poems, narratives, and manuals of instruction, from the third and second millennia B.C /
translated by Aylward M. Blackman.
Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge,
[2016]
1 online resource
Routledge revivals
Originally published in 1927.
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE; AUTHOR'S PREFACE; OUTLINE OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY; BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION-; 1. The Development of the Literature; 2. The Learned Scribes; 3. Singers and Story-Tellers; 4. The Forms of the Poetry; 5. Writing and Books; 6 . Our Understanding of Egyptian Texts; I. FROM THE OLDEST POETRY; 1. FROM THE PYRAMID TEXTS-
(A) The deceased's journey to the sky (b)-(e) The same ; (f) The deceased conquers the sky ; (g) The deceased devours the gods
(A) To the crown of Lower Egypt (b) To the crown of Upper Egypt ; (c) The same ; 3. MORNING HYMNS-; (a) To the sun-god ; (b) To the royal serpent ; II. FROM THE OLDER PERIOD
(K) The goddesses suckle the deceased (l) The fate of the enemies of the deceased ; (m) Joy over the inundation ; 2. TO THE CROWNS-
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Literature of the Ancient Egyptians : Poems, Narratives, and Manuals of Instruction from the Third and Second Millenia B.C.