TEXTS OF THE PYRAMID OF PEPI I: CONTENT AND FUNCTIONING IN THE TOMB SPACE
Yu. A. PRONINA and rule over those whose places of residence are hidden... with your lotus-pluton scepter - scepter in hand and rule the living, Sit on the throne of Osiris Oh Pepi, you didn't go dead, you went alive. (Pyramid texts, ch. 213) The pyramid of King Pepi I (VI dynasty, XXIII century BC) is a unique scientific object. It was here that for the first time in the history of Egyptology, inscriptions were discovered that have since been called Pyramid Texts. The article deals with such controversial issues that are essential for studying Pyramid Texts as the order of their reading, their semantic connection with the space of the tomb of Pepi I, the funeral ritual that was performed there, the technique of applying texts to the walls of the inner chambers of his pyramid, and the change in the location of these texts on the tomb walls in comparison with the tombs of his royal predecessors and successors. Keywords: Ancient Egypt, Pepi I Pyramid, Pyramid texts. The texts of the pyramid of Pepi I have aroused great interest among scientists since their discovery in the 19th century (Maspero, 1884, p. 158). A special contribution to the study of inscriptions carved on the walls of the underground rooms of this pyramid was made by the French archaeological expedition to Saqqara (Mission arch é ologique fran ç aise de Saqqarah) [Leclant, 1967 - 1984; Leclant, Clerc, 1985 - 2001; Leclant, 1993; Leclant, Labrousse, 1998; Leclant, Labrousse, 2001; Leclant and Labrousse, 2006; Dobrev et al., 2000]. As is known, the main purpose of the Pyramid Texts is to help the deceased king, overcoming all the obstacles and dangers of the afterlife, enter the divine world, " join its inhabitants and become one of them "(Assman, 1999, p. PO), and become a blessed immortal at the head of other inhabitants of the other world. The transition to otherness, according to the Egyptians, was provided by sacred knowledge and ritual, accompanied by the utterance of appropriate phrases, whi ... Read more
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