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The ancient Egyptian book of the Moon : Coffin Texts spells 154-160 / Gyula Priskin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Priskin, Gyula, author.
- Series:
- Archaeopress Egyptology ; 22.
- Archaeopress Egyptology ; 22
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inscriptions, Egyptian.
- Moon--Early works to 1800.
- Moon.
- Moon--Religious aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ii, 254 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This text proposes that Coffin Texts spells 154-160, recorded at beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE, form the oldest composition about the moon in ancient Egypt and, indeed, the world. The detailed analysis of these spells, based on a new translation, reveals that they provide a chronologically ordered account of the phenomena of a lunar month.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 29, 2019).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781789691993
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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