Texts from the pyramid age / by Nigel C. Strudwick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strudwick, Nigel.

Series:

Writings from the ancient world ; no. 16.

Writings from the ancient world ; no. 16

Language:

Egyptian

English

Subjects (All):

Inscriptions, Egyptian--Translations into English.

Inscriptions, Egyptian.

Egypt--History--Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C--Sources.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (562 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ancient Egypt is well known for its towering monuments and magnificent statuary, but other aspects of its civilization are less well known, especially its written texts. Now Texts from the Pyramid Age provides ready access to new translations of a representative selection of texts ranging from the historically significant to the repetitive formulae of the tomb inscriptions from Old Kingdom Egypt (ca. 2700-2170 B.C.). These royal and private inscriptions, coming from both the secular and religious milieus and from all kinds of physical contexts, not only shed light on the administration, foreign expeditions, and funerary beliefs of the period but also bring to life the Egyptians themselves, revealing how they saw the world and how they wanted the world to see them. Strudwick's helpful introduction to the history and literature of this seminal period provides important background for reading and understanding these historical texts.

Contents:

Contents

List of Figures

List of Texts

Series Editor's Foreword

Preface

Chronological Table

Abbreviations

I. Introduction

II. Annals and Lists of Kings

III. Texts from Temples

IV. Royal Decrees

V. Objects Bearing Royal Names

VI. Rock Inscriptions of Kings and Expedition Leaders

VII. Quarry and Constructional Marks and Phyle Texts

VIII. Graffiti

IX. State Administrative Texts

X. Letters

XI. Private Legal Texts

XII. A Selection of Offering Formulae and Titles

XIII. Appeals to the Living and Warnings to Evildoers and the Uninitiated

XIV. Commemorative and Dedicatory Texts

XV. Texts Relating to Payment of Workment and Tomb Acquisition

XVI. Biographical Texts from the Memphite Region

XVII. Biographical Texts from the Provinces

XVIII. Texts of Women

XIX. Captions to Tomb Scenes

XX. Miscellaneous Texts from Tombs and Objects in Tombs

XXI. Addendum

List of Sources

Bibliography

Glossary

Indexes

Cross-reference List of Tomb Text Types

Concordance of Texts in Urkunden I.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-502) and index.

ISBN:

9781589836808

1589836804

9781589833036

1589833031

9781429410960

1429410965

OCLC:

567831809

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07783 hdl