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The literature of ancient Egypt : an anthology of stories, instructions, stelae, autobiographies, and poetry / edited and with an introduction by William Kelly Simpson ; with translatations by Robert K. Ritner ... [and others].
Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection PJ1943 .L57 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- Egyptian
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Egyptian literature--Translations into English.
- Egyptian literature.
- Egypt--Literary collections.
- Egypt.
- Genre:
- Literary collections.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 598 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [2003]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Egyptian.
- Summary:
- 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
- Notes:
- Previous ed.: 1973.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0300099207
- OCLC:
- 53923240
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