The Resource Ancient Egyptian literature : an anthology, translated by John L. Foster
Ancient Egyptian literature : an anthology, translated by John L. Foster
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The item Ancient Egyptian literature : an anthology, translated by John L. Foster represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
- Publisher Fact Sheet
- Language
-
- eng
- egy
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 272 pages)
- Contents
-
- "I think I'll go home and lie very still"
- Songs of the birdcatcher's daughter
- Instruction for little Pepi on his way to school
- Longing for Memphis
- "Oh, I'm bound downstream on the Memphis ferry"
- Rebuke addressed to a dissipated scribe
- Menna's lament
- Debate between a man tired of life and his soul
- Resurrection of King Unis
- Prayer to the King to rise up
- Poems:
- Hymn to the King as a primordial God
- Hymn to the King as a flash of lightning
- Hymn to the King as a star fading in the dawn
- Prophecy of Neferty
- Testament of Amenemhat
- Two spells
- Spell for causing the beloved to follow after
- Power from the four winds of heaven
- Greatness of the King
- Prayer of King Ramesses II
- Akhenaten's hymn to the sun
- For a portrait of the Queen
- Hymn to Osiris
- Hymn to the Nile
- Hymn to the rising sun
- In praise of Amun
- Lament to Amun
- Tale of Sinuhe
- From the Leiden hymns
- Prayers of Pahery
- From the tomb of King Intef
- Tale of the shipwrecked sailor
- Harper's song for Inherkhawy
- From the eloquent peasant
- Peasant's eighth complaint
- From the maxims of Ptahhotep
- Instruction for Merikare
- Wisdom of Amenemopet
- Immortality of writers
- "Why, just now, must you question your heart"
- "I love you through the daytimes"
- "My love is one and only"
- "Love, how I'd love to slip down to the pond"
- "Love of you is mixed deep in my vitals"
- Isbn
- 9780292725270
- Label
- Ancient Egyptian literature : an anthology
- Title
- Ancient Egyptian literature
- Title remainder
- an anthology
- Statement of responsibility
- translated by John L. Foster
- Title variation
- Egyptian literature
- Language
-
- eng
- egy
- eng
- Summary
- Publisher Fact Sheet
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 893/.108
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PJ1943
- LC item number
- .A53 2001eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1930-2011
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Foster, John L.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Egyptian literature
- TRAVEL
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Egyptian literature
- Literatura egípcia
- Antologia
- Summary expansion
- This anthology offers an extensive sampling of all the major genres of ancient Egyptian literature, including poetry, stories, hymns, prayers & wisdom texts. An introduction to ancient Egyptian literature & its translation, as well as brief information of the authorship & date of each selection, accompany Foster's translations
- Label
- Ancient Egyptian literature : an anthology, translated by John L. Foster
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-272)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- "I think I'll go home and lie very still"
- Songs of the birdcatcher's daughter
- Instruction for little Pepi on his way to school
- Longing for Memphis
- "Oh, I'm bound downstream on the Memphis ferry"
- Rebuke addressed to a dissipated scribe
- Menna's lament
- Debate between a man tired of life and his soul
- Resurrection of King Unis
- Prayer to the King to rise up
- Poems:
- Hymn to the King as a primordial God
- Hymn to the King as a flash of lightning
- Hymn to the King as a star fading in the dawn
- Prophecy of Neferty
- Testament of Amenemhat
- Two spells
- Spell for causing the beloved to follow after
- Power from the four winds of heaven
- Greatness of the King
- Prayer of King Ramesses II
- Akhenaten's hymn to the sun
- For a portrait of the Queen
- Hymn to Osiris
- Hymn to the Nile
- Hymn to the rising sun
- In praise of Amun
- Lament to Amun
- Tale of Sinuhe
- From the Leiden hymns
- Prayers of Pahery
- From the tomb of King Intef
- Tale of the shipwrecked sailor
- Harper's song for Inherkhawy
- From the eloquent peasant
- Peasant's eighth complaint
- From the maxims of Ptahhotep
- Instruction for Merikare
- Wisdom of Amenemopet
- Immortality of writers
- "Why, just now, must you question your heart"
- "I love you through the daytimes"
- "My love is one and only"
- "Love, how I'd love to slip down to the pond"
- "Love of you is mixed deep in my vitals"
- Control code
- 55898395
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 272 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780292725270
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)55898395
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Ancient Egyptian literature : an anthology, translated by John L. Foster
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-272)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- "I think I'll go home and lie very still"
- Songs of the birdcatcher's daughter
- Instruction for little Pepi on his way to school
- Longing for Memphis
- "Oh, I'm bound downstream on the Memphis ferry"
- Rebuke addressed to a dissipated scribe
- Menna's lament
- Debate between a man tired of life and his soul
- Resurrection of King Unis
- Prayer to the King to rise up
- Poems:
- Hymn to the King as a primordial God
- Hymn to the King as a flash of lightning
- Hymn to the King as a star fading in the dawn
- Prophecy of Neferty
- Testament of Amenemhat
- Two spells
- Spell for causing the beloved to follow after
- Power from the four winds of heaven
- Greatness of the King
- Prayer of King Ramesses II
- Akhenaten's hymn to the sun
- For a portrait of the Queen
- Hymn to Osiris
- Hymn to the Nile
- Hymn to the rising sun
- In praise of Amun
- Lament to Amun
- Tale of Sinuhe
- From the Leiden hymns
- Prayers of Pahery
- From the tomb of King Intef
- Tale of the shipwrecked sailor
- Harper's song for Inherkhawy
- From the eloquent peasant
- Peasant's eighth complaint
- From the maxims of Ptahhotep
- Instruction for Merikare
- Wisdom of Amenemopet
- Immortality of writers
- "Why, just now, must you question your heart"
- "I love you through the daytimes"
- "My love is one and only"
- "Love, how I'd love to slip down to the pond"
- "Love of you is mixed deep in my vitals"
- Control code
- 55898395
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 272 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780292725270
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)55898395
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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