Buch, Englisch, Band Volume 0, 366 Seiten
(MMA 31.9.7)
Buch, Englisch, Band Volume 0, 366 Seiten
Reihe: Griffith Institute Publications
ISBN: 978-0-900416-84-2
Verlag: Peeters Publishers
Papyrus Harkness (MMA 31.9.7) preserves a long, virtually undamaged text
written in the demotic script. The original owner and beneficiary of the
papyrus was a woman called Tanaweruow. Born into a prietly family, she
lived in the town of Pernebut in Middle Egypt. After her death, which
occurred on 15 February 61 A.D., an elaborate series of mortuary rituals
were performed for her benefit by her father and others. Papyrus
Harkness preserves a complete record of the words recited during these
ceremonies, in which it would have been employed by those officiating.
After its initial use, the papyrus was buried along with Tanaweruow in
her tomb, where the reanimating and protective powers of the words with
which it was inscribed were supposed to remain effective for all
eternity.
The manuscript was disinterred by a person or
persons unknown, and made its way through untraced channels to the Cairo
antiquities market where it was purchased by Howard Carter in the spring
of 1922, not too long before his discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
In 1924, he sold it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, in
whose collection it has remained ever since.
The present
volume is the first complete edition of Papyrus Harkness. The
introduction describes the manuscript's appearance and state of
preservation, summarises the available information concerning its
original owner and her family, analyses the text's contents, their
structure, composition, and ritual significance, and outlines its most
salient grammatical and stylistic features. This is followed by a
transliteration and translation of the papyrus and a parallel version of
part of it preserved in another manuscript, P. BM 10507, a line by line
commentary, a bibliography of works cited, and a full glossary
reproducing all the words which occur in the text in facsimile. The
volume concludes with a set of eight fold-out plates with photographs of
Papyrus Harkness.
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written in the demotic script. The original owner and beneficiary of the
papyrus was a woman called Tanaweruow. Born into a prietly family, she
lived in the town of Pernebut in Middle Egypt. After her death, which
occurred on 15 February 61 A.D., an elaborate series of mortuary rituals
were performed for her benefit by her father and others. Papyrus
Harkness preserves a complete record of the words recited during these
ceremonies, in which it would have been employed by those officiating.
After its initial use, the papyrus was buried along with Tanaweruow in
her tomb, where the reanimating and protective powers of the words with
which it was inscribed were supposed to remain effective for all
eternity.
The manuscript was disinterred by a person or
persons unknown, and made its way through untraced channels to the Cairo
antiquities market where it was purchased by Howard Carter in the spring
of 1922, not too long before his discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
In 1924, he sold it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, in
whose collection it has remained ever since.
The present
volume is the first complete edition of Papyrus Harkness. The
introduction describes the manuscript's appearance and state of
preservation, summarises the available information concerning its
original owner and her family, analyses the text's contents, their
structure, composition, and ritual significance, and outlines its most
salient grammatical and stylistic features. This is followed by a
transliteration and translation of the papyrus and a parallel version of
part of it preserved in another manuscript, P. BM 10507, a line by line
commentary, a bibliography of works cited, and a full glossary
reproducing all the words which occur in the text in facsimile. The
volume concludes with a set of eight fold-out plates with photographs of
Papyrus Harkness.
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