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Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination
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Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Note on Translations
Introduction. Confronting Pharaonic Egypt in Late Antiquity
Chapter 1. From Sign to Symbol in Roman Egypt
Chapter 2. Hieroglyphs, Deep History, and Biblical Chronology
Chapter 3. Encoding the Wisdom of Egypt
Chapter 4. Laws for Murdering Men's Souls
Chapter 5. Translating Hieroglyphs, Constructing Authority
Conclusion. Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination
Notes
Bibliography
Index Locorum Subject Index
Acknowledgments
Enigmatic Writing in the Egyptian New Kingdom. II, A Lexicon of Ancient Egyptian Cryptography of the New Kingdom
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This is the first synthesis on Egyptian enigmatic writing (also referred to as "cryptography") in the New Kingdom (c.1550-1070 BCE). Enigmatic writing is an extended practice of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, set against immediate decoding and towards revealing additional levels of meaning. This first volume consists of studies by the main specialists in the field. The second volume is a lexicon of all attested enigmatic signs and values
Davyʹojehypetsʹki statuetky ušebti v zibranni Odesʹkoho archeolohičnoho muzeju NAN Ukrajiny = Ancient Egyptian shabti statuettes in the collection of the Odesa Archaeological Museu...
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The monograph is the first special study and a complete catalogue of the ancient Egyptian shabti statuettes in the collection of the Odesa Archaeological Museum of the NAS of Ukraine. This group of monuments makes more than a sixth of the total number of Egyptian artifacts in the museum. Shabtis of the Odesa collection date from the 17th Dynasty to the Late Period and are represented by the objects of stone, wood, faience, and clay. Part of the shabtis has preserved inscriptions with the names and titles of their owners, and the text of the Spell 6 of the Book of the Dead is also written on seven shabtis. The monograph includes museum data, parameters, description, photographs, hieroglyphic transcription, transliteration, and annotated translation of the inscriptions available on the objects.
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234 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. :
The book can be of interest to specialists in Oriental studies, museum scholars, historians, archeologists, specialists in religious and cultural studies, students of the historical faculties, and those who are interested in the history of the Ancient World and the development of museum work in Ukraine. :
9789660298637
New Kingdom ostraca from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridg e
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This book publishes a previously unknown collection of hieratic ostraca from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The texts include a broad range of genres, including wisdom literature, religious hymns, magical texts, medical recipes, private letters, administrative notes, scribal exercises ( Kemit ), and copies of tomb inscriptions. Each ostracon is presented with photographs, facsimile drawings and hieroglyphic transcriptions, as well as translations and brief philological commentaries. Many of the texts can be linked to the village of Deir el-Medina on internal evidence, and the book offers new data to scholars working with material from this famous site.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004183766 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.