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Title:On the Primaeval Ocean
Series:(The Carlsberg Papyri 5)
Author:Mark Smith
ISBN:8772896469 : 9788772896465
Illustrations:illus
Format:Hardback
Size:215x280mm
Pages:576
Weight: 1.384 Kg.
Published:Museum Tusculanum Press - February 2002
List Price: 50 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Ancient Near East: African history: BCE to c500 CE: Egyptian archaeology: Ancient Egyptian religion: Sacred texts: Myths & mythology: Ancient Egypt: English: Other languages: Prehistory: BCE-c500CE


First publication of an ancient Egyptian cosmology for which there is no known parallel. The papyrus was discovered in the temple library of Tebtunis and dates to the early second century AD. It accords a prominent position to the Primaeval Ocean whose waters are regarded as an active principle in the creation of cosmos. Many individual features of the cosmology finds parallels in much older material.