The Greenfield Papyrus : funerary papyrus of a priestess at Karnak Temple (c. 950 BCE)

The Greenfield Papyrus (P. BM EA 10554), at more than 37m in length, is the longest funerary papyrus surviving from ancient Egypt. Its content is highly original because it combines spells from the Book of the Dead with a "mythological" section, as well as with hymns and litanies stemming from the context of temple liturgies. Furthermore, the selection of spells from the Book of the Dead provides very important insights into the Third Intermediate Period (1069-664 BCE). The Greenfield Papyrus is also of central importance to an understanding of the evolution of the Book of the Dead, after the New Kingdom (1539-1069 BCE) and before the Late and Ptolemaic Periods (664-30 BCE). The owner of the papyrus, Nestanebetisheru, occupied a very important position as priestess in the temples of Karnak. Since this role probably gave her access to temple archives, she may have selected the texts of her papyrus herself. Cover 1 Title 4 CONTENTS 6 LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 12 CHAPTER 1 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD AND FUNERARY TEXTS DURING THE THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD 14 CHAPTER 2 GENERAL PRESENTATION OF THE GREENFIELD PAPYRUS AND ITS OWNER 28 CHAPTER 3 TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY ON THE GREENFIELD PAPYRUS 60 CHAPTER 4 THE GREENFIELD PAPYRUS IN THE HISTORY OF THE FUNERARY TEXTS BETWEEN THE NEW KINGDOM AND THE SAITE PERIOD 258 ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 268 INDEX OF SOURCES 278 APPENDIX 1 282 APPENDIX 2 283 APPENDIX 3 284