The Literature of Ancient Egypt
eBook - PDF

The Literature of Ancient Egypt

An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, and Poetry

  1. 624 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Literature of Ancient Egypt

An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, and Poetry

About this book

The latest edition of this highly praised anthology of ancient Egyptian literature offers fresh translations of all the texts as well as some twenty-five new entries, including writings from the late literature of the Demotic period at the end of classical Egyptian history. The book also includes an extensive bibliography.

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Information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2003
eBook ISBN
9780300128567
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Egyptian Ancient History
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[...] 
‘‘
4
You
5
shall 
[protect] 
4
me
5
together 
with 
your 
[...].’’
And 
the 
Sea 
4
left
5
[...].
And 
he 
[...].
The 
seven 
[...] 
him 
[...] 
together 
with 
the 
Sky 
and 
[...].
(The 
manuscript 
of 
the 
story 
is 
lost 
beyond 
this 
point.)

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. ABBREVIATIONS
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. I. NARRATIVES AND TALES OF MIDDLE EGYPTIAN LITERATURE
  5. II. LATE EGYPTIAN STORIES
  6. III. INSTRUCTIONS, LAMENTATIONS, AND DIALOGUES
  7. IV. FROM THE RELIGIOUS LITERATURE
  8. V. SONGS AND ROYAL HYMNS
  9. VI. ROYAL STELAE
  10. VII. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
  11. VIII. SCRIBAL TRADITIONS
  12. IX. DEMOTIC LITERATURE
  13. BIBLIOGRAPHY