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Going out in Daylight – prt m hrw: The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead - translation, sources, meanings (GHP Egyptology)

By Stephen Quirke

Book information

Publisher
Golden House Publications
Year
2013
ISBN
1906137315, 9781906137311
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
99 MB (104304706 bytes)
Edition
Illustrated
Pages
641\639
Time added
2024-07-07 14:35:00

Description

First full illustrated translation with Egyptian transliteration, aiming to present with their individual histories all the compositions on prt m hrw "Book of the Dead" papyri from the New Kingdom to Ptolemaic Period. The volume gives at least one version of every written composition, together with one or more images for the essential pictorial component of all writings for which illustrations are known. Writings at the margins or outside the prt m hrw corpus, including all ascribed "Book of the Dead" numbers in Egyptological publications, are included in the final section. The translations are supported by a thematic and historical introduction and closing glossary.

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