Le papyrus des Sept Propos de Mehet Ouret P. Louvre E 6838, E 6839, E 6840, E 6841, E 6848 (A-E). BiEtud 189. Gaule dominated by the privileged classes

dominated by the privileged classes

Alain Schnapp s’appuie autant sur des sources archéologiques que sur la poésie

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Le papyrus des Sept Propos de Mehet Ouret P. Louvre E 6838, E 6839, E 6840, E 6841, E 6848 (A-E). BiEtud 189. Gaule dominated by the privileged classesThe magical papyrus of the Seven Sayings of the Cow Mehet Ouret is distinguished by its originality. This long papyrus is the work of a "scribe of the book of the god," the text was developed in a temple during the Ramesside period, as indicated by paleography. Its composition is meticulous: it describes the nocturnal passage of the cow carrying the solar disk in the primordial ocean (the Nun). This journey is divided into several formulas, all