Antonio J. Morales

Erstmalig werden in diesem Beiheft Pyramidentexte behandelt, die den Schutz des Verstorbenen durch die Göttin Nut und seine sichere Reise ins Jenseits thematisieren. Die Verwendung dieser Texte wird im Zusammenhang mit den Ritualen betrachtet, die während der Stundenwachen in der Nacht vor dem Begräbnis durchgeführt wurden, und untersucht die Überlieferung der Texte vom Alten Reich bis in die griechisch-römische Zeit unter Berücksichtigung der späten Belege in den ptolemäischen Tempeln von Dendera, Edfu und Philae. Für eine möglichst vollständige und umfassende Auswertung wird sodann ein innovativer interdisziplinärer Rahmen entwickelt, der sich nicht nur auf die traditionellen Methoden der Textkritik und der Stemmatisierung stützt, sondern auch analytische Betrachtungen zu Kontext, Bedeutung und Nutzung der "New Philology" heranzieht. Zudem werden die phylogenetischen Beziehungen zwischen den Quellen und den intellektuellen und kulturellen Mechanismen, die bei der Verbreitung der Manuskripte eine Rolle spielten, grundlegend und vollständig analysiert.

Analysis of their distribution and role in the Old and Middle Kingdoms

The transmission of the Pyramid Texts of Nut.

Philip Jones

Jane A. Hill

For almost three thousand years, Egypt and Mesopotamia were each ruled by the single sacred office of kingship. Though geographically near, these ancient civilizations were culturally distinct, and scholars have historically contrasted their respective conceptualizations of the ultimate authority, imagining Egyptian kings as invested with cosmic power and Mesopotamian kings as primarily political leaders. In fact, both kingdoms depended on religious ideals and political resources to legitimate and exercise their authority. Cross-cultural comparison reveals the sophisticated and varied strategies that ancient kings used to unify and govern their growing kingdoms. Experiencing Power, Generating Authority draws on rich material records left behind by both kingdoms, from royal monuments and icons to the written deeds and commissions of kings. Thirteen essays provocatively juxtapose the relationships Egyptian and Mesopotamian kings had with their gods and religious mediators, as well as their subjects and court officials. They also explore the ideological significance of landscape in each kingdom, since the natural and built environment influenced the economy, security, and cosmology of these lands. The interplay of religion, politics, and territory is dramatized by the everyday details of economy, trade, and governance, as well as the social crises of war or the death of a king. Reexamining established notions of cosmic and political rule, Experiencing Power, Generating Authority challenges and deepens scholarly approaches to rulership in the ancient world. Contributors: Mehmet-Ali Ataç, Miroslav Bárta, Dominique Charpin, D. Bruce Dickson, Eckart Frahm, Alan B. Lloyd, Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia, Ludwig D. Morenz, Ellen Morris, Beate Pongratz-Leisten, Michael Roaf, Walther Sallaberger, JoAnn Scurlock. PMIRC, volume 6

Cosmos, Politics, and the Ideology of Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia

Experiencing Power, Generating Authority

Alejandro Jiménez-Serrano

The chapters of Middle Kingdom Palace Culture and Its Echoes in the Provinces discuss the degree of influence that provincial developments played in reshaping the Egyptian state and culture during the Middle Kingdom. Contributors to the volume are Egyptologists from around the world who have developed their research following a conference held at the University of Jaén in Spain.

Regional Perspectives and Realities

Middle Kingdom Palace Culture and Its Echoes in the Provinces

Experiencing Power, Generating Authority offers a cross-cultural comparison of the cosmic ideology and political structure of kingship in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.

Antonio J. Morales

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