| Illuminating Osiris: Egyptological Studies in Honor of Mark Smith Contributor(s): Jasnow, Richard (Editor), Widmer, Ghislaine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1937040755 ISBN-13: 9781937040758 Publisher: Lockwood Press OUR PRICE: $83.60 Product Type: Portable Document Format (PDF) - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Egypt - Religion | Antiquities & Archaeology |
| Series: Material and Visual Culture of Ancient Egypt |
| Physical Information: 498 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - North Africa - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Illuminating Osiris comprises twenty-seven articles by students, friends, and colleagues in honor of Mark Smith, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford. Smith is especially renowned as a Demoticist and specialist in ancient Egyptian religion. His numerous Demotic text editions and translations of Egyptian funerary and religious compositions have been enormously influential in the field. The contributions in Illuminating Osiris naturally reflect Smith's particular interests in the religion and literature of Graeco-Roman period Egypt, dealing with cult, rituals, astronomy, and divination, among other subjects. The book includes many editions or reeditions of texts written in Demotic, Hieratic, and Ptolemaic Hieroglyphs. It is profusely illustrated and supplied with detailed indices. |