The Organization of the Pyramid Texts (2 vol. set): Typology and DispositionThe ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts form the oldest body of religious texts in the world. This book weds traditional philology to linguistic anthropology to associate them with two spheres of ritual action, mortuary cult and personal preparation for the afterlife. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter One Performance Settings and Structures | 17 |
Chapter Two Groups and Series of Pyramid Texts | 79 |
Chapter Three Categories of Pyramid Texts | 125 |
Chapter Four Interface of Groups and Categories | 205 |
Chapter Five Recapitulation | 251 |
Coda Types of Pyramid Texts and Their Interface with Groups | 265 |
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Group A Offering Ritual | 676 |
Group B Transfiguration | 679 |
Group C Perpetuation of Cult | 680 |
Group D Horus Resurrects | 681 |
Group F Isis and Nephthys Lament | 682 |
Group H Provisioning | 683 |
Group J Aggregation with the Gods | 684 |
Group K Apotropaia | 685 |
List of Figures | 312 |
Listing One Pyramid Texts by Typology and Disposition | 313 |
Listing Two Sequences of Pyramid Texts | 453 |
Listing Three Subsequences of Pyramid Texts | 469 |
Listing Four Typological Motifs of Pyramid Texts | 487 |
Plans of Texts in Kingly Pyramids | 639 |
Charts of Groups of Texts in Kingly Pyramids | 675 |
Group L Transformation | 686 |
Group M Ascent to the Sky | 687 |
Group N The Celestial Circuit | 688 |
Group O Mixed | 689 |
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2nd Reference 3rd Components 3rd Reference Anubis Apotropaic Motifs ascend Assmann Atum beneficiary Category Coffin Texts collective Group Ennead exemplar Exhortation Eye of Horus gods grammatical person Harakhti Horus Group ir.t Merenre Middle Kingdom mK subsequence mortuary motgf mothf Motyf Priestly Recitations Motyf Transition Texts Neferkare Nephthys ntr.w Object Direction Offering Direction Offering Motifs Offering text Offering Osiris NN papyrus Particle Pepi II performance Personal Motif personal services Personal text Person Priestly Motyf Priestly Priestly recitation Priestly Priestly Recitations Dependent Provisioning Texts pyramid of unas Pyramid Texts recarved recitation Priestly Motifs recitation Priestly Series Recitations with motyf recurring series rites ritual Sacerdotal and Personal Sacerdotal Motifs Sacerdotal Series sacerdotal text Person serpent Seth Source Location Period Teti text Offering Series text owner text Transition Series Texts with motyf Thoth Transition Motifs transition text Transition Type Vocative wsir