Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms, Band 1Miriam Lichtheim University of California Press, 03.04.2006 - 300 Seiten First published in 1973 – and followed by Volume II in 1976 and Volume III in 1980 – this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world’s earliest civilizations. Volume I outlines the early and gradual evolution of Egyptian literary genres, including biographical and historical inscriptions carved on stone, the various classes of literary works written with pen on papyrus, and the mortuary literature that focuses on life after death. Introduced with a new foreword by Antonio Loprieno. Volume II shows the culmination of these literary genres within the single period known as the New Kingdom (1550-1080 B.C.). With a new foreword by Hans-W. Fischer-Elfert. Volume III spans the last millennium of Pharaonic civilization, from the tenth century B.C. to the beginning of the Christian era. With a new foreword by Joseph G. Manning. |
Inhalt
Chronology | 7 |
Foreword by Antonio Loprieno | 19 |
Literary Genres and Literary Styles | 33 |
part one the old kingdom | 45 |
A Royal Decree | 61 |
From the Pyramid Texts | 62 |
A Theological Treatise | 85 |
Didactic Literature | 92 |
A Prayer and a Hymn of General Haremhab | 421 |
Prayers Used as School Texts | 433 |
A Harpers Song from the Tomb of Neferhotep | 437 |
instructions | 459 |
The Instruction of Amenemope | 474 |
be a scribe | 495 |
love poems | 511 |
From the Cairo Vase 1266 + 25218 | 526 |
part two the transition | 117 |
The Prayers of a Theban King | 132 |
the middle kingdom | 151 |
A Spell from the Coffin Texts | 173 |
Songs and Hymns | 240 |
Prose Tales | 260 |
THE NEW KINGDOM | 287 |
Foreword by HansW FischerElfert | 297 |
Continuity and Change | 309 |
monumental inscriptions | 317 |
Inscriptions from Royal Monuments | 335 |
hymns prayers and a harpers song | 397 |
Two Hymns to the SunGod | 405 |
Truth and Falsehood | 547 |
The Report of Wenamun | 561 |
THE LATE PERIOD | 569 |
Foreword by Joseph G Manning | 579 |
The Uses of the Past | 595 |
texts in the classical language | 603 |
Royal Inscriptions | 664 |
Two Pseudepigrapha | 691 |
Hymns and Lamentations | 706 |
demotic literature | 727 |
837 | |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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