Author: Günther Lapp
Publisher: British Museum Research Public
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
This paper contains transcriptions of chapter 180 from the Book of the Dead, and a brief discussion of the sources. Chapter 180 occurs twice in the Nebseni Papyrus, in both cases copied backwards from the master copy, and both are published here. The paper also collects together other known New Kingdom versions of chapter 180, and places the texts in parallel to each other.
The Papyrus of Nebseni (BM EA 9900)
Author: Günther Lapp
Publisher: British Museum Research Public
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
This paper contains transcriptions of chapter 180 from the Book of the Dead, and a brief discussion of the sources. Chapter 180 occurs twice in the Nebseni Papyrus, in both cases copied backwards from the master copy, and both are published here. The paper also collects together other known New Kingdom versions of chapter 180, and places the texts in parallel to each other.
Publisher: British Museum Research Public
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
This paper contains transcriptions of chapter 180 from the Book of the Dead, and a brief discussion of the sources. Chapter 180 occurs twice in the Nebseni Papyrus, in both cases copied backwards from the master copy, and both are published here. The paper also collects together other known New Kingdom versions of chapter 180, and places the texts in parallel to each other.
The Oxford Handbook of the Egyptian Book of the Dead
Author: Rita Lucarelli
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190210001
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
"Among the broad spectrum of ancient Egyptian religious literature, the Book of the Dead is the most representative of the mortuary religion and of the magical and ritual practices belonging to it. Moreover, its rich corpus of texts and images provides unique information on the scribal practices, mortuary traditions, myths, and priestly rituals in ancient Egypt from the 2nd Millennium BCE to the Roman Period. "Book of the Dead" is the conventional name given by Egyptologists to a collection of magical compositions called in ancient Egyptian "Book for coming forth by day". This title refers to the main wish of the deceased, who wished to be able to leave his tomb and move freely between this world and the next. Each Book of the Dead manuscript is unique, although we know of the existence of workshops where the papyri were bought and therefore a few common stylistic features can be recognized according to different regional traditions of writing and manufacture. The spells also present many and various parallels with other magical and ritual texts attested in temples, on magical objects, and amulets, showing that the mortuary literature had in fact a strong link with the daily religious life and beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. This Handbook is the first guide to all the aspects and topics of research both in relation to the Book of the Dead itself and to broader research on ancient Egyptian religion and magic"--
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190210001
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
"Among the broad spectrum of ancient Egyptian religious literature, the Book of the Dead is the most representative of the mortuary religion and of the magical and ritual practices belonging to it. Moreover, its rich corpus of texts and images provides unique information on the scribal practices, mortuary traditions, myths, and priestly rituals in ancient Egypt from the 2nd Millennium BCE to the Roman Period. "Book of the Dead" is the conventional name given by Egyptologists to a collection of magical compositions called in ancient Egyptian "Book for coming forth by day". This title refers to the main wish of the deceased, who wished to be able to leave his tomb and move freely between this world and the next. Each Book of the Dead manuscript is unique, although we know of the existence of workshops where the papyri were bought and therefore a few common stylistic features can be recognized according to different regional traditions of writing and manufacture. The spells also present many and various parallels with other magical and ritual texts attested in temples, on magical objects, and amulets, showing that the mortuary literature had in fact a strong link with the daily religious life and beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. This Handbook is the first guide to all the aspects and topics of research both in relation to the Book of the Dead itself and to broader research on ancient Egyptian religion and magic"--
Text and Ritual in the Pentateuch
Author: Christophe Nihan
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 1646021576
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible contain a significant number of texts describing ritual practices. Yet it is often unclear how these sources would have been understood or used by ancient audiences in the actual performance of cult. This volume explores the processes of ritual textualization (the creation of a written version of a ritual) in ancient Israel by probing the main conceptual and methodological issues that inform the study of this topic in the Pentateuch. This systematic and comparative study of text and ritual in the first five books of the Hebrew Bible maps the main areas of consensus and disagreement among scholars engaged in articulating new models for understanding the relationship between text and ritual and explores the importance of comparative evidence for the study of pentateuchal rituals. Topics include ritual textualization in ancient Anatolia, Egypt, Greece, and Mesopotamia; the importance of archaeology and materiality for the study of text and ritual in ancient Israel; the relationship between ritual textualization and standardization in the Pentateuch; the reception of pentateuchal ritual texts in Second Temple writings and rabbinic literature; and the relationship between text and ritual in the Dead Sea Scrolls. In addition to the editors, the contributors to this volume include Dorothea Erbele-Küster, Daniel K. Falk, Yitzhaq Feder, Christian Frevel, William K. Gilders, Dominique Jaillard, Giuseppina Lenzo, Lionel Marti, Patrick Michel, Rüdiger Schmitt, Jeremy D. Smoak, and James W. Watts.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 1646021576
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible contain a significant number of texts describing ritual practices. Yet it is often unclear how these sources would have been understood or used by ancient audiences in the actual performance of cult. This volume explores the processes of ritual textualization (the creation of a written version of a ritual) in ancient Israel by probing the main conceptual and methodological issues that inform the study of this topic in the Pentateuch. This systematic and comparative study of text and ritual in the first five books of the Hebrew Bible maps the main areas of consensus and disagreement among scholars engaged in articulating new models for understanding the relationship between text and ritual and explores the importance of comparative evidence for the study of pentateuchal rituals. Topics include ritual textualization in ancient Anatolia, Egypt, Greece, and Mesopotamia; the importance of archaeology and materiality for the study of text and ritual in ancient Israel; the relationship between ritual textualization and standardization in the Pentateuch; the reception of pentateuchal ritual texts in Second Temple writings and rabbinic literature; and the relationship between text and ritual in the Dead Sea Scrolls. In addition to the editors, the contributors to this volume include Dorothea Erbele-Küster, Daniel K. Falk, Yitzhaq Feder, Christian Frevel, William K. Gilders, Dominique Jaillard, Giuseppina Lenzo, Lionel Marti, Patrick Michel, Rüdiger Schmitt, Jeremy D. Smoak, and James W. Watts.
