Reissue of the first, comprehensive study of shabtis (inscribed funeral statuettes) from Egypt, with illustrated inscriptions, transliterations and over 650 photographed statuettes..
This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to the field of language contact and multilingualism in ancient Egypt before the Greco-Roman period (4th millennium BCE4th c. BCE). It gives...
A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Materiality of Magical Practice
Edited by Elisabeth O'Connell
Price: $80.00
ISBN: 9780861592333
Pub Date: 2022-11-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: British Museum
192 Pages
This volume presents a new translation and analysis of the Hay manuscripts: an assemblage of seven leather sheets bearing Coptic ‘magical’ texts produced in the 8th/9th century AD. They contain a handbook, known as the ‘Hay cookbook’, and other formularies for protection, healing and cursing, some with an especially aggressive sexual character.
Edited by Tomasz Derda, Adam Łajtar and Jakub Urbanik
Price: $200.00
ISBN: 9788393842582
Pub Date: 2017-04-03
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Journal of Juristic Papyrology
2100 Pages
Proceedings of the 27th International Congress of Papyrology, Warsaw, 29 July — 3 August, 2013 3 Volumes: Vol. I: Literary Papyri: Texts and studies Vol. II: Subliterary papyri. Documentary papyri. Scribal practices, linguistic matters Vol. III: Studying papyri
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