The ancient Egyptian book of the Moon : Coffin Texts spells 154-160 /
This text proposes that Coffin Texts spells 154-160, recorded at beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE, form the oldest composition about the moon in ancient Egypt and, indeed, the world. The detailed analysis of these spells, based on a new translation, reveals that they provide a chronologically ord...
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Language: English
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Summertown, Oxford :
Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,
2019.
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Archaeopress Egyptology ;
22.
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Call Number: PJ1521
| Summary: | This text proposes that Coffin Texts spells 154-160, recorded at beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE, form the oldest composition about the moon in ancient Egypt and, indeed, the world. The detailed analysis of these spells, based on a new translation, reveals that they provide a chronologically ordered account of the phenomena of a lunar month. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2019. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ii, 254 pages) : illustrations. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781789691993 (ebook) : |