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Unas the Skywalker. The Pyramid Texts (Part Four)
Unas the Skywalker. The Pyramid Texts (Part Four)
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Apr 23, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
The Osiris achieves his apotheosis. Having awakened from death and received his offerings (or taken them by force), Unas now prepares to enter the sky at last. We add more protections and defeat more enemies (including a dramatic appearance from the fearsome Mafdet). Then, Unas meets the oldest of primeval gods, sails the milky way, and hears the lamentations of his enemies’ women…
Includes passages in English translation and ancient Egyptian.
Date: c.2320 BCE.
Pyramid Texts in translation: https://pyramidtextsonline.com/translation.html.
Additional images and references at www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast.
Intro music by Jeffrey Goodman, “Lament of Isis and Nephthys,” Ancient Egyptian Music II.
Interludes by Keith Zizza, Children of the Nile.
The Pyramid Texts publications:
J. P. Allen, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (2nd edn, 2015). First edition (2005) available in Open Access via Archive.org.
J. P. Allen, A Grammar of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts Volume I: Unis (2017). Available via the publisher, and major online retailers.
R. Bertrand, Las Textes de la Pyramid d’Ounas (2004). Available via the publisher.
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Includes passages in English translation and ancient Egyptian.
Date: c.2320 BCE.
Pyramid Texts in translation: https://pyramidtextsonline.com/translation.html.
Additional images and references at www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast.
Intro music by Jeffrey Goodman, “Lament of Isis and Nephthys,” Ancient Egyptian Music II.
Interludes by Keith Zizza, Children of the Nile.
The Pyramid Texts publications:
J. P. Allen, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (2nd edn, 2015). First edition (2005) available in Open Access via Archive.org.
J. P. Allen, A Grammar of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts Volume I: Unis (2017). Available via the publisher, and major online retailers.
R. Bertrand, Las Textes de la Pyramid d’Ounas (2004). Available via the publisher.
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Released:
Apr 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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