Glorification spells from a priestly milieu in Ancient Egypt / edited by Ann-Katrin Gill and Mark Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gill, Ann-Katrin, 1986- editor.

Smith, M. (Mark), 1951- editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

Egyptian

English

Subjects (All):

Incantations, Egyptian.

Incantations, Egyptian--Translations into English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (904 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Language Note:

English translation with original Egyptian hieroglyphic text and transliteration.

Summary:

This text presents the first comprehensive edition of a collection of glorification spells attested in five papyri from around 300 BCE. It includes a hieroglyphic synopsis of all known examples of the spells, and a transliteration and translation of the copy preserved in the Louvre.

Contents:

Cover

Glorification Spells from a Priestly Milieu in Ancient Egypt

Copyright

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Overview

2. Title

3. Previous work on the text

4. Description of the five main papyri

4.1 L = P. Louvre N. 3129

4.2 BM = P. BM EA 10252

4.3 B = P. Berlin P. 3057

4.4 BM1 = P. BM EA 10317

4.5 BM2 = P. BM EA 10319

5. The scribes of the Glorification Recited on Each Due Occasion of the Embalming Place and their spheres of activity

5.1 Scribe 1: The scribe of BM and BM1

5.2 Scribe 2: The scribe of B and BM2

5.2.1 Scribe 2 and Pawerem

5.2.2 Scribe 2 and Sminis

5.3 Scribe 3: The scribe of L and P. BM EA 10255

6. Objects containing a collection of individual spells

6.1 PR = P. Barcelona Palau-Ribesinv. 80

6.2 S = P. Sękowski (P. Cracow Jagiellonen University Library 03.03.1992)

6.3 Herisenef = P. Turin Cat. 2117 (R 08)

6.4 A = P. Cairo JE 97249 (papyrus 7)

6.5 Ankhhapi = Sarcophagus of Ankhhapi Cairo CG 29301 (JE 17429)

6.6 LE = P. Leiden T 31

7. Number of spells

8. Sources and parallels

9. Sequence of spells and ritual coherence

10. The ritual context for the recitation of the spells

11. Diffusion of the text/access

12. Grammar and style

13. Conventions

TEXT EDITION

Transliteration and Translation

Spell 1: P. Louvre N. 3129, L/1-6

Spell 2: P. Louvre N. 3129, L/11-26 and 6-10

Spell 3: P. Louvre N. 3129, L/27-34

Spell 4: P. Louvre N. 3129, L/35-47

Spell 5: P. Louvre N. 3129, L/48-57

Spell 6: P. Louvre N. 3129, M/1-18

Spell 7: P. Louvre N. 3129, M/19-27

Spell 8: P. Louvre N. 3129, M/28-38

Spell 9: P. Louvre N. 3129, M/39-N/2

Spell 10: P. Louvre N. 3129, N/3-28

Spell 11: P. Louvre N. 3129, N/29-38

Spell 12: P. Louvre N. 3129, N/39-54.

Spell 13: P. Louvre N. 3129, N/55-O/10

Spell 14: P. Louvre N. 3129, O/11-20

Spell 15: P. Louvre N. 3129, O/21-30

Spell 16: P. Louvre N. 3129, O/31-8

Commentary

Spell 1

Column L

Line 1

Line 2

Line 3

Line 4

Line 5

Line 6

Spell 2

Line 11

Line 12

Line 13

Line 14

Line 15

Line 16

Line 17

Line 18

Line 19

Line 20

Line 21

Line 22

Line 23

Line 24

Line 25

Line 26

Line 7

Line 8

Line 9

Line 10

Spell 3

Line 27

Line 28

Line 29

Line 30

Line 31

Line 32

Line 33

Line 34

Spell 4

Line 35

Line 36

Line 37

Line 38

Line 39

Line 40

Line 41

Line 42

Line 43

Line 44

Line 45

Line 46

Line 47

Spell 5

Line 48

Line 49

Line 50

Line 51

Line 52

Line 53

Line 54

Line 55

Line 56

Line 57

Spell 6

Column M

Spell 7

Spell 8

Spell 9

Column N

Spell 10

Line 22.

Line 23

Spell 11

Spell 12

Spell 13

Column O

Spell 14

Spell 15

Spell 16

Synopsis

Glossary

A. General vocabulary

B. Divine names

C. Personal names

D. Toponyms

References

Index of Ancient Egyptian Sources

PLATES OF PAPYRI AND HIEROGLYPHIC TRANSCRIPTIONS

Notes on the Plates.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 5, 2024).

ISBN:

9780198905073

0198905076

9780198902492

0198902492

OCLC:

1450904920