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This book deals with a category of documents attesting to piety from individuals in ancient Egypt which develops the topic of a god who listens to prayer. The reference corpus is made up of stelae, with depictions of one or more human ears-sometimes accompanied by the depiction of an offering-and votive ears, along with prayers on various objects where the invoked deity is referred to as the god who listens to prayer. These testimonies occur only during the New Kingdom (1539-1080 BC), after this period there is almost no further mention of a god who listens to prayer, though personal piety continues to increase until the Late Period. If the corpus of ear stelae is extended to include all items that mention the god who listens, a surprising chronological partition emerges which enables a link to be established between the abandonment of ear stelae and the development of oracular consultations by individuals. It therefore appears that the &ldquo,hearing documents&rdquo, are a key driver of change in the New Kingdom official religion, rather than being a mere consequence of it. The book contains a preface, a foreword, the main text, a bibliography, appendices, plates and indices. The documentation corpus is listed in the appendices. Ce livre s&rsquo,inté,resse à, une caté,gorie de documents de pié,té, laissé,s par des individus en Egypte ancienne qui dé,veloppent le thè,me du dieu qui é,coute les priè,res. Le corpus de base se compose de stè,les avec une ou plusieurs repré,sentations d&rsquo,oreilles de type humain-parfois accompagné, d&rsquo,une scè,ne d&rsquo,offrande-et d&rsquo,oreilles votives ainsi que de priè,res pré,sentent sur diffé,rents objets, dans lesquelles la divinité, est qualifié,e de divinité, qui é,coute les priè,res.Ces té,moignages sont attesté,s seulement au Nouvel Empire (1539-1080 a. J-C) , aprè