Ancient Egyptian Literature: A Book of Readings, Volume 2"First published in 1973 - and followed by Volume II in 1976 and Volume III in 1980 - this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world's earliest civilizations. Volume I outlines the early and gradual evolution of Egyptian literary genres, including biographical and historical inscriptions carved on stone, the various classes of literary works written with pen on papyrus, and the mortuary literature that focuses on life after death. Introduced with a new foreword by Antonio Loprieno. Volume II shows the culmination of these literary genres within the single period known as the New Kingdom (1550-1080 B.C.). With a new foreword by Hans-W. Fischer-Elfert. Volume III spans the last millennium of Pharaonic civilization, from the tenth century B.C. to the beginning of the Christian era. With a new foreword by Joseph G. Manning"--Amazon.com. |
Contents
Continuity and Change | 3 |
Inscriptions from Private Tombs | 11 |
Inscriptions from Royal Monuments | 25 |
The Great Hymn to Osiris | 81 |
Hymns and Prayers from ElAmarna | 89 |
A Prayer and a Hymn of General Haremhab | 100 |
Three Penitential Hymns from Deir elMedina | 104 |
Prayers Used as School Texts | 110 |
Love Poems | 181 |
From Papyrus Harris 500 | 189 |
The Destruction of Mankind | 197 |
The Two Brothers | 203 |
Truth and Falsehood | 211 |
The Report of Wenamun | 224 |
Indexes | 231 |
| 233 | |
From the Book of the Dead | 119 |
Chapter 125 | 125 |
The Instruction of Any | 135 |
The Instruction of Amenemope | 146 |
Be a Scribe | 167 |
The Immortality of Writers | 175 |
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Ancient Egyptian Literature: A Book of Readings, Volume 2 Miriam Lichtheim No preview available - 1973 |
Common terms and phrases
A. H. Gardiner Ahmose Akhenaten Akhet-Aten All-Lord Amen-Re Amenemope Amenhotep Amenhotep III Amun army Aten Atum beauty beloved brought cattle Chapter chariot chariotry Chester Beatty chief comes Content with Maat dawn Deir el-Medina divine Dynasty earth Egyptian elder brother Ennead Erman eyes father Amun Foe from Khatti forever give given gold hand Harakhti Hatshepsut heart heaven Herihor Horus hymn Inscriptions Isis J. A. Wilson Kadesh Khepri King of Gods King of Upper Kingdom Lady lightland lives by Maat Lower Egypt majesty majesty's Merneptah monument mountain Neferkheprure Nekheb obelisks offering Osiris Paheri papyrus Pharaoh poems Posener praise prayers Pre-Harakhti prince Ptah Ramesside Ramses Ramses II royal scribe ship speech stela sun-god Syrian tell temple Thebes Thoth Thutmose Thutmose III Tjeker tomb town Translation Upper and Lower verse-points victory vizier Wenamun wife Wilson in ANET words young brother youth ZÄS