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Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume Ii The New Kingdom

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ISBN-10: 0520248430

ISBN-13: 9780520248434

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Miriam Lichtheim, Hans-W. Fischer-Elfert

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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…    
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/3/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Brief Chronology of the New Kingdom
Abbreviations and Symbols
Foreword
Introduction: Continuity and Change
Monumental Inscriptions
Inscriptions from Private Tombs
The Autobiography of Ahmose Son of Abana
The Prayers of Paheri
The Installation of the Vizier Rekhmire
Inscriptions from Royal Monuments
Obelisk Inscriptions of Queen Hatshepsut
From the Annals of Thutmose III
The Poetical Stela of Thutmose III
The Great Sphinx Stela of Amenhotep II at Giza
Stela of Amenhotep III
The Later Boundary Stelae of Amenhotep IV Akhenaten
Dedication Inscriptions of Seti I
The Kadesh Battle Inscriptions of Ramses II
The Poetical Stela of Merneptah (Israel Stela)
Hymns, Prayers, and a Harper's Song
The Great Hymn to Osiris
Two Hymns to the Sun-God
Hymns and Prayers from El-Amarna
The Short Hymn to the Aten
Two Hymns and a Prayer in the Tomb of Ay
The Great Hymn to the Aten
A Prayer and a Hymn of General Haremhab
Three Penitential Hymns from Deir el-Medina
Votive Stela of Nebre with Hymn to Amen-Re
Votive Stela of Neferabu with Hymn to Mertseger
Votive Stela of Neferabu with Hymn to Ptah
Prayers Used as School Texts
Praise of Amen-Re
Prayer to Amun
Prayer to Amun
Prayer to Thoth
Prayer to Thoth
A Harper's Song from the Tomb of Neferhotep
From the Book of the Dead
Chapters 23, 30B, 43, 59, 77, 105, 109
Chapter 125
Instructions
The Instruction of Any
The Instruction of Amenemope
Be a Scribe
Papyrus Lansing: A Schoolbook
The Immortality of Writers
Love Poems
From Papyrus Chester Beatty I
From Papyrus Harris 500
From the Cairo Vase 1266 + 25218
Tales
The Destruction of Mankind
The Doomed Prince
The Two Brothers
Truth and Falsehood
Horus and Seth
The Report of Wenamun
Indexes
Divinities
Kings and Queens
Personal Names
Geographical and Ethnical Terms
Egyptian Words
Some Major Concepts