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The Organization of the Pyramid Texts (2 Vols.): Typology and Disposition
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The Organization of the Pyramid Texts (2 Vols.): Typology and Disposition Hardcover - 2012

by Harold M. Hays


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The ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts form the oldest sizable body of religious texts in the world. Discovered in the late nineteenth century, they had been inscribed on the interior stone walls of the pyramid tombs of third-millennium kings and queens. From their content it is clear that they were concerned with the afterlife state of the tomb owner, but the historical meaning of their emergence has been poorly understood. This book weds traditional philological approaches to linguistic anthropology in order to associate them with two spheres of human action: mortuary cult and personal preparation for the afterlife. Monumentalized as hieroglyphs in the tomb, their function was now one step removed from the human events that had motivated their original production.

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  • Title The Organization of the Pyramid Texts (2 Vols.): Typology and Disposition
  • Author Harold M. Hays
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 348
  • Volumes 2
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Brill
  • Date 2012
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9789004218659 / 9004218653
  • Weight 5.2 lbs (2.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.7 x 8.5 x 2 in (29.72 x 21.59 x 5.08 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Historical
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Cultural Region: North Africa
  • Library of Congress subjects Egyptian literature - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012006795
  • Dewey Decimal Code 299.318

About the author

Harold M. Hays, Ph.D. (2006) in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, is Assistant Professor of Egyptology at Leiden University. He has published extensively on the Pyramid Texts and ancient Egyptian ritual practice.
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