Letters From Ancient Egypt

Author : Roger S. Bagnall,Raffaella Cribiore
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0472115065

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Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 by Roger S. Bagnall,Raffaella Cribiore Pdf

More than three hundred letters written in Greek and Egyptian by women in Egypt in the millennium from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest survive on papyrus and pottery. Written by women from various walks of life, they shed light on critical social aspects of life in Egypt after the pharaohs. Roger S. Bagnall and Raffaella Cribiore collect the best preserved letters in translation and set them in their paleographic, linguistic, social, and economic contexts. The authors' analysis suggests that women's habits, interests, and means of expression were a product more of their social and economic standing than of specifically gender-related concerns or behavior. They present theoretical discussions about the handwriting and language of the letters, the education and culture of the writers' everyday concerns and occupations. Numerous illustrations display the varieties of handwriting.

Author : Edward Frank Wente,Edmund S. Meltzer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Egypt
ISBN : UVA:X001856010

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Letters from Ancient Egypt by Edward Frank Wente,Edmund S. Meltzer Pdf

This book provides translations of most of the letters that have survived reasonably intact from the Old Kingdom through the Twenty-first Dynasty of ancient Egypt. An introduction provides information relating to ancient Egyptian epistolography and discussion regarding the transmission of letters. The organization of the book is basically chronological, with separate sections devoted to royal letters and letters sent by and to the vizier. Also included are several model letters that were used in the education of the Egyptian scribe.--Publisher description.

Author : Roger Bagnall,Raffaella Cribiore
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472036226

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Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 by Roger Bagnall,Raffaella Cribiore Pdf

The private letters of ancient women in Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest

Author : Edward Frank Wente,Edmund S. Meltzer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Egypt
ISBN : UOM:39015032357306

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Letters from Ancient Egypt by Edward Frank Wente,Edmund S. Meltzer Pdf

This book provides translations of most of the letters that have survived reasonably intact from the Old Kingdom through the Twenty-first Dynasty of ancient Egypt