Papyrus British Museum 10808 and its Cultural and Religious Setting / / Val Sederholm.

• Superior document: Probleme der Ägyptologie ; 24
• Author: British Library.
• VerfasserIn: Sederholm, Val,
• TeilnehmendeR: Osing, Jürgen.; British Library.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2006.
• Année de publication: 2006
• Langue: English
• Collection: Probleme der Ägyptologie ; 24.
• Description matérielle: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Notes: Includes the German translation of pBM 10808 found in Der spätägyptische Papyrus BM 10808 by J. Osing.

This volume presents a new reading of an extraordinary Proto-Coptic magical text. Papyrus British Museum EA 10808 features a unique spell for a victim of divine wrath composed in the liturgical language of ancient Egypt but in Greek script with a few Demotic signs. Sederholm reveals a coherent and d...