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The Mortuary Papyrus of Padikakem
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31 December 2011

This new study is the first translation of the papyrus of Padikakem, with an extensive commentary. The complete early Ptolemaic manuscript from the Walters Art Museum contains two uncommon texts in hieratic. The initial text, a Ritual of Introducing the Multitude on the Last Day of Tekh, is identified as a temple liturgy by its rubric title, while its themes recall love poetry and the Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys. The second text, a rarely attested Book III of glorification spells (sakhw) has an exclusively mortuary character. The spells of this section largely originate in the Pyramid Texts and include specific instructions for recitation by the lector priest. The two texts are established as a coherent composition that belongs to the Greco-Roman tradition of merging Egyptian funerary practices with temple liturgies. The diverse sources and themes of the texts shed light on the evolution of Osirian and mortuary theologies from the Old Kingdom onwards. The study also thoroughly examines the development of grammar and paleography among the parallels.
HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Middle Eastern history, Archaeology by period / region
List of Plates and Hieroglyphic Transcriptions
List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 - The Papyrus Walters Art Museum 551
Chapter 2 - sξhw Glorification Spells
Chapter 3 - Transliteration, Translation, Commentary
Appendix - Index of Epithets
Bibliography
Indices
Hieroglyphic Transcription and Plates