Letters from Ancient Egypt. Society of Biblical Literature Writing from the Ancient World Series Volume 1

This Book Provides Translations Of Most Of The Letters That Have Survived Reasonably Intact From The Old Kingdom Through The Twenty-first Dynasty Of Ancient Egypt. An Introduction Provides Information Relating To Ancient Egyptian Epistolography And Discussion Regarding The Transmission Of Letters. The Organization Of The Book Is Basically Chronological, With Separate Sections Devoted To Royal Letters And Letters Sent By And To The Vizier. Also Included Are Several Model Letters That Were Used In The Education Of The Egyptian Scribe.--publisher Description. The Book Of Kemit -- Letters To And From Royalty -- Letters To And From The Vizier -- Letters From The Old And Early Middle Kingdom -- Later Middle Kingdom Letters -- Eighteenth Dynasty Letters -- Papyrus Anastasi I : A Satirical Letter -- Ramesside Letters -- Letters Of The Ramesside Community Of Deir El-medina -- Late Ramesside Letters -- Twenty-first Dynasty Letters -- Letters To The Dead And To Gods. Translated By Edward F. Wente ; Edited By Edmund S. Meltzer. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 238-250) And Indexes. Frontmatter 1 Editor's Foreword (page vii) 7 Chronological Table (page viii) 8 Map of Egypt (page x) 10 Abbreviations (page xi) 11 Explanation of Signs (page xii) 12 Introduction (page 1) 13 Translations (page 13) 25 I. The Book of Kemit (page 15) 27 II. Letters to and from Royalty (page 17) 29 III. Letters to and from the Vizier (page 41) 53 IV. Letters from the Old and Early Middle Kingdoms (page 54) 66 V. Later Middle Kingdom Letters (page 68) 80 VI. Eighteenth Dynasty Letters (page 89) 101 VII. Papyrus Anastasi I: A Satirical Letter (page 98) 110 VIII. Ramesside Letters (page 111) 123 IX. Letters of the Ramesside Community of Deir El-Medina (page 132) 144 X. Late Ramesside Letters (page 171) 183 XI. Twenty-first Dynasty Letters (page 205) 217 XII. Letters to the Dead and to Gods (page 210) 222 Sources (page 221 ) 233 Bibliography (page 238 ) 250 Glossary (page 251 ) 263 Indexes (page 255 ) 267