03752nam 22006254a 450 991078346250332120230914183401.00-292-78193-80-292-79813-X10.7560/725263(CKB)1000000000210017(EBL)3443080(SSID)ssj0000103258(PQKBManifestationID)12034112(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103258(PQKBWorkID)10061194(PQKB)10450543(SSID)ssj0000276871(PQKBManifestationID)11231502(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276871(PQKBWorkID)10227451(PQKB)11417452(Au-PeEL)EBL3443080(CaPaEBR)ebr10190663(OCoLC)55898395(MiAaPQ)EBC3443080(DE-B1597)587025(DE-B1597)9780292798137(EXLCZ)99100000000021001720000731d2001 uy mengur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAncient Egyptian literature an anthology /translated by John L. Fosterlst ed.Austin, TX :University of Texas Press,2001.1 online resource (xxiii, 272 pages) illustrations0-292-72526-4 0-292-72527-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-272).Akhenaten's hymn to the sun -- The tale of the shipwrecked sailor -- Why, just now, must you question your heart -- I love you through the daytimes -- My love is one and only -- Love, how I'd love to slip down to the pond -- Love of you is mixed deep in my vitals -- I think I'll go home and lie very still -- Songs of the birdcatcher's daughter -- The instruction for little Pepi on his way to school -- Longing for Memphis -- Oh, I'm bound downstream on the Memphis Ferry -- Rebuke addressed to a dissipated scribe -- Menna's lament -- The debate between a man tired of life and his soul -- The resurrection of King Unis -- Prayer to the king to rise up -- Hymn to the king as a primordial god -- Hymn to the king as a flash of lightning -- Prayer of the king as a star fading in the dawn -- The prophecy of Neferty -- The testament of Amenemhat -- Two spells -- Spell for causing the beloved to follow after -- Power from the four winds of Heaven -- The greatness of the king -- Prayer of King Ramesses II -- For a portrait of the queen -- Hymn to Osiris -- Hymn to the Nile -- Hymn to the rising sun -- In praise of Amun -- Lament to Amun -- The tale of Sinuhe -- From 'The Leiden hymns' -- The prayers of Pahery -- From the tomb of King Intef -- The harper's song for Inherkhawy -- From 'The eloquent peasant' -- The peasant's eighth complaint -- From 'The maxims of Ptahhotep' -- The Instruction for Merikarê -- The wisdom of Amenemopet -- Epilogue: the immortality of writers -- List of hieroglyphic passages -- Sources of the texts.This anthology offers an extensive sampling of all the major genres of ancient Egyptian literature, including poetry, stories, hymns, prayers & wisdom texts. An introduction to ancient Egyptian literature & its translation, as well as brief information of the authorship & date of each selection, accompany Foster's translations.Egyptian literatureTranslations into EnglishEgyptian literature893/.108Foster John L(John Lawrence),1930-2011.1217045MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783462503321Ancient Egyptian literature3689001UNINA