Papyrus BM 10808
The papyrus BM 10808 dates from the 2nd century AD and was found in Oxyrhynchus ( Egypt ) and has been in the British Museum in London since 1968 .
content
The surviving part of the papyrus includes a column , and minor remains of another have survived.
The text represents an evocation of three fever demons and consists of three sayings that address Sro , Kai and Tepie , enemies of Wenennefer , adversaries of Osiris , the "first of the West", who are held responsible for the fever. Like other mythological texts of the Greco-Roman period, this incantation is written in traditional Middle Egyptian mixed with elements from New Egypt .
Importance in science
While the content is of rather little interest, the papyrus is of great interest from a linguistic point of view, as it is written in an essentially Central Egyptian language and a modified form of the Greek script , and thus represents a vocalized text in a form of the older Egyptian.
literature
- Walter E. Crum : An egyptian text in greek characters. In: Journal of Egyptian Archeology. Volume 28, The Egypt Exploration Society, London 1941, pp. 20-31. (First publication).
- Jürgen Osing: The late Egyptian papyrus BM 10808 (= Egyptological treatises. Volume 33). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1976, ISBN 3-447-01726-0 (contains a translation, commentary, representation of the language and spelling as well as a photograph).
- Val Hinckley Sederholm: Papyrus British Museum 10808 and its cultural and religious setting (= Problems of Egyptology. Volume 24). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2006, ISBN 978-90-04-14349-4 .
