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Translated and with an Introduction by Toby Wilkinson WRITINGS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT Contents Map of Ancient Egypt Note on the Translations Timeline Introduction WRITINGS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT PART ONE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INSCRIPTIONS 1 Harkhuf 2 Ikhernofret 3 Ahmose, Son of Abana 4 Bak 5 Montuemhat 6 Wedjahorresnet 7 Padiusir PART TWO BATTLE NARRATIVES 1 Kamose Stela 2 The Battle of Megiddo 3 Piankhi Stela PART THREE HYMNS 1 The Cannibal Hymn 2 Hymns to Ra and Hathor 3 Cycle of Hymns to Senusret III 4 The Great Hymn to the Orb PART FOUR LAMENTATIONS 1 The Words of Khakheperraseneb 2 The Dialogue of a Man and His Soul PART FIVE LEGAL TEXTS 1 The Edict of Horemheb (extracts) 2 The Will of Naunakht PART SIX LETTERS 1 Selections from the Heqanakht Letters 2 Late Ramesside Letters PART SEVEN MORTUARY TEXTS 1 From the Pyramid Texts: The King Becomes a Star 2 From the Coffin Texts 3 From the Book of the Dead PART EIGHT ROYAL INSCRIPTIONS 1 Quarrying Inscriptions of Mentuhotep IV 2 Semna Inscription of Senusret III 3 Tempest Stela of Ahmose 4 Obelisk Inscription of Hatshepsut 5 Marriage Scarab of Amenhotep III 6 Boundary Stela of Akhenaten 7 Restoration Decree of Tutankhamun 8 Adoption Stela of Nitiqret PART NINE SONGS 1 Harpist’s Song from the Tomb of King Intef 2 Harpist’s Song from the Tomb of Neferhotep PART TEN TALES 1 Tales of Wonder 2 The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor PART ELEVEN TEACHINGS 1 The Teaching of Ptahhotep 2 The Teaching of King Amenemhat I for His Son 3 The Loyalist Teaching 4 Be a Writer 5 The Teaching of Khety (‘The Satire of the Trades’) 6 The Teaching of Ani Gazetteer of Places Glossary of Deities Bibliography Acknowledgements Follow Penguin PENGUIN CLASSICS WRITINGS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT TOBY WILKINSON has been a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge since 2003. He is the author of State Formation in Egypt (1996), Early Dynastic Egypt (1999), Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt (2000), Genesis of the Pharaohs (2003), The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Ancient Egypt (2nd edition, 2008), Lives of the Ancient Egyptians (2007), The Egyptian World (ed. 2007), The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt (2010), which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize, and The Nile (2014). For Mike – ir hrw-mswt nfr
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