The Book of the Dead: Papyrus of Ani, Egyptian Text, Transliteration and Translation.
Mineola New York: Dover Publications, 1967. First Dover paperback edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 378pp.+ xpp adverts at rear. Yellow illustrated card covers. Index. A facsimile reprint of Budge's well-known 1895 work on the Papyrus of Ani, a full version of the Theban recension of The Book of the Dead, which now resides in the British Museum. The translator and editor, E. A. Wallis Budge, was appointed Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum, and became perhaps the world's most renowned Egyptologist . Reproduced in full are a clear copy of the Egyptian hieroglyphs, an interlinear transliteration of their sounds (as reconstructed), a word-for-word translation, and separately a complete smooth translation. All this is preceded by an introduction of more than 150 pages. Light shelf wear and bumps, ISBN on rear cover partly obscured by white sticker. Still a nice tight and unmarked copy VG+ copy. Item #69951
ISBN: 048621866X
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