The Medical Text of the Ebers Papyrus. Hieroglyphic transcription, transliteration, translation, glossary, and index.
Saffron| N° d'inventaire | 20562 |
| Format | 21 x 29.7 |
| Détails | 270 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Brussels, 2017 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782874570926 |
A tailor-made work for enthusiasts of hieroglyphics, hieratics, and Egyptian grammar, through an exceptional historical document of Egyptology, the Ebers Papyrus. For the first time, the most complete medical papyri of ancient Egypt is presented in its entirety, showing plate by plate, the transcription into hieroglyphs of each of them, confronted line by line with transliteration and translation. This takes into account recent lexicographical data. We discover an astonishing pharmacopoeia, medical practices combining real scientific knowledge with the way of thinking specific to Pharaonic Egypt, and the use of magic when science has its limits. Glossary and index The reader will find in the appendices a glossary of the main Egyptian words present in the papyrus, as well as an index of French words. Most of the occurrences of the latter contain the materia medica, anatomical terms, pathology terms, and proper names.
A tailor-made work for enthusiasts of hieroglyphics, hieratics, and Egyptian grammar, through an exceptional historical document of Egyptology, the Ebers Papyrus. For the first time, the most complete medical papyri of ancient Egypt is presented in its entirety, showing plate by plate, the transcription into hieroglyphs of each of them, confronted line by line with transliteration and translation. This takes into account recent lexicographical data. We discover an astonishing pharmacopoeia, medical practices combining real scientific knowledge with the way of thinking specific to Pharaonic Egypt, and the use of magic when science has its limits. Glossary and index The reader will find in the appendices a glossary of the main Egyptian words present in the papyrus, as well as an index of French words. Most of the occurrences of the latter contain the materia medica, anatomical terms, pathology terms, and proper names.