Faulkner's authoritative English translation of Middle Kingdom coffin texts is essential for all Egyptologists. This new edition reprints his whole work in one volume. Filling the gap between the `Pyramid' texts and the New Kingdom Book of the Dead, these writings were intended to supply the deceased with the speeches he would need to achieve a secure and important position in the next world. As such they supply valuable insights into Egyptian beliefs and mortuary practices. Concise textual notes are kept to a minimum, allowing the character of the texts to be experienced as a whole. Indexes cover divinities, localities, celestial bodies, selected Egyptian words in translation and also the parts of boats and sailing gear that figure prominently in some spells.
| ISBN: | 9780856687549 |
| Publication date: | 8th June 2004 |
| Author: | Raymond Oliver Faulkner |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press an imprint of Oxbow Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 800 pages |
| Series: | Aris & Phillips Classical Texts |
| Genres: |
Archaeology by period / region Palaeography |