, as well as the artistic techniques employed.
Author : Klaus Baer
Publisher : Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book For His Ka written by Klaus Baer and published by Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures. This book was released on 1994 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume was dedicated to the memory of Klaus Baer, Professor in the Oriental Institute for over twenty years. The contributors are colleagues and/or students of Professor Baer, and their articles reflect Professor Baer's contributions to a variety of fields. Contents: Pronominal Rhematization ( J. P. Allen ); Abydos in the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period, Part II ( E. Brovarski ); A Model for the Political Structure of Ancient Egypt ( E. Cruz-Uribe ); The Giza Mastaba Niche and Full Frontal Figure of Redi-nes in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ( P. Der Manuelian ); Ankhtifi and the Description of His Tomb at Mo'alla ( E. Doret ); Oriental Institute Ostracon 25346 (Ostracon Wilson 100) ( J. L. Foster ); The Hieratic Wooden Tablet Varille ( R. Jasnow ); 'Annuity Contracts' and Marriage ( J. H. Johnson ); Honorific Figures of Amenhotep III in the Luxor Temple Colonnade Hall ( W. R. Johnson ); Speculations Concerning Interconnections Between the Royal Policy and Reputation of Ramesses IV ( C. A. Keller ); Joseph Smith and Egyptology: An Early Episode in the History of American Speculation About Ancient Egypt, 1835-1844 ( J. A. Larson ); Some Remarks on the "Books of the Dead" Composed for the High Priests Pinedjem I and II ( L. H. Lesko ); Too Many High Priests? Once Again the Ptahmoses of Ancient Memphis ( W. J. Murnane ); The Gaming Episode in the "Tale of Setne Khamwas" as Religious Metaphor ( P. A. Piccione ); Denderite Temple Hierarchy and the Family of Theban High Priest Nebwenenef: Block Statue OIM 10729 ( R. K. Ritner ); The Practical Economics of Tomb-Building in the Old Kingdom: A Visit to the Necropolis in a Carrying Chair ( A. M. Roth ); The First Dynasty Egyptian Presence at 'En Besor in the Sinai ( A. R. Schulman ); The Title WR BZT in the Tomb Chapel of K..(J)-PW-R' ( D. P. Silverman ); Bronze Votive Offering Tables ( E. Teeter ); A Stela from Toulouse Re-examined ( C. C. Van Siclen III ); Security and the Problem of the City in the Naqada Period ( B. B. Williams ); The Egyptological Papers of Klaus Baer in the Oriental Institute Museum Archives ( T. G. Wilfong ).