Hieratic, Demotic and Greek Studies and Text Editions
Author: Cary J. Martin
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004377530
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This volume is a Festschrift in honour of Sven Vleeming containing the contributions of thirty-eight friends and colleagues, often renowned specialists in their respective fields. It includes the editions of fifty-four new texts from Ancient Egypt that date from the 7th century BCE to the 2nd century CE and covers a very wide range of subjects in (Abnormal) Hieratic, Demotic and Greek papyrology. As such, it reflects the equally wide range of knowledge of the scholar to whom this book is dedicated.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004377530
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This volume is a Festschrift in honour of Sven Vleeming containing the contributions of thirty-eight friends and colleagues, often renowned specialists in their respective fields. It includes the editions of fifty-four new texts from Ancient Egypt that date from the 7th century BCE to the 2nd century CE and covers a very wide range of subjects in (Abnormal) Hieratic, Demotic and Greek papyrology. As such, it reflects the equally wide range of knowledge of the scholar to whom this book is dedicated.
The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets and Greek Religion
Author: Radcliffe G. Edmonds
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521518318
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Examines new methodologies used in the study of these tablets. Includes an updated edition and translation of the tablet texts.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521518318
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Examines new methodologies used in the study of these tablets. Includes an updated edition and translation of the tablet texts.
Glorification Spells from a Priestly Milieu in Ancient Egypt
Author: Ann-Katrin Gill
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192898787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
Glorification Spells from a Priestly Milieu in Ancient Egypt presents the first comprehensive edition of a collection of glorification spells attested in five papyri from around 300 BCE. It includes a hieroglyphic synopsis of all known examples of the spells, and a transliteration and translation of the copy preserved in the Louvre.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192898787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
Glorification Spells from a Priestly Milieu in Ancient Egypt presents the first comprehensive edition of a collection of glorification spells attested in five papyri from around 300 BCE. It includes a hieroglyphic synopsis of all known examples of the spells, and a transliteration and translation of the copy preserved in the Louvre.
Journey Through the Afterlife
Author: John H. Taylor
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674057500
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
With contributions from leading scholars and detailed catalog entries that interpret the spells and painted scenes, this fascinating and important work affords a greater understanding of ancient Egyptian belief systems and poignantly reveals the hopes and fears about the world beyond death.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674057500
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
With contributions from leading scholars and detailed catalog entries that interpret the spells and painted scenes, this fascinating and important work affords a greater understanding of ancient Egyptian belief systems and poignantly reveals the hopes and fears about the world beyond death.
Totenbuch-Forschungen
Author: Burkhard Backes
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447054706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Das altagyptische Totenbuch mit seinen etwa 200 Spruchen und dazugehorigen Illustrationen in immer neuen Zusammenstellungen auf verschiedenen Materialien (Papyri, Mumienbinden, Leichentucher, Sarge, Grabwande u.a.) stellt eine der bedeutendsten Quellen zur religiosen Literatur und Ikonographie des Alten Agypten dar. Im September 2005 richtete das Bonner Totenbuch-Projekt eine interdisziplinare Konferenz aus, deren Beitrage in diesem Band zusammengestellt sind. Die 27 oft reich bebilderten Aufsatze umfassen eine Vielfalt von Themen: Publikationen bislang unbekannter Handschriften auf den unterschiedlichsten Texttragern, Untersuchungen einzelner Texte oder Darstellungen aus dem Totenbuch, das Totenbuch als Quelle zu ausgewahlten religionswissenschaftlichen Themen, Beginn und Ende der Totenbuch-Uberlieferung und allgemeine Beobachtungen zum Totenbuch (zur Bezeichnung des Verstorbenen als Osiris, zur Palaographie, zur Anordnung der Vignetten, zu Totenbuch- Vignetten auf den Sargen der Dritten Zwischenzeit, zu Amulettpapyri). Daruber hinaus prasentieren funf Restaurierungswissenschaftler den aktuellen Forschungsstand zu sachgemasser Konservierung und Aufbewahrung von Papyri, zur Lesbarmachung stark nachgedunkelter Schrift, zu verwendeten Farben und moglichen Falttechniken.
