Le Papyrus du Livre des Morts de l'Égypte ancienne de Sésostris (Papyrus Reinisch). Catalogue Collection "Studies in the History

Collection "Studies in the History of Religions" from the University of Strasbourg

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Watching work in the fields or artisans' workshops

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Le Papyrus du Livre des Morts de l'Égypte ancienne de Sésostris (Papyrus Reinisch). Catalogue Collection "Studies in the HistoryThis work offers the hieroglyphic transcription, transliteration and translation of the "Book of the Dead of Sesostris" (Papyrus Reinisch, Nationalbibliothek of Vienna [Aeg 10. 994 10. 997]. Coming from the Theban region, this "Papyrus" is dated to the 18th dynasty, more precisely to the reigns of Thutmose III Amenhotep II (c. 1460 1400 BC). Written in cursive hieroglyphs and read in retrograde, it comprises 25 "Chapters" which are successively the