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The ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books / [translated by] John Coleman Darnell and Colleen Manassa Darnell.
Van Pelt - Judaica/Ancient Near East Resource Room (401) PJ408 .W758 no.39
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Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BL2430 .A53 2018
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Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection BL2430 .A53 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Writings from the ancient world ; no. 39.
- Writings from the ancient world ; Number 39
- Language:
- Egyptian
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious literature, Egyptian--Translations into English.
- Religious literature, Egyptian.
- Future life.
- Religion.
- History.
- Egypt--Religion--History--Sources.
- Egypt.
- Genre:
- History.
- Sources.
- Translations.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvii, 685 pages : illustrations, plans ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta, GA : SBL Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Introduction. Main themes of the Netherworld Books
- Royal tombs of the New Kingdom
- Development of tomb architecture
- Development of tomb decoration and use of Netherworld Books
- Netherworld Books in temple settings
- Function of the Netherworld Books
- Topography of the Netherworld Books : conceptions of space and time
- Dating the Netherworld Books
- Cryptography in the Netherworld Books
- Post-New Kingdom uses of the Netherworld Books
- A note on the translations
- Book of Adoring Re in the West
- Book of the Hidden Chamber
- Book of Gates
- Book of Caverns
- Books of the Creation of the Solar Disk
- Books of the Solar-Osirian Unity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 655-685).
- ISBN:
- 9781628371277
- 1628371277
- 9780884142768
- 0884142760
- OCLC:
- 1008767775
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