Books of Breathing and Related Texts -Late Egyptian Religious Texts in the British Museum: Volume 1 (Catalogue of the Books of the Dead and Other Religious Texts in the British Museum) - Hardcover
Synopsis
The British Museum's collection of late hieratic religious papyri, particularly those of the Graeco-Roman period, is one of the most important in the world, in terms both of its number and its diversity. The papyri mainly comprise funerary texts laid beside the deceased as guides in the underworld, but also temple rituals, liturgies and texts of magical inspiration. For each of the fifty or so documents catalogued the author provides a general introduction, a translation and a commentary.
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About the Author
Francois Herbin is an internationally acknowledged expert on late religious texts.
Review
A publication for those who are undertaking a serious study of ancient Egyptian funerary texts, and it makes their contents available to readers in a single volume, which will help facilitate the study and comparison of similar documents in other museum collections around the world.' (Ancient Egypt Magazine, 2009)
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