Antiquity Studies

Series | Antiquity Studies
Volume 11 | Edited book | Languages, Objects, and the Transmission of Rituals

Languages, Objects, and the Transmission of Rituals

An Interdisciplinary Analysis On Some Unsearched Ritual Practices in the Graeco-Egyptian Papyri (PGM)

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Abstract
The transformations in ancient mind can be recognized by means of texts, which testify to the elaboration of the cultural semantic. Amongst these written sources, we can recognize some specific case-studies, such as the Greaco-Egyptian Papyri (PGM). By conducting open and experimental group research, this study aims to introduce new elements and suggestions for the history of both ideas and tradition of the scientific thought, in the frame of some late rituals. The starting point of this research is the Mediterranean Late Antiquity, an extraordinary lab for exchange, contacts and conflicts amongst traditions and knowledge: as stated by Ph. Borgeaud in his foreword, a perfect place for the study of cultures in contact.

Keywords Greek magical papyri • Hesyès • Cats momies • Papyrus Mimaut • Antiquity • Rituals • Seth • Materia Magica • Statuettes • Hieratic • External Characteristics • History of religions • Prosperity • Magical Papyri • Donkey • Content • Graeco-Egyptian Magical Formularies • Translation • Transmission of knowledge • Cross-cultural mixture • Marketing Strategies • Hermetism • Graeco-Egyptian papyri • Prosecution of paganism • Libraries • Identity Markers • Voces magicae • Amulets • Egyptian • Cultural contact • PGM VII • Hellenistic Magicians • Protection • Magic • PGM • Textual tradition • Gemstones • Graeco Egyptian Papyri • Ramesside Egypt • Authoritative Tradition • Typhon • Ancient Egyptian Magic • Papyri • Greece and Egypt

Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/978-88-6969-180-5 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-180-5 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-7543-439-7 | Published July 12, 2017 | Language it, fr, en

Copyright © 2017 Sabina Crippa, Emanuele Marcello Ciampini. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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