page_title: Book of Nut
section_title: History of scholarship
hierarchical_section_title: Book of Nut / History of scholarship
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Partie du plafond de la tombe de Séthi Ier
context_page_description: The Book of Nut is a collection of ancient Egyptian astronomical texts, also covering various mythological subjects. These texts focus on the cycles of the stars of the decans, the movements of the moon, the sun and the planets, on the sundials, and related matters.
  This title was given to the book because of the depiction of the sky goddess Nut arching over the earth in some copies of the text. She is supported by the god of the air Shu. The Book of Nut texts include material from different periods of Egyptian history.
  The original name of the book, The Fundamentals of the Course of the Stars, was discovered by Alexandra von Lieven in one of the manuscript fragments, and published in 2007. One of the major themes of the Book of Nut is the concept of sunrise as the mythological rebirth.
context_section_description: The early Egyptologists gave a lot of attention to the astronomical parts of the Book of Nut. First available for modern research was the material from the tomb of Ramses IV, which included the astronomical painting of Nut and the list of the decans. The text was first used by Jean-François Champollion and Ippolito Rosellini, later copied by Heinrich Brugsch. A new edition was issued in 1990 by Erik Hornung.
  In 1933, The Cenotaph of Seti I at the Osireion in Abydos was discovered. This was important because this version represents the oldest text.
  Adriaan de Buck's translation of the cryptographic sections of the Book of Nut significantly advanced the studies.
  In 1977, Jan Assmann published another relevant text from the tomb of the noblewoman Mutirdis, dating to the 26th Dynasty.
  Some important new material has been published since 2007.
caption: The inscription of Seti I with 36 decans portrayed
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