The shrines of Tut-Ankh-Amon

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Dharma Centre of Canada: Archive

Name/Title

The shrines of Tut-Ankh-Amon

Entry/Object ID

BL2430 .S5 1962

Description

The present volume contains the first translation of the hieroglyphic texts inscribed on the four gold-encrusted shrines that enclosed the sarcophagus of Tut-Ankh-Amon, ruler of Egypt in the 14th century B.C. The texts on the shrines consist of rituals and devotional inscriptions, including fragments of sacred books, and they contribute to a solution of many problems in the intricate religious system of the ancient Egyptians. The shrines, which were arranged one within another, are now in the Cairo Museum, together with the other priceless and beautiful funerary objects, a small selection of which has recently been exhibited in American Museums through the courtesy of the Government of the United Arab Republic. This publication consists of an extensive introduction, a full translation of the texts, many diagrams of representations, and 67 plates illustrating the panels of the shrines. Alexandre Piankoff, eminent Egyptologist and philologist, is a member of the French Institute of Oriental Archaelogy at Cairo. He is in charge of the series of books on Egyptian Religious Texts and Representations published in Bollingen Series, of which this was originally a part. --Back cover Contents: Part I: The Shrines of Tut-Ankh-Amon Amon-Re, the God of Thebes The Theology of Aton Maat, The Goddess Truth Tut-Ankh-Amon Funerary Ceremonies Mummification The Viscera The Heart Nut, the Coffin The Way to the Grave Chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead The Watery Abyss, Nun The Book of the Divine Cow The Divine Cow Legend Part II: Texts of the Shrines of Tut-Ankh-Amon The Four Shrines

Collection

Jotidhammo Collection

Dimensions

Dimension Description

xxiii, 133 pages, 64 pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Book Details

Editor

Natacha Rambova

Publication Translator

Alexandre Piankoff

Edition

First Harper Torchback edition

Publisher

Harper & Row

Place Published

City

New York

Date Published

1962

Publication Subjects

Egypt -- Religion -- Sources Inscriptions, Egyptian Religious literature, Egyptian -- Translations into English Tutankhamen, King of Egypt

Call No.

BL2430 .S5 1962