Splitting the sḏm.n⸗f? A Discussion of Written Forms in Coffin Texts: Part 2

The paper discusses the written forms of II.red in Coffin Texts adduced by Wolfgang Schenkel in support of his hypothesis of two morphologically distinct forms of the sḏm.n⸗f . Also examined are the case of ult.n non-II.red , which had only a secondary role in Schenkel’s original proposal, and the c...

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Main Author: Stauder, Andréas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2014
In: Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
Year: 2014, Volume: 141, Issue: 2, Pages: 195-208
Further subjects:B ngg “cackle”
B textual variation in Coffin Texts
B sḏm.n⸗f
B wnn
B CT I 73c–74f (Spell 24)
B verbal morphology
B logography in verbal inflection
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Summary:The paper discusses the written forms of II.red in Coffin Texts adduced by Wolfgang Schenkel in support of his hypothesis of two morphologically distinct forms of the sḏm.n⸗f . Also examined are the case of ult.n non-II.red , which had only a secondary role in Schenkel’s original proposal, and the case of the high-frequency verb wnn , which is special. The conclusion is that none of these written forms supports the hypothesis of two distinct forms of the sḏm.n⸗f , just as none contradicts it. In the course of the argument, various issues of broader interest are touched upon: the representation of verbal morphology in writing, the individual verbs (notably ngigi/ngg “cackle,” originally a N-stem based on an onomatopoietic segment), the morphology of wnn , and aspects of the dynamics of textual variation in Coffin Texts (notably the extraordinarily complex case afforded by CT I 73c–74f; Spell 24).
ISSN:2196-713X
Contains:Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/zaes-2014-0013