Irmtraut Munro

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Irmtraut Munro (* 1944) is a German Egyptologist at the University of Bonn and one of the leading scientists in research on the Book of the Dead. She worked on the Bonn Book of the Dead project there . As part of this project, she has published numerous ancient Egyptian books of the dead that were not previously published systematically. Since the 18th Dynasty ( New Kingdom ), the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead has been one of the characteristic features of this culture.

Works (selection)

  • The Book of the Dead of Jah-mes (pLouvre E. 11085) from the early 18th dynasty, HAT 1, Wiesbaden 1995
  • Bak-su's Book of the Dead (pKM 1970.37 / pBrocklehurst) from the time of Amenhotep II, HAT 2, Wiesbaden 1995
  • The Book of the Dead papyrus of High Priest Pa-nedjem II (pLondon BM 10793 / pCampbell). With a contribution by Ursula Rößler-Köhler, HAT 3, Wiesbaden 1996
  • Night Amun's Book of the Dead from the Ramesside period (pBerlin P. 3002), HAT 4, Wiesbaden 1997
  • The book of the dead of Pa-en-nesti-taui from the reign of Amenemope (pLondon BM 10064), HAT 7, Wiesbaden 2001
  • The Book of the Dead papyrus of Hor from the early Ptolemaic period (pCologny Bodmer CV + pCincinnati 1947.369 + pDenver 1954.61), HAT 9, Wiesbaden 2006
  • The Book of the Dead papyrus of Ta-schep-en-Chonsu from the late 25th Dynasty (pMoskau Pushkin Museum I, 1b, 121), HAT 10,

literature

  • Burkhard Backes , Marcus Müller-Roth and Simone Stöhr: Equipped with the writings of Thoth. Festschrift for Irmtraut Munro on her 65th birthday , Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-447-05876-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Irmtraut Munro at heritage-key.com ( Memento from November 21, 2011 in the web archive archive.today )
personal data
SURNAME Munro, Irmtraut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Egyptologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1944