First full illustrated translation with Egyptian transliteration, aiming to present with their individual histories all the compositions on prt m hrw "Book of the Dead" papyri from the New Kingdom to Ptolemaic Period. The volume gives at least one version of every written composition, together with one or more images for the essential pictorial component of all writings for which illustrations are known. Writings at the margins or outside the prt m hrw corpus, including all ascribed "Book of the Dead" numbers in Egyptological publications, are included in the final section. The translations are supported by a thematic and historical introduction and closing glossary.
- ISBN10 1906137315
- ISBN13 9781906137311
- Publish Date 31 May 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 January 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Golden House Publications
- Format Paperback
- Pages 641
- Language English