Le Livre de la Terre. À propos du sens de lecture d'une composition funéraire de l’Égypte ramesside
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https://doi.org/10.14428/babelao.vol9.2020.57613Keywords:
Book of the Earth, Book of Caverns, Valley of the Kings, Ramesses VI, Reading directionAbstract
The Book of Earth is a funerary composition first documented during the XIXth dynasty in the Osireion at Abydos. It is visible on the walls of burial chambers of several Ramessides tombs from the Valley of the Kings. Identified and studied since 1946, the « book » is composed of richly illustrated texts, whose reading direction and the signification are still up for debate. None of the copies seem to be complete, whereas the texts and the scenes captions appear to be relatively corrupted, which does not facilitate the global interpretation of the composition. The purpose of this paper is to determine the reading direction of the Book of the Earth, based on the analysis of a selection of scenes and significant captions, in order to establish its role within the burial chamber.
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