The Literature of Ancient Egypt; An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry; Third Edition

by Edited and with an introduction by William Kelley Simpson; With translations byRobert K. Ritner, William Kelly Simpson, Vincent A. Tobin, and Edward F. Wente,Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780300099201
• ISBN10: 0300099207
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-10-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

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.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	xi
Introduction by William Kelly Simpson	1	(10)
PART I NARRATIVES AND TALES OF MIDDLE EGYPTIAN LITERATURE	11	(56)
King Cheops and the Magicians	13	(12)
The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant	25	(20)
The Shipwrecked Sailor	45	(9)
The Story of Sinuhe	54	(13)
PART II LATE EGYPTIAN STORIES	67	(58)
The Quarrel of Apophis and Seknenre	69	(3)
The Capture of Joppa	72	(3)
The Tale of the Doomed Prince	75	(5)
The Tale of the Two Brothers	80	(11)
The Contendings of Horus and Seth	91	(13)
The Blinding of Truth by Falsehood	104	(4)
Astarte and the Insatiable Sea	108	(4)
A Ghost Story	112	(4)
The Report of Wenamon	116	(9)
PART III INSTRUCTIONS, LAMENTATIONS, AND DIALOGUES	125	(120)
The Instruction of Hardedef (First Part)	127	(2)
The Maxims of Ptahhotep	129	(20)
The Teaching for the Vizier Kagemni	149	(3)
The Teaching for King Merikare	152	(14)
The Teaching of King Amenemhet I for His Son Senwosret	166	(6)
The Loyalist Instruction from the Sehetepibre Stela	172	(3)
The Instruction of a Man for His Son	175	(3)
The Man Who Was Weary of Life	178	(10)
The Admonitions of an Egyptian Sage	188	(23)
The Lamentations of Khakheperre-sonbe	211	(3)
The Prophecies of Neferty	214	(7)
The Instruction of Amunnakhte	221	(2)
The Instruction of Amenemope	223	(22)
PART IV FROM THE RELIGIOUS LITERATURE	245	(54)
Selections from the Pyramid Texts	247	(16)
Selections from the Coffin Texts	263	(4)
Book of the Dead 125: "The Negative Confession"	267	(11)
The Hymn to the Aten	278	(6)
Penitential Hymns	284	(5)
The Book of the Heavenly Cow	289	(10)
PART V SONGS AND ROYAL HYMNS	299	(36)
Cycle of Songs in Honor of Senwosret III	301	(6)
The Love Songs and The Song of the Harper	307	(28)
PART VI ROYAL STELAE	335	(64)
The Semna Stela	337	(2)
The Neferhotep Stela	339	(6)
The Karrose Texts	345	(6)
The Poetical Stela of Thutmose III	351	(5)
The Israel Stela	356	(5)
The Bentresh Stela	361	(6)
The Victory Stela of Piye	367	(19)
The Famine Stela	386	(6)
The Satrap Stela	392	(7)
PART VII AUTOBIOGRAPHIES	399	(30)
Three Autobiographies of the Old Kingdom	401	(13)
The Stela of Tjetji	414	(4)
Amenemhet and Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasan	418	(7)
The Stela of Iykhernofret	425	(4)
PART VIII SCRIBAL TRADITIONS	429	(14)
The Satire on the Trades; The Instruction of Dua-Khety	431	(7)
The Scribal Traditions in the Schools	438	(5)
PART IX DEMOTIC LITERATURE	443	(88)
The Prophecy of the Lamb	445	(5)
The Tale of Amasis and the Skipper	450	(3)
The Romance of Setna Khaemuas and the Mummies (Setna I)	453	(17)
The Adventures of Setna and Si-Osire (Setna II)	470	(20)
The Childhood of Si-Osire	490	(2)
The Magician Hihor	492	(2)
The Fable of the Swallow and the Sea	494	(3)
The Instruction of 'Onchsheshongy	497	(34)
Bibliography	531