The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry; Third Edition

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 \*\* 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 BIBLIOGRAPHY "Gives both an enlightening and a reliable insight into an ancient civilization. In this volume of translations, the reader can understand and empathize with much of the vitality of ancient Egypt, in mental and social life rather than the familiar icons of monumental architecture" --publisher Presents annotated translations of papyrus writings and tomb inscriptions from the middle and late periods of ancient Egypt.