![]() It is one thing to prepare a critical edition of a text it is another to understand its spiritual aspects. As a result, this work was placed to the side. Upon my return from leave I immediately turned to other tasks, in particular a study of Egyptian military affairs during the New Kingdom. In particular, I came to realize that the composition was not only one of the most important hieroglyphic documents dating from the Ramesside period, but also revealed, in a formal way to be sure, perspectives on New Kingdom Egyptian religion that needed amplification. The peculiarities of the opening section, so well explained by Jan Assmann, led me to further and further vistas, and soon I was encountering paths of interpretation that were predominantly religious rather than chronological or even literary in the narrow sense. During the course of a few weeks, however, I realized that the complexity of the task did not stop with mere formal history. Repeatedly, this account has been employed as one of the keystones for the chronology of Ramesses II’s opening year as sole Pharaoh, and thus it was of great interest to me. ![]() At that time my aim was to present a fully documented and historically based new edition of Ramesses II’s famous Dedicatory Inscription at Abydos. 127 viii preface preface ix PREFACE This work was begun in earnest in February 2002 when I was on sabbatical in Basel. ![]() 17 Chapter Three Religious and Historical Implications. 1 Chapter Two The Text: Translation and Detailed Analysis. printed in the netherlands contents v To Gretchen vi contents contents vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. Inscriptions, Hieroglyphic-Egypt-Abydos (Extinct city) 2. 33) Includes bibliographical references and index. (Culture and history of the ancient Near East v. The great dedicatory inscription of Ramesses II : a Solar-Osirian Tractate at Abydos / by Anthony Spalinger. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Spalinger, Anthony John.
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