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The collection of late hieratic religious papyri in the British Museum is one of the most important in the world. This volume deals with the Books of Breathing and related texts, comprising about fifty papyri all from the Ptolemaic or Roman periods. The catalogue provides a general introduction, complete translation and commentary for each papyrus.
Reviews & Quotes
"A publication for those who are undertaking a serious study of ancient Egyptian funerary texts, and it makes their contents available to readers in a single volume, which will help facilitate the study and comparison of similar documents in other museum collections around the world.'"
Ancient Egypt Magazine (2009)