The Book of the Dead of Bakenwerel
(pHavana [MNBA Cuba 94-47]/pHood B)
by Ivan Rodriguez Lopez
The most important Egyptian collection in Latin America contains the Papyrus Havana (pHavana). This Book of the Dead, along with the rest of relics within the Egyptian Hall at the National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba, remains largely unknown to most scholars in the world. The present volume finally introduces to the Egyptological community the long awaited edition of pHavana, comprising its transcription, translation, philological commentary, hieroglyphic transliteration and color photographs. The author’s organization of the papyrus content in five divisions mirrors the variety of themes expressed in the text and vignettes of the manuscript, which accompanied Bakenwerel, a purification and lector priest who served in the temple of Amun in Karnak, during his journey in the Duat, the Egyptian afterlife. Papyrus Havana contains new variants of rare texts and vignettes, including the renowned spell on “Anubis and seven daemons”, plus cryptographic compositions, and abridged versions of other common spells, whose unparalleled sequence makes it a precious specimen within the Book of the Dead tradition from the end of the Ramesside Period and the beginnings of the Twenty-first Dynasty. Publication of pHavana in the HAT series adds yet another original contribution to the study of the later traditions in the ancient Egyptian funerary religion. Furthermore, the publication opens a new avenue of research and outreach beyond traditional European and American centers. Such new research within the Egyptological community continues the important process of decolonizing an ever-broadening discipline.
- By (author) Ivan Rodriguez Lopez
Other Titles in this Series
Das Totenbuch pBerlin P. 10477 aus Achmim (mit Photographien des verwandten pHildesheim 5248)
Volume 6
Das Ende der Totenbuchtradition und der Ubergang zum Buch vom Atmen
Die Totenbucher des Monthemhat (pTubingen2012) und der Tanedjmet (pLouvre N 3085)
Volume 13
Die Totenbuch-Papyri des Ehepaars Ta-scheret-en-Aset und Djed-chi aus der Bes-en-Mut-Familie
26. Dynastie, Zeit des Konigs Amasis
Volume 12
Das Totenbuch Monthpriesters Nespasefy aus der Zeit Psammetichs I.
pKairo JE95714 + pAlbany 1900.3.1 pKairo JE 95649 pMarseille 91/2/1 (ehem. Slg. Brunner) + pMarseille 291
Volume 5
Der Totenbuch-Papyrus der Ta-shep-en-Chonsu aus der spaten 25. Dynastie
pMoskau Puschkin-Museum I, 1b, 121
Volume 10
Drei Totenpapyri aus einer thebanischen Werkstatt der Spatzeit
pBerlin P. 3158, pBerlin P. 3159, pAberdeen ABDUA 84023
Volume 11
Das Totenbuch-Papyrus des Hor aus der fruhen Ptolemaerzeit
pCologny Bodmer-Stiftung CV, pCincinnati Art Museum 1947.369, and pDenver Art Museum 1954.61
Volume 9
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