On the Primaeval Ocean
The book is an edition of an ancient Egyptian cosmology for which there is no known parallel. The cosmology was written in the demotic script and preserved in a manuscript dating to the 2nd century AD. Although once of considerable scope, this manuscript now survives only in fragments. These are scattered among three collections.
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On the Primaeval Ocean
The book is an edition of an ancient Egyptian cosmology for which there is no known parallel. The cosmology was written in the demotic script and preserved in a manuscript dating to the 2nd century AD. Although once of considerable scope, this manuscript now survives only in fragments. These are scattered among three collections.
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On the Primaeval Ocean

On the Primaeval Ocean

by Mark Smith
On the Primaeval Ocean

On the Primaeval Ocean

by Mark Smith

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Overview

The book is an edition of an ancient Egyptian cosmology for which there is no known parallel. The cosmology was written in the demotic script and preserved in a manuscript dating to the 2nd century AD. Although once of considerable scope, this manuscript now survives only in fragments. These are scattered among three collections.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9788772896465
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Publication date: 06/01/2002
Series: CNI Publications
Pages: 260
Product dimensions: 8.25(w) x 11.50(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Mark Smith is senior lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh. 

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction

                Concordance of Fragments

Part 2: Text

                Group 1: Fragments 1-14

                Group 2: Fragments 15-29

                Group 3: Fragments 30-48

Part 3: Summary

Bibliography

Glossary

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