Transforming the Dead in Graeco-Roman Egypt : The Spells of P. Louvre N. 3122 and P. Berlin P. 3162
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2023
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Walter de Gruyter
Abstract
The Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde is the oldest professional journal in Egyptology. Since 1863 it has published articles on language, literature, history, law, religion, science, magic, the economy, everyday experience, and the material culture of ancient Egypt as well as the history of Egyptology. The Beihefte present monographs and anthologies on the same broad spectrum of issues covered by the journal
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
1 The history of the manuscripts, their acquisition and present location
2 Material description: dimensions and joins, number of columns of text, number of vignettes
3 Description of the writing on the papyri and its layout
4 The scribe of P. Louvre N. 3122 and P. Berlin P. 3162!
5 Provenance and date of the manuscripts
6 The owners of the papyri, their titles, and their families
7 Contents of the papyri
8 Posthumous transformation in ancient Egyptian thought
9 Context of usage of the papyri
10 Orthography
11 Grammar
12 Edition
13 Glossaries
Bibliography of works cited
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Keywords
332 B.C.-640 A.D, Death Religious aspects Ancient Egyptian religion, Egypt Religion 332 B.C.-640 A.D, Egyptian language Papyri, Hieratic
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Berlin