Book of the dead
| dc.contributor | McDonald, Peter British Museum London |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T16:22:05Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T16:22:05Z |
| dc.date.created | 1250 BCE |
| dc.identifier | ota:0595 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/0595 |
| dc.description.abstract | Title proper taken from Electronic text Books of the dead are Egyptian funerary texts and consist of spells, charms, and formulas to be said by the deceased during their journey to the Underworld. Such texts were originally inscribed in stone but later were written on papyrus and often contained illustrations. They were commissioned by the deceased before their death The first half of the text also contains descriptions of the images on the papyrus from which the depositor has made his transcription Modern translation, probably by the compiler himself |
| dc.format.extent | Text data (1 file : ca. 327 KB) |
| dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Legacy Collection |
| dc.rights | Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| dc.rights.label | PUB |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Fiction |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Myths and legends |
| dc.subject.other | Ancient religious texts |
| dc.title | Book of the dead |
| dc.type | Text |
| has.files | yes |
| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 335386 |
| files.count | 1 |
| otaterms.date.range | BCE |
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THE BOOK OF THE DEAD Introductory Hymn to the Sun-God Re WORSHIP OF RE WHEN HE RISES IN THE EASTERN HORIZON of the sky BY N. HE SAYS: HAIL TO YOU, you having come as Khopri, even Khopri who is the creator of the gods. You rise and shine on the back of your mother (the sky), having appeared in glory as King of the gods. Your mother Nut shall use her arms on your behalf in making greeting. The Manu-mountain receives you in peace, Maet embraces you at all seasons. May you give power and might in vindication--and a coming forth as a living soul to see Harakhti--to the double of N. HE SAYS: O all you gods of the Soul-mansion who judge sky and earth in the balance, who give food and provisions; O Tatenen, Unique One, creator of mankind; O Southern, Northern, Western and Eastern Enneads, give praise to Re, Lord of the sky, the Sovereign who made the gods. Worship him in his goodly shape when he appears in the Day-bark. May those who are above worship you, may those who are below worship . . .
