| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Series |
Archaeopress Egyptology ; 16 |
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Archaeopress Egyptology ; 16.
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| Contents |
Preface; Chapter 1: The scene with the cat, serpent and sacred tree, 19th-21st Dynasties; Chapter 2: Correlation between text and visual image; Chapter 3: Mś.w Bdšt -- the sources and the plot; Chapter 4: Mś.w Bdšt in the context of BD 175A, BD 123, CT Sp. 409, pBrooklyn 47.218.84 and the Book of Heavenly Cow -- the Cosmogonic myth dénouement; Chapter 5: Mś.w Bdšt in the Book of Gates; Chapter 6: Mś.w Bdšt -- the name and the image; Chapter 7: Essence of mś.w Bdšt in the Egyptian world view; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Catalogue of sources; Appendix 2: Selected texts; Abbreviations; Bibliography |
| Summary |
This work is a comprehensive study of the myth of the Egyptian deities mś.w Bdšt, 'Children of Weakness', and the scene depicting the cat, cutting off the head of the serpent under the branches of the išd-tree found on a number of 'Book of the Dead', chapter 17 vignettes |
| Notes |
Previously issued in print: 2016 |
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Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 14, 2016) |
| SUBJECT |
Book of the dead
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Book of the dead. fast (OCoLC)fst01357356 |
| Subject |
Mythology, Egyptian.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
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Mythology, Egyptian.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Archaeopress, publisher.
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| ISBN |
1784914517 |
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9781784914516 |
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