Dream Oracles (1.33)(1,608 words)
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Ritner, Robert K., “Dream Oracles (1.33)”, in: Context of Scripture Online, Editor in Chief: W. Hallo. Consulted online on 20 April 2018 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2211-436X_cos_aCOSB_1_33>▲ Back to top ▲
Commentary
The Chester Beatty “Dream Book” is currently the oldest surviving manual of dream interpretation. Perhaps deriving from a 12th Dyn. original, the present manuscript dates from the 19th Dynasty and was the property of senior scribes at the royal workmen’s village of Deir el–Medineh.1 The book comprises eleven columns in tabular form, each preceded by the vertical…