Untersuchungen zum Totenkult des ägyptischen Königs im Alten Reich : die Dekoration der königlichen Totenkultanlagen /
: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Mainz, 1994. : 2 volumes : illustrations, maps, plans ; 21 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. xix-xxvii). : 3830008570
Between temple and tomb : the demotic ritual texts of Bodl. MS. Egypt. a. 3(P) /
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The ancient Egyptians believed that rites performed for Osiris, the god of the dead, played a critical role in maintaining Egypt?s well-being and prosperity. Not only did they ensure the renewed fertility of the country?s arable land, they also guaranteed the political and social cohesion of the Egyptian state. However, it was not only at the national level, but at the individual level as well, that the Egyptians deemed such rites to be beneficial. Ritual texts intended to restore Osiris to life, suitably adapted, could also be recited for deceased individuals. Thus they could benefit from them in the same way that Osiris did. In the Graeco-Roman Period, adapted ritual texts of this sort were employed alongside texts originally composed for use in the funerary cult of ordinary deceased people. A number of ritual texts which are first attested in the private sphere subsequently appear in the temple sphere as well. Some ritual texts appear to have moved back and forth from one sphere to another, which suggests that the boundaries between the Osirian temple cult and the private funerary cult may have been more fluid than we usually imagine.0The ritual texts edited in this volume offer an excellent opportunity to explore these and related issues. Most of them are known to have been employed both for the benefit of the god Osiris and for ordinary deceased people, in certain cases, during one and the same period of Egypt?s history. This is one of their most interesting and striking features. They stand at the interface between temple cult and cult of the dead and allow us to trace the transmission of beliefs and practices from one sphere to the other.
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205 pages, 14 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles ; 31 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-172). :
9783447113311
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2190-3646 ;
Les hymnes au dieu Khnoum de la façade ptolémaïque du temple d'Esna /
: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Tübingen, 2017. : xiv, 217 pages, 21 pages of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-203) and indexes. : 9783447109765
Tierkulte im pharaonischen Ägypten und im Kulturvergleich /
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Also published online : Berlin : Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2003.
Papers presented at a workshop held at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, June 7-8, 2002. :
xviii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
0955025621
Code-switching with the gods : the bilingual (Old Coptic-Greek) spells of PGM IV (P. Bibliotheque Nationale Supplement Grec. 574) and their linguistic, religious, and socio-cultura...
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xvii, 364 pages, 10 pages of plates (partly folded) : illustrations ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-355) and indexes. :
9783110461138
3110461137
The great dedicatory inscription of Ramesses II : a Solar-Osirian Tractate at Abydos /
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This volume covers, for the first time, the interaction of a major historical event with the development of the Egyptian Solar-Osirian theology. Pharaoh Ramesses II visited the sacred area of Abydos soon after his recognition of power at Luxor in Thebes. With him were many high officials, one of whom would be soon appointed to be the high Priest of Amun at Thebes, Nebwenenef. During his visit, the king stressed his personal relationship with his father, Seti I as well as ordering the completion of his temple. By analyzing certain passages within Ramesses' official acccount, the Dedicatory Inscription, with others of Seti, a more nuanced appreciation of the growing theological system of Osirus plus Re, the sun god, comes to the fore. This significance of this is heightened when we remember that the king's account was exhibited in the portico of Seti I's temple. \'Anthony Spalinger's new monograph discusses the Great Dedicatory Inscription and these processes anew by means of perspicuous, accurate, translations of the surviving texts, enlivened by equally stimulating commentaries. These are accompanied likewise by meticulously researched footnotes, which have been marshaled with a diligence for which the author is rightly renowned...All of this is done here with exemplary skill and a fine eye for detail, and our libraries are far the richer for it.\' A.J. Peden
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]) and index. :
9789047442578 :
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Power, politics, and the cults of Isis : proceedings of the Vth International Conference of Isis studies, Boulogne-sur-Mer, October 13-15, 2011 /
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Includes index.
OCLC 880521125 :
xvii, 364 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004277182 :
0927-7633 ;