The organization of the pyramid texts : typology and disposition /
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The ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts form the oldest sizable body of religious texts in the world. Discovered in the late nineteenth century, they had been inscribed on the interior stone walls of the pyramid tombs of third-millennium kings and queens. From their content it is clear that they were concerned with the afterlife state of the tomb owner, but the historical meaning of their emergence has been poorly understood. This book weds traditional philological approaches to linguistic anthropology in order to associate them with two spheres of human action: mortuary cult and personal preparation for the afterlife. Monumentalized as hieroglyphs in the tomb, their function was now one step removed from the human events that had motivated their original production.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
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In Your Name of Sarcophagus: The “Name Formula” in the Pyramid Texts /
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The “name formula” (“…in your name of…”) in Egyptian religious literature is quite common and is found from the Fourth Dynasty to the Thirtieth Dynasty. A consistent feature in the formula is the application of paronomasia. In this context and in the context of religious literature generally, paronomasia is used as a means of aligning one’s self with the divine. Other features of the “name formula,” such as its essentially binary structure and the types of names given, also work to promote this divine connection. In fact, all of these features together are important enough to the application of the “name formula” that they seem, indeed, to be the reason for its use, rather than the actual meaning of the names themselves. This study examines the use of names in the Pyramid Texts through a study of nicknames, paronomasia, and the latent divine power inherent in naming in a religious context.
The Sun God Aliases in Paragraph (200bcd) from the Pyramid Texts /
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A number of the aliases of the sun god Re have been recorded in the Pyramid Texts, each of which symbolized an epithet of the god Re. This paper will examine three aliases of the sun god Re in paragraph (200bcd) (Ndi; Pndn; Dndn) from the Pyramid Texts, concerning which Egyptologists have quite various views. The paper aims at identifying the true meanings of the aliases, and their linguistic derivations, clarifying their religious significance as well as manifesting the solar epithets represented and symbolized by such aliases.