LEADER 03023nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910808923303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-72184-0 010 $a9786611721848 010 $a0-300-12856-8 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300128567 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471997 035 $a(EBL)3419961 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000193169 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11180291 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193169 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10238278 035 $a(PQKB)10575845 035 $a(DE-B1597)484793 035 $a(OCoLC)1024020063 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300128567 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419961 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10169987 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172184 035 $a(OCoLC)923588903 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419961 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471997 100 $a20040322d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe literature of ancient Egypt $ean anthology of stories, instructions, stelae, autobiographies, and poetry /$fedited and with an introduction by William Kelly Simpson 205 $a3rd ed /$bwith translations by Robert K. Ritner ... [et al.]. 210 $aNew Haven, Conn. ;$aLondon $cYale University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 598 pages) 300 $aPrevious ed.: 1973. 311 0 $a0-300-09920-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tABBREVIATIONS --$tINTRODUCTION --$tI. NARRATIVES AND TALES OF MIDDLE EGYPTIAN LITERATURE --$tII. LATE EGYPTIAN STORIES --$tIII. INSTRUCTIONS, LAMENTATIONS, AND DIALOGUES --$tIV. FROM THE RELIGIOUS LITERATURE --$tV. SONGS AND ROYAL HYMNS --$tVI. ROYAL STELAE --$tVII. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES --$tVIII. SCRIBAL TRADITIONS --$tIX. DEMOTIC LITERATURE --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY 330 $aThe 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 606 $aEgyptian literature$vTranslations into English 607 $aEgypt$vLiterary collections 615 0$aEgyptian literature 676 $a893.108 701 $aSimpson$b William Kelly$0660053 701 $aRitner$b Robert Kriech$f1953-$01049886 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808923303321 996 $aThe literature of ancient Egypt$94101555 997 $aUNINA