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447054706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Das altagyptische Totenbuch mit seinen etwa 200 Spruchen und dazugehorigen Illustrationen in immer neuen Zusammenstellungen auf verschiedenen Materialien (Papyri, Mumienbinden, Leichentucher, Sarge, Grabwande u.a.) stellt eine der bedeutendsten Quellen zur religiosen Literatur und Ikonographie des Alten Agypten dar. Im September 2005 richtete das Bonner Totenbuch-Projekt eine interdisziplinare Konferenz aus, deren Beitrage in diesem Band zusammengestellt sind. Die 27 oft reich bebilderten Aufsatze umfassen eine Vielfalt von Themen: Publikationen bislang unbekannter Handschriften auf den unterschiedlichsten Texttragern, Untersuchungen einzelner Texte oder Darstellungen aus dem Totenbuch, das Totenbuch als Quelle zu ausgewahlten religionswissenschaftlichen Themen, Beginn und Ende der Totenbuch-Uberlieferung und allgemeine Beobachtungen zum Totenbuch (zur Bezeichnung des Verstorbenen als Osiris, zur Palaographie, zur Anordnung der Vignetten, zu Totenbuch- Vignetten auf den Sargen der Dritten Zwischenzeit, zu Amulettpapyri). Daruber hinaus prasentieren funf Restaurierungswissenschaftler den aktuellen Forschungsstand zu sachgemasser Konservierung und Aufbewahrung von Papyri, zur Lesbarmachung stark nachgedunkelter Schrift, zu verwendeten Farben und moglichen Falttechniken.
Mummies, magic and medicine in ancient Egypt
Author: Campbell Price
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1784997943
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
This volume, published in honour of Egyptologist Professor Rosalie David OBE, presents the latest research on three of the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation: mummies, magic and medical practice. Drawing on recent archaeological fieldwork, new research on human remains, reassessments of ancient texts and modern experimental archaeology, it attempts to answer some of Egyptology's biggest questions: how did Tutankhamun die? How were the Pyramids built? How were mummies made? Leading experts in their fields combine traditional Egyptology and innovative scientific approaches to ancient material. The result is a cutting-edge overview of the discipline, showing how it has developed over the last forty years and yet how many of its big questions remain the same.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1784997943
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
This volume, published in honour of Egyptologist Professor Rosalie David OBE, presents the latest research on three of the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation: mummies, magic and medical practice. Drawing on recent archaeological fieldwork, new research on human remains, reassessments of ancient texts and modern experimental archaeology, it attempts to answer some of Egyptology's biggest questions: how did Tutankhamun die? How were the Pyramids built? How were mummies made? Leading experts in their fields combine traditional Egyptology and innovative scientific approaches to ancient material. The result is a cutting-edge overview of the discipline, showing how it has developed over the last forty years and yet how many of its big questions remain the same.
A Grammar of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, Vol. I: Unis
Author: James P. Allen
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 1575067536
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A Grammar of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts is designed as a six-volume study of the earliest comprehensive corpus of ancient Egyptian texts, inscribed in the pyramids of five pharaohs of the Old Kingdom (ca. 2325–2150 BC) and several of their queens. The first volume, devoted to the earliest corpus, that of Unis, is based on a database that allows for detailed analysis of the orthography of the texts and every aspect of their grammar; it includes a complete hieroglyphic lexicon of the texts and a consecutive transcription and translation on facing pages. The grammatical analysis incorporates both the most recent advances in the understanding of Egyptian grammar and a few new interpretations published here for the first time.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 1575067536
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A Grammar of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts is designed as a six-volume study of the earliest comprehensive corpus of ancient Egyptian texts, inscribed in the pyramids of five pharaohs of the Old Kingdom (ca. 2325–2150 BC) and several of their queens. The first volume, devoted to the earliest corpus, that of Unis, is based on a database that allows for detailed analysis of the orthography of the texts and every aspect of their grammar; it includes a complete hieroglyphic lexicon of the texts and a consecutive transcription and translation on facing pages. The grammatical analysis incorporates both the most recent advances in the understanding of Egyptian grammar and a few new interpretations published here for the first time.