EAN: 9783447117548

THE BOOK OF THE DEAD OF BAKENWEREL - IVAN RODRÍ...

The most important Egyptian collection in Latin America contains the Papyrus Havana (pHavana).
This Book of the Dead  along with the rest of relics within the Egyptian Hall at the National
Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba  remains largely unknown to most scholars in the world. The present
volume finally introduces to the Egyptological community the long awaited edition of pHavana 
comprising its transcription  translation  philological commentary  hieroglyphic
transliteration and color photographs. The author's organization of the papyrus content in five
divisions mirrors the variety of themes expressed in the text and vignettes of the manuscript 
which accompanied Bakenwerel  a purification and lector priest who served in the temple of Amun
in Karnak  during his journey in the Duat  the Egyptian afterlife. Papyrus Havana contains new
variants of rare texts and vignettes  including the renowned spell on Anubis and seven daemons
plus cryptographic compositions  and abridged versions of other common spells  whose
unparalleled sequence makes it a precious specimen within the Book of the Dead tradition from
the end of the Ramesside Period and the beginnings of the Twenty-first Dynasty. Publication of
pHavana in the HAT series adds yet another original contribution to the study of the later
traditions in the ancient Egyptian funerary religion. Furthermore  the publication opens a new
avenue of research and outreach beyond traditional European and American centers. Such new
research within the Egyptological community continues the important process of decolonizing an
ever-broadening discipline.

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