Maria Yu. Lavrentieva

Some peculiarities of a vocabulary of Ramesseum Dramatic Papyrus

The article presents a study of vocabulary of the Ramesseum Dramatic Papyrus, a unique manuscript dating back to the Middle Kingdom. This papyrus contains some words which are, probably, not known to us from any other written sources of the Old and Middle Kingdoms. Author analyses the meanings and senses of these words in context of corresponding ritual scenes of the text.

Keywords:
Ramesseum Dramatic Papyrus, text, word, symbol, rite, ritual, translation, action, manuscript, image.

Original language — Russian.

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