An Approach to Sound Devices Used in Ptolemaic Hieroglyphic Texts: Types, Styles and Functions

Sound devices are literary elements used in texts to stress certain sounds and create musical effects. Although they have long been acknowledged as a common feature in Ptolemaic hieroglyphic texts, the phenomenon has not been investigated in depth. This article offers an examination of sound devices in the texts of Ptolemaic and Roman temples, providing a typology for the phenomenon, and an analysis of its linguistic techniques and its various functions.