Transforming the Dead in Graeco-Roman Egypt : : The Spells of P. Louvre N. 3122 and P. Berlin P. 3162 / / Ann-Katrin Gill, Mark Smith.
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 j...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde – Beihefte ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XI, 175 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The history of the manuscripts, their acquisition and present location
- 2 Material description: dimensions and joins, number of columns of text, number of vignettes
- 3 Description of the writing on the papyri and its layout
- 4 The scribe of P. Louvre N. 3122 and P. Berlin P. 3162!
- 5 Provenance and date of the manuscripts
- 6 The owners of the papyri, their titles, and their families
- 7 Contents of the papyri
- 8 Posthumous transformation in ancient Egyptian thought
- 9 Context of usage of the papyri
- 10 Orthography
- 11 Grammar
- 12 Edition
- 13 Glossaries
- Bibliography of works cited
- Indice
- Plates