Introduction

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgements VII
4. Abbreviations IX
5. Introduction XI
6. 1 The history of the manuscripts, their acquisition and present location 1
7. 2 Material description: dimensions and joins, number of columns of text, number of vignettes 2
8. 3 Description of the writing on the papyri and its layout 8
9. 4 The scribe of P. Louvre N. 3122 and P. Berlin P. 3162! 10
10. 5 Provenance and date of the manuscripts 16
11. 6 The owners of the papyri, their titles, and their families 17
12. 7 Contents of the papyri 19
13. 8 Posthumous transformation in ancient Egyptian thought 27
14. 9 Context of usage of the papyri 29
15. 10 Orthography 33
16. 11 Grammar 37
17. 12 Edition 41
18. 13 Glossaries 109
19. Bibliography of works cited 129
20. Indice 137
21. Plates 141