Praising the Goddess : a Comparative and Annotated Re-Edition of Six Demotic Hymns and Praises Addressed to Isis.

In recent decades, the relation between Egyptian and Greek praises of the goddess Isis has received much scholarly attention. The present study, however, focuses on six Demotic hymns and praises directed to this goddess: P. Heidelberg dem. 736 verso, O. Hor 10, Theban Graffiti 3156, 3462, 3445, and...

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Main Author: Kockelmann, Holger
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2009.
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --  |t Table of Contents --  |t ʹ 1. The Demotic Texts --  |t ʹ 2-34. A General and Comperative Study of the Demotic Hymns and Praises to Isis --  |t ʹ 35-46. The Virtues of Ises According to Theophoric Personal Names --  |t ʹ 47-62. Appendix: Deities who are Addressed in Demotic Hymns and Hymn-Like Compositions, Invocations, Praises and Prayers --  |t Backmatter. 
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