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Conversations in the house of life : a new translation of the ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth

by Richard Jasnow, Karl-Theodor Zauzich

An accessible translation of a Demotic text from the Graeco-Roman period, this volume presents a dialogue on sacred knowledge, scribal practices, and geography, offering an introduction to Late Period Egyptian intellectual history.

Accession 8582 ISBN 9783447101165 Publisher Harrassowitz
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