{"product_id":"glorification-spells-from-a-priestly-ann-katrin-gill-9780192898784","title":"Glorification Spells from a Priestly Milieu in Ancient Egypt","description":"\u003cem\u003eGlorification Spells from a Priestly Milieu in Ancient Egypt\u003c\/em\u003e presents the first comprehensive edition of an ancient Egyptian ritual composition entitled the Glorification Recited on Each Due Occasion of the Embalming Place, a collection of glorification spells attested in five papyri from around 300 BCE. Arguably the most significant extensive ancient Egyptian ritual text still awaiting systematic study, its constituent spells preserve and transmit religious ideas which resonated with the ancient Egyptians for millennia. The collection and adaptation of these spells into a single coherent ritual work bear witness to the remarkable creativity of the priests and scribes of the latest periods of Egyptian history. Much of this process may be attributable to members of a single family or a small circle of colleagues living in a particular place during a circumscribed period of time, highlighting the importance of individual or small-group agency, not only in preserving and transmitting religious traditions, but in transforming them as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGlorification spells were recited in the embalming place and elsewhere. They were intended, not only to revivify those to whom they were addressed, restoring their mental and physical faculties, but to secure their elevation to a new, exalted status, that of an \u003cem\u003eakh\u003c\/em\u003e, or glorified spirit, as well. This status integrated the beneficiary within the hierarchy of gods and other glorified spirits in the next world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume places the Glorification Recited on Each Due Occasion of the Embalming Place in its wider historical, religious, and sociological context. It includes a hieroglyphic synopsis of all known examples of the spells, and a transliteration and translation of the copy of them preserved in P. Louvre N. 3129, the type version. In a line-by-line commentary, variant readings in the parallels are recorded and salient points of interest, whether grammatical, lexicographical, historical, topographical, or theological, are discussed. An extensive glossary, a general bibliography, an index, and photographic reproductions are provided, alongside hieroglyphic transcriptions of the papyri.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann-Katrin Gill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0192898787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192898784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Ann-Katrin Gill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46110858576127,"sku":"9780192898784","price":305.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9089c9e8-54f1-40fd-95bf-22698588a8c3.jpg?v=1725469973","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/glorification-spells-from-a-priestly-ann-katrin-gill-9780192898784","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}