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The ancient Egyptian book of the Moon : Coffin Texts spells 154-160

This text proposes that Coffin Texts spells 154-160, recorded at beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE, form the oldest composition about the moon in ancient Egypt and, indeed, the world. The detailed analysis of these spells, based on a new translation, reveals that they provide a chronologically ord...

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Main Author: Priskin, Gyula (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd , 2019
Series:Archaeopress Egyptology 22
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Online Access:http://altertum.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/archaeopress/www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/emedium/fid/Archaeopress/9781789691993 - eBook.pdf
Author Notes:Gyula Priskin
E-Book Packages:Archaeopress : Selected E-Books in Archaeology
Notes:FID-Lizenz "FID Altertumswissenschaften" (keine Universitätslizenz)
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Summary:This text proposes that Coffin Texts spells 154-160, recorded at beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE, form the oldest composition about the moon in ancient Egypt and, indeed, the world. The detailed analysis of these spells, based on a new translation, reveals that they provide a chronologically ordered account of the phenomena of a lunar month
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2019
Includes bibliographical references and index
Zielgruppe: Specialized
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ii, 254 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9781789691993