Papyrus British Museum 10808 and its cultural and religious setting / by Val Hinckley Sederholm.

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Sederholm, Val Hinckley, 1963-

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English, Egyptian, German Original language: Coptic Series: Probleme der Ägyptologie ; 24. Bd.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 244 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789047407355
9047407350
1281396664
9781281396662
6611396667
9786611396664

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Papyrus British Museum 10808 and its cultural and religious setting.DDC classification:

299/.31 22

LOC classification:

PJ2199 .S43 2006

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Contents:

Preface -- Compararive Interlinear Transcription : Sederholm, Crum, Osing -- Osing's Egyptian Transliteration and German Translation (with selections from Crum and Volten) -- Phrase-by-Phrase Old Coptic Transcription, Egyptian Transliteration, and English Translation -- Egyptian Transliteration and English Translation with Running Commentary -- Annotated Commentary -- The Ram -- The Enemy of Osiris -- t̲mś.w : The Red Tally of Fate -- The rn m}' -- Works Cited -- Author and Subject Index -- Index of Comparisons of Words -- Index of Selected Passages.

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Summary: "This volume presents a new reading of a Proto-Coptic magical textSummary: Papyrus British Museum EA 10808 features a unique spell for a victim of divine wrath composed in the liturgical language of ancient Egypt but in Greek script with a few Demotic signs."Summary: "Val H. Sederholm reveals a coherent and distinctive text that contributes to the illumination of Egyptian thought in the Graeco-Roman period just before the great shutdown of the ancient temple learning."Summary: "In nine chapters of transcription, translation, and commentary, Sederholm considers such features as taboo, secrecy, and the efficacy of magical words and names.Summary: He also discusses the destructive nature of the stars and the role of Fate in the bloody slaughter of divine enemies within the text."

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Old Coptic text in Egyptian transliteration with English and German translations; commentary in English.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-232) and indexes.

"This volume presents a new reading of a Proto-Coptic magical text

Papyrus British Museum EA 10808 features a unique spell for a victim of divine wrath composed in the liturgical language of ancient Egypt but in Greek script with a few Demotic signs."

"Val H. Sederholm reveals a coherent and distinctive text that contributes to the illumination of Egyptian thought in the Graeco-Roman period just before the great shutdown of the ancient temple learning."

"In nine chapters of transcription, translation, and commentary, Sederholm considers such features as taboo, secrecy, and the efficacy of magical words and names.

He also discusses the destructive nature of the stars and the role of Fate in the bloody slaughter of divine enemies within the text."

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