Texts from the Pyramid Age

Nigel C. Strudwick

Society of Biblical Lit, 2005 - 522 pagina's

Ancient Egypt is well known for its towering monuments and magnificent statuary, but other aspects of its civilization are less well known, especially its written texts. Now Texts from the Pyramid Age provides ready access to new translations of a representative selection of texts ranging from the historically significant to the repetitive formulae of the tomb inscriptions from Old Kingdom Egypt (ca. 2700-2170 B.C.). These royal and private inscriptions, coming from both the secular and religious milieus and from all kinds of physical contexts, not only shed light on the administration, foreign expeditions, and funerary beliefs of the period but also bring to life the Egyptians themselves, revealing how they saw the world and how they wanted the world to see them. Strudwick's helpful introduction to the history and literature of this seminal period provides important background for reading and understanding these historical texts.

Inhoudsopgave

• Introduction: 1
• Annals and Lists of Kings: 65
• Texts from Temples: 81
• Royal Decrees: 97
• Objects Bearing Royal Names: 129
• Quarry and Constructional Marks and Phyle Texts: 153
• Graffiti: 161
• Private Legal Texts: 185
• A Selection of Offering Formulae and Titles: 209
• Appeals to the Living and Warnings to Evildoers: 217
• Commemorative and Dedicatory Texts: 239
• Texts relating to Payment of Workmen: 251
• Biographical Texts from the Memphite Region: 261
• Biographical Texts from the Provinces: 327
• Texts of Women: 379
• Objects in Tombs: 423
• Addendum: 437
• List of Sources: 443
• Bibliography: 465
• Glossary: 503
• Indexes: 511
• Crossreference List of Tomb Text Types: 519

Populaire passages

Pagina xxvi - ... tales, and administrative records, to mention but a few. The preparation of this volume was supported in part by a generous grant from the Division of Research Programs of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Significant funding has also been made available by the Society of Biblical Literature. In addition, those involved in preparing this volume have received financial and clerical assistance from their respective institutions. Were it not for these expressions of confidence in our work,...

Over de auteur

Nigel C. Strudwick is Assistant Keeper, Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, at The British Museum. He has worked in Egypt since 1979, since 1984 in the "Tombs of the Nobles" at Luxor. He is the co-author, with Helen Strudwick, of Thebes in Egypt: A Guide to the Tombs and Temples of Ancient Luxor, and co-editor, with Helen Strudwick, of The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture.

Bibliografische gegevens

• Titel: Texts from the Pyramid Age; ACLS Humanities E-Book; Nummer 16 van Writings from the ancient world, Society of Biblical Literature, ISSN 1570-7008
• Auteur: Nigel C. Strudwick
• Redacteur: Ronald J. Leprohon
• vertaald door: Nigel C. Strudwick
• Editie: geïllustreerd, geannoteerd
• Uitgever: Society of Biblical Lit, 2005
• ISBN: 1589831381, 9781589831384
• Lengte: 522 pagina's