Gilgameš in a Greek papyrus? (1)

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The badly preserved text of this Graeco-Egyptian papyrus mixes different traditions in a gnostic fashion to rewrite an episode of the Myth of Horus (struggle between Horus and Seth). The mention of the ‘Cedar Moutain’ is reminiscent of the famous episode in the Gilgameš Epic. The ‘big Giant’ probably refers to Seth.

P.Jena 1, col. II, lines 24-26 (Myth of Horus):
[Ὁ] πάτηρ ἐτήρ[ει τὸ?] ὅρος τῶν κέδ[ρ]ων κ[αὶ ἀπεκτίνεν] τὸν μέγαν γί[γ]αντα τὸν φον[έ]α τοῦ π[ατρὸς αὑτοῦ]
“The father watched the Mountain of the Cedars and killed the big Giant, the slayer of his own father”

Source (list of abbreviations)
P.Jena 1 ii 24-26 (Myth of Horus)

Cynthia Jean

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