A detailed study of Egyptian papyri describing rituals related to Osiris, with high-quality photographic reproductions and hieroglyphic transcriptions.
This second volume of the Fragmentary Osirian Papyri comprises copies of several rituals that were performed in the cult of Osiris, the Egyptian god of the dead. With one exception, the material originated in the Roman Period Temple of Tebtynis in the Fayum.
Some of the rituals, like the Great Decree or the Great Ceremonies of Geb, are known from earlier copies, while others, like the Procession Text or the Osiris Figurine Ritual, were only discovered in the course of research for the Fragmentary Osirian Papyri series.
The volume concludes with the Mysteries Texts, a group of papyri detailing the rites and recitations assigned to specific dates in the Osirian festival calendar.
This second volume of the Fragmentary Osirian Papyri comprises copies of several rituals that were performed in the cult of Osiris, the Egyptian god of the dead. With one exception, the material originated in the Roman Period Temple of Tebtynis in the Fayum.
Some of the rituals, like the Great Decree or the Great Ceremonies of Geb, are known from earlier copies, while others, like the Procession Text or the Osiris Figurine Ritual, were only discovered in the course of research for the Fragmentary Osirian Papyri series.
The volume concludes with the Mysteries Texts, a group of papyri detailing the rites and recitations assigned to specific dates in the Osirian festival calendar.
348 pages | 28 color plates and 28 line drawings | 8.27 x 11.69 | © 2025
Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications
History: Middle Eastern History
Language and Linguistics: Language History and Language Universals
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Conventions
Concordance
BOOK OF THE NEW MOON FESTIVAL
Introduction
Catalogue
pCarlsberg 824
Translation
Continuous translation
Synoptic translation
Commentary
GREAT DECREE
Introduction
Content and Structure
Great Decree and Procession Text
Catalogue
pCarlsberg 232 + PSI inv. I 153 + pBerlin 29059(C 232)
pCarlsberg 233 + PSI inv. I 123 + pBerlin 29055(C 233)
PSI inv. I 126(PSI I 126)
PSI inv. I 128(PSI I 128)
PSI inv. I 154(PSI I 154)
PSI inv. I 155(PSI I 155)
Excursus: Stichic Writing vs. scriptio continua
Great Decree: Preservation and sequence overview
Translation
Continuous Translation
Synoptic Translation
Commentary
PROCESSION TEXT
Introduction
Content and Structure
Catalogue
PSI inv. I 125
PSI inv. I 157
pCarlsberg 911 + pBerlin 29058
Excursus: The overlapping of lines 18–19
Translation
Continuous Translation
Synoptic Translation
Commentary
OSIRIS FIGURINE RITUAL
Introduction
Content and Structure
Catalogue
pCarlsberg 664(C 664)
Translation
Commentary
GREAT CEREMONIES OF GEB
Introduction
Catalogue
PSI inv. I 158
pBerlin 29056
Translation
Commentary
INTRODUCING THE MULTITUDE ON THE LAST DAY OF TEKHI
Introduction
Content and Structure
Catalogue
pEES 124/15
Translation
Continuous Translation
Synoptic Translation
Commentary
MYSTERIES TEXTS
Introduction
Catalogue
PSI inv. I 129
pCarlsberg 910 + pBerlin 29057a + pBerlin 29057b
PSI inv. I 204
PSI inv. I 203
PSI inv. I 206
pCarlsberg 933
pCarlsberg 957
Translation
Commentary
Bibliography
Indices
Glossary
Hieroglyphic Synopses
Book of the New Moon Festival 1*
Great Decree 3*
Procession Text 41*
Great Ceremonies of Geb 49*
Introducing the Multitude 60*
Plates
Acknowledgements
Conventions
Concordance
BOOK OF THE NEW MOON FESTIVAL
Introduction
Catalogue
pCarlsberg 824
Translation
Continuous translation
Synoptic translation
Commentary
GREAT DECREE
Introduction
Content and Structure
Great Decree and Procession Text
Catalogue
pCarlsberg 232 + PSI inv. I 153 + pBerlin 29059(C 232)
pCarlsberg 233 + PSI inv. I 123 + pBerlin 29055(C 233)
PSI inv. I 126(PSI I 126)
PSI inv. I 128(PSI I 128)
PSI inv. I 154(PSI I 154)
PSI inv. I 155(PSI I 155)
Excursus: Stichic Writing vs. scriptio continua
Great Decree: Preservation and sequence overview
Translation
Continuous Translation
Synoptic Translation
Commentary
PROCESSION TEXT
Introduction
Content and Structure
Catalogue
PSI inv. I 125
PSI inv. I 157
pCarlsberg 911 + pBerlin 29058
Excursus: The overlapping of lines 18–19
Translation
Continuous Translation
Synoptic Translation
Commentary
OSIRIS FIGURINE RITUAL
Introduction
Content and Structure
Catalogue
pCarlsberg 664(C 664)
Translation
Commentary
GREAT CEREMONIES OF GEB
Introduction
Catalogue
PSI inv. I 158
pBerlin 29056
Translation
Commentary
INTRODUCING THE MULTITUDE ON THE LAST DAY OF TEKHI
Introduction
Content and Structure
Catalogue
pEES 124/15
Translation
Continuous Translation
Synoptic Translation
Commentary
MYSTERIES TEXTS
Introduction
Catalogue
PSI inv. I 129
pCarlsberg 910 + pBerlin 29057a + pBerlin 29057b
PSI inv. I 204
PSI inv. I 203
PSI inv. I 206
pCarlsberg 933
pCarlsberg 957
Translation
Commentary
Bibliography
Indices
Glossary
Hieroglyphic Synopses
Book of the New Moon Festival 1*
Great Decree 3*
Procession Text 41*
Great Ceremonies of Geb 49*
Introducing the Multitude 60*
Plates