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Author Simpson, William Kelly.

Title The literature of ancient Egypt; an anthology of stories, instructions, and poetry / Edited with an introd. by William Kelly Simpson. With translations by R.O. Faulkner, Edward F. Wente, Jr. [and] William Kelly Simpson.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1972.

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  893.1 SIM    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  893.1 LITERATURE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  893.1S    Check Shelf
Description vi, 328 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 327-328.
Contents Narratives and tales of Middle Egyptian Literature: King Cheops and thee shipwrecked sailor ; The story of Sinuhe -- Late Egyptian stories: The quarrel of Apophis and Seknenre ; The capture of Joppa ; The tale of the dtcontendings of Horus and Seth ; The bliding of truth by falsehood ; Astarte and the insatiable sea ; A ghost story ; The story of Wenamon - Instructiohotpe ; The teaching for the Vizier Kagemni ; The teaching for Merikare ; The teaching for King Ammenemes I to his son Sesostris ; The loyalist insas tired of life ; The admonitions of an Egyptian sage ; The lamentations of Khakheperre-sonbe ; The prophecies of Neferti ; The instruction of Amenemope - Songs, poetry, and hymns: Poetry from the r of Sesostris III ; The victorious king ; The hymn to the Aten ; The love songs and the song of the Harper.
Subject Egyptian literature -- Translations into English.
Egypt -- Literary collections.
ISBN 0300014821
9780300014822
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