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.
Praise for the earlier editions:
“An elegant, easily readable, and most serviceable volume.”―K. A. Kitchen, Journal of Near Eastern Studies
“A reliable rendering of the Egyptian text that can be useful to students of Egyptology and provide the layman with delightful reading material.”―Mordechai Gilula, Cultura **
Author(s): William Kelley Simpson
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Language: English
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CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
I LITERATURE NARRATIVES & TALES OF MIDDLE EGYPTIAN
KING CHEOPS AND THE MAGICIANS
THE TALE OF THE ELOQUENT PEASANT
THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR
THE STORY OF SINUHE
II LATE EGYPTIAN STORIES
THE QUARREL OF APOPHIS AND SEKNENRE
THE CAPTURE OF JOPPA
THE TALE OF THE DOOMED PRINCE
THE TALE OF THE TWO BROTHERS
THE CONTENDINGS OF HORUS AND SETH
THE BLINDING OF TRUTH BY FALSEHOOD
ASTARTE AND THE INSATIABLE SEA
A GHOST STORY
THE REPORT OF WENAMON
III INSTRUCTIONS, LAMENTATIONS, AND DIALOGUES
THE INSTRUCTION OF HARDEDEF
THE MAXIMS OF PTAHHOTEP
THE TEACHING FOR KING MERIKARE
THE TEACHING OF KING AMENEMHET I FOR HIS SON SENWOSRET
THE LOYALIST INSTRUCTION FROM THE SEHETEP IBRESTELA
THE INSTRUCTION OF A MAN FOR HIS SON (FIRST SECTION)
THE MAN WHO WAS WEARY OF LIFE
THE ADMONITIONS OF AN EGYPTIAN SAGE
THE INSTRUCTION OF AMUNNAKHTE
IV FROM THE RELIGIOUS LITERATURE
SELECTIONS FROM THE PYRAMID TEXTS
SELECTIONS FROM THE COFFIN TEXTS
BOOK OF THE DEAD 125: THE NEGATIVE CONFESSION
THE HYMN TO THE ATEN
PENITENTIAL HYMNS
THE BOOK OF THE HEAVENLY COW
V SONGS AND ROYAL HYMNS
CYCLE OF SONGS IN HONOR OF SENWOSRET III
THE LOVE SONGS AND THE SONG OF THE HARPER
VI ROYAL STELAE
THE SEMNA STELA
THE NEFERHOTEP STELA
THE KAMOSE TEXTS
THE POETICAL STELA OF THUTMOSE III
THE ISRAEL STELA
THE BENTRESH STELA
THE VICTORY STELA OF PIYE
THE FAMINE STELA
THE SATRAP STELA
VII AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
THREE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF THE OLD KINGDOM
HARKHUF
Q A R
THE STELA OF TJETJI
AMENEMHET AND KHNUMHOTEP II AT BENI HASEN
AMENEMHET
KHNUM HOTEP II
THE STELA OF IYKHERNOFRET
VIII SCRIBAL TRADITIONS
THE SATIRE ON THE TRADES: THE INSTRUCTION OF DUA-KHETY
THE SATIRE ON THE TRADES
IX DEMOTIC LITERATURE
THE PROPHECY OF THE LAMB
THE TALE OF AMASIS AND THE SKIPPER
THE ROMANCE OF SETNA KHAEMUAS AND THE MUMMIES
THE ADVENTURES OF SETNA AND SI-OSIRE
THE ADVENTURES OF SET NAAND SI-OSIRE
THE CHILDHOOD OF SI-OSIRE
THE MAGICIAN HIHOR
THE FABLE OF THE SWALLOW AND THE SEA
THE INSTRUCTION OF ¿ ONCHSHESHONQY
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