The Pyramid Texts of Queen Ankhsenpei II. Edition, description, analysis and translations. MIFAO 152. IF1317.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 30276 |
| Format | 24 x 32 |
| Détails | 192 pages, plates, 2 volumes in publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2024 |
| Etat | NINE |
| ISBN | 9782724710038 |
Queen Ankhsenpei II was the wife of Pepi I , of Merenre I , and then regent in her capacity as mother of the young Pepi II, fifth pharaoh of the 6th Dynasty ( c . 2270-2200 BC). Her funerary complex was located in 1998 by the French Archaeological Mission of Saqqara, now the Franco-Swiss Archaeological Mission of Saqqara (MafS). This monumental complex includes the first queen's pyramid with Pyramid Texts in its underground apartments, a privilege linked to the exceptional status of Ankhsenpei II, queen-regent.
This edition provides, in facsimiles, the reassembly of the four inscribed walls, reconstructed from the 1,617 fragments discovered during excavations, as well as the fragments that have not been replaced. The preserved text is reproduced in black, and the restored text in red. After a general presentation of Ankhsenpei II, a major figure in Egyptian history, of the text inscription program and the problem of the destruction of the walls, an analysis of the composition of the walls – 937 columns of text and at least 421 formulas – and a translation of the “new” formulas (TP 1201-1210) and those attested in other pyramids but providing new elements are provided.
Queen Ankhsenpei II was the wife of Pepi I , of Merenre I , and then regent in her capacity as mother of the young Pepi II, fifth pharaoh of the 6th Dynasty ( c . 2270-2200 BC). Her funerary complex was located in 1998 by the French Archaeological Mission of Saqqara, now the Franco-Swiss Archaeological Mission of Saqqara (MafS). This monumental complex includes the first queen's pyramid with Pyramid Texts in its underground apartments, a privilege linked to the exceptional status of Ankhsenpei II, queen-regent.
This edition provides, in facsimiles, the reassembly of the four inscribed walls, reconstructed from the 1,617 fragments discovered during excavations, as well as the fragments that have not been replaced. The preserved text is reproduced in black, and the restored text in red. After a general presentation of Ankhsenpei II, a major figure in Egyptian history, of the text inscription program and the problem of the destruction of the walls, an analysis of the composition of the walls – 937 columns of text and at least 421 formulas – and a translation of the “new” formulas (TP 1201-1210) and those attested in other pyramids but providing new elements are provided.