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Title

The awakening of Osiris and the transit of the solar barques : royal apotheosis in a most concise book of the underworld and sky / Joshua Aaron Roberson.

Author

Roberson, Joshua Aaron.

Publication

Fribourg : Academic Press ; Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013.

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Details

Description

x, 175 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Orbis biblicus et orientalis, 1015-1850 ; 262

Uniform Title

Orbis biblicus et orientalis ; 262.

Subject

• Osiris (Egyptian deity)
• Apotheosis
• Cosmology, Egyptian
• Mythology, Egyptian
• Inscriptions, Egyptian
• Egyptian language > Writing, Hieroglyphic
• Osiris-Mythos
• Sonnenkult
• Pharao
• Apotheose
• Ikonographie
• Kryptologie
• Ägypten Altertum

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Description of the scenes -- Annotations to the lower register : the awakening of Osiris -- West side, small deities -- Text A1/1-5 : first row west, first to fifth figures -- Text A2/1-5 : second row west, first to fifth figures -- Text A3/1-5 : third row west, first to fifth figures -- Text A4/1-5 : fourth row west, first to fifth figures -- East side, small deities -- Text A5/1-4 : first row east, first to fourth figures -- Text A6/1-4 : second row east, first to fourth figures -- Text A7/1-4 : third row east, first to fourth figures -- Text A8/1-4 : fourth row east, first to fourth figures -- The standing figure of Horus -- Text A9 : above Horus -- Text A10 : between Horus and the Shrine of Osiris (Sety I only) -- Guardian uraei atop the shrine of Osiris -- Text A11 : above the western uraei -- Text A12 : above the eastern uraei -- Text A13 : above the central group of uraei -- The awakened Osiris -- Text A14 : behind the shrine of Osiris (Ramesses VI only) -- Text A15 : speech of Osiris, above the god's shrine -- Annotations to the upper register : the transit of the Solar Barques -- The winged sun disc -- Text T1 : beneath the west wing -- Text T2 : beneath the east wing -- Western horizon and gods of the southern sky -- Text T3 : in front of the "west" emblem, above the first (uppermost) row of small deities -- Text T4 : southern sky, uppermost row -- Text T5 : southern sky, second row (from top) -- Text T6 : southern sky, third row (from top) -- Text T7 : southern sky, lowermost row -- Eastern horizon and gods of the northern sky -- Text T8 : in front of the "east" emblem, above the first (uppermost) row of small deities -- Text T9 : northern sky, uppermost row -- Text T10 : northern sky, second row (from top) -- Text T11 : northern sky, third row (from top) -- Text T12 : northern sky, lowermost row -- West side, figures in the evening barque -- Text T13 : evening barque, Stern. Atum -- Text T14 : speech of Atum (Sety I only) -- Text T15 : evening barque, center : the deceased -- Text T16 : speech of the deceased to Atum -- East side, figures in the morning barque -- Text T17 : morning barque, stern : the sun god -- Text T18 : morning barque, center : the deceased -- Text T19 : speech of the deceased to the sun god -- Text T20 : morning barque, prow. Standing goddess (Ramesses VI only) -- Central axis -- Text T21 : titulary -- Further considerations on a most concise book of the underworld and sky -- The status of the bi-partite tableau as a unified composition -- The original date of composition -- Function and meaning in the book of the awakened Osiris and the transit of the Solar Barques -- The structure of the cosmograph -- Royal apotheosis in the bi-partite tableau -- Private adaptations to the bi-partite tableau in the tomb of Mutirdis -- Appendix : register of cryptic values in the AOTSB -- Bibliography -- Egyptian-English index of divine names -- Index of texts cited -- General index -- Plate 1 : awakening and transit scenes from the cenotaph of Sety I at Abydos (after Frankfort et al., Cenotaph, pl. 74, image courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society) -- Plate 2 : awakening and transit scenes from the tomb of Ramesses VI (after Piankoff, Ramesses VI, 438, fig. 142 : Egyptian religious texts and representations, vol. 1 © 1954 by Bollingen, 1982 renewed PUP reprinted by permission of Princeton University Press) : all hieroglyphs drawn by the present author, after ibid., pis. 184-85 -- Plate 3 : awakening and transit scenes from the tomb of Ramesses IX (drawing by the present author) -- Plate 4 : awakening and transit scenes from the tomb of Sheshonq III (after montet, Tombeau de Chéchanq III, pl. 30, image courtesy of the Mission Française des Fouilles des Tanis) -- Plate 5 : awakening and transit scenes from the tomb of Mutirdis, Chamber IV, reconstruction (after Assmann, Mutirdis, 91, fig. 41, reproduced by permission of the author) : destroyed areas in grey added by the present author, after ibid., pl. 41.

Call Number

JFE 14-176

ISBN

• 9783525543870 (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht : hd.bd.)
• 3525543875 (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht : hd.bd.)
• 9783727817465 (Academic Press : hd.bd.)
• 3727817461 (Academic Press : hd.bd.)

OCLC

864434898

Author

Roberson, Joshua Aaron.

Title

The awakening of Osiris and the transit of the solar barques : royal apotheosis in a most concise book of the underworld and sky / Joshua Aaron Roberson.

Imprint

Fribourg : Academic Press ; Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013.

Series

Orbis biblicus et orientalis, 1015-1850 ; 262

Orbis biblicus et orientalis ; 262.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 14-176