THE ROLE OF A. L. KOTSEIOVSKY IN THE STUDY OF THE EPIGRAPHY OF ANCIENT EGYPT
The article examines the role of the Russian historian and philologist A. L. Kotseiovsky in the study of epigraphy of Ancient Egypt. In the history of historical science, the scientist is known as a specialist in the field of Egyptology, Coptology and epigraphy of Ancient Egypt. His main scientific legacy is his master's thesis “The Pyramid Texts”, based on the eponymous religious and funeral landmark of Egyptian writing. “The Pyramid Texts” is the greatest achievement of A. L. Kotsejovsky in the field of Egyptology, he conceived as the first volume of a multivolume work, in the subsequent volumes of which the results of the study of these ancient Egyptian monuments were to be published. The work of a scientist, like his personality, has not yet received either due publicity in scientific circles, or due assessment among specialists. Scientific literature about the scientist is insignificant, characterized by the absence of a systematic approach to the study of his intellectual creativity. This work was the first and only translation into Russian of ancient Egyptian inscriptions left on the walls of the interior of the pyramids located in Saqqara, the necropolis of the pharaohs of Memphis. “The Pyramid Texts” were conceived by the scientist as the first volume of a six-volume work, in which thorough research of ancient Egyptian monuments was to be presented. The meaning of the “The Pyramid Texts” is that the author did not limit himself to translation, but carried out a thorough scientific study of this monument, using all the material known at that time on the variants of the texts. For modern historical science, the translation of the texts of the pyramids made by A. L. Kotsejovsky is considered not to have retained their original meaning, however, his dedication to science and his desire to carry out a complete translation of texts into Russian does not lose value.