Frank Förster

Christian Leitz

Dagmar Budde

Daniel von Recklinghausen

Bettina Ventker

Lothar Goldbrunner

The Dictionary of Egyptian Deities and Divine Designations is the essential guide to the thousands of gods and goddesses mentioned in Ancient Egyptian inscriptions and texts. Each of the 56,500 entries includes information about the variant spellings of the god's name, the date of references, information about the god's appearance (human, animal or mixed), indication of the relationship to other deities (most gods have sisters and brothers), bibliography and references. This essential reference work, the result of over 10 years work by German researchers, will appear in 7 volumes (organised in Egyptian alphabetical order) during 2002 and 2003. The complete set will be complete in July 2003. Text in German.

English Summary: The Dictionary of Egyptian Deities and Divine Designations (Lexikon der agyptischen Gotter und Gotterbezeichnungen: LGG) comprises more than 5.500 pages or 16.500 columns, about 56.500 entries, almost 100.000 cross-references and approximately 200.000 citations. That makes it the largest reference-work of its kind in Egyptology. It includes all expressions which can in one way or another designate deities. For the first time it is possible to view at once the entire material for any particular epithet - no matter whether the texts are from the Old Kingdom or from the Graeco-Roman Period (including demotic texts). German Description: Das Lexikon der agyptischen Gotter und Gotterbezeichnungen (LGG) enthalt auf mehr als 5.500 Seiten oder 16.500 Spalten rund 56.500 Haupteintrage, knapp 100.000 Querverweise und etwa 200.000 Textbelege; es ist damit das grosste Nachschlagewerk seiner Art in der Agyptologie. Verzeichnet sind alle Ausdrucke, die im weitesten Sinne als Bezeichnungen von Gottheiten dienen konnten. Es ist erstmalig moglich, das gesamte Material zu einem beliebigen Epitheton auf einen Blick zu sichten - gleichgultig, ob es sich um Texte des Alten Reiches oder der griechisch-romischen Zeit (einschliesslich des Demotischen) handelt.

Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen

The last volume (bar a forthcoming index) of this mammoth Lexicon of Egyptian gods and goddesses. 56,500 entries, almost 100,000 cross-references and approximately 200,000 citations.

The Dictionary of Egyptian Deities and Divine Designations is the essential guide to the thousands of gods and goddesses mentioned in Ancient Egyptian inscriptions and texts. Each of the 56,500 entries includes information about the variant spellings of the god's name, the date of references, information about the god's appearance (human, animal or mixed), indication of the relationship to other deities (most gods have sisters and brothers), bibliography and references. This essential reference work, the result of over 10 years work by German researchers, will appear in 7 volumes (organised in Egyptian alphabetical order) during 2002 and 2003. The text is in German.

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