Classifying the Duat



Zago, Silvia ORCID: 0000-0003-3266-0460
(2018) Classifying the Duat. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR AGYPTISCHE SPRACHE UND ALTERTUMSKUNDE, 145 (2). pp. 205-218.

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Abstract

<jats:title>Summary</jats:title> <jats:p>The notion of Duat plays a major role in ancient Egyptian funerary beliefs. Yet, a single definition of this notion is impossible to achieve, as it underwent a process of evolution over thousands of years without ever designating just one unambiguous place at a time. In this context, an approach based on cognitive linguistics and on the significance of the determinatives accompanying the word Duat can be exploited to shed more light on this elusive concept. The focus will be here on the Pyramid Texts and the Coffin Texts as well as the intermediary phase of transmission of the funerary literature during the period between the end of the Old Kingdom and the beginning of the Middle Kingdom.</jats:p>

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Coffin Texts, Cognitive linguistics, Determinatives, Duat, Pyramid Texts
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 08 Nov 2019 10:05
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 00:20
DOI: 10.1515/zaes-2018-0018
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3060936