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 (BAH CXXII

(BAH CXXII

dominated by the privileged classes

On some statues usurped by Ramses II (British Museum 61 and Louvre A 20)

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

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 (BAH CXXIIThe 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