The decree for Igeret. (according to the Papyrus of Imouthès, MMA 35.9.21)
| N° d'inventaire | 18830 |
| Format | 17.5 x 24 |
| Détails | 230 p., hieroglyphic texts, transliterations, translations, paperback. |
| Publication | Brest, 2014 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782365180023 |
This work offers the translation of the "Decree for Igeret" which is written on 17 of the 62 columns of the "Papyrus of Imouthès".
This papyrus, which originated in Meir, is now housed in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Written in hieratic script, it is approximately 10.9 m long and 23 cm high and dates from the Macedonian period, around 320 BC.
The "Decree for Igeret" probably draws its sources from a "Treatise on Funerals" of the New Kingdom, dedicated to the pharaoh and his family. Adapted to the era of "Egypt at Twilight," it seems that this treatise became a liturgical codex reserved for the "Osirian Mysteries," its main purpose being to restore Osiris' primacy over the "Kingdom of the Dead."
This work offers the translation of the "Decree for Igeret" which is written on 17 of the 62 columns of the "Papyrus of Imouthès".
This papyrus, which originated in Meir, is now housed in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Written in hieratic script, it is approximately 10.9 m long and 23 cm high and dates from the Macedonian period, around 320 BC.
The "Decree for Igeret" probably draws its sources from a "Treatise on Funerals" of the New Kingdom, dedicated to the pharaoh and his family. Adapted to the era of "Egypt at Twilight," it seems that this treatise became a liturgical codex reserved for the "Osirian Mysteries," its main purpose being to restore Osiris' primacy over the "Kingdom of the Dead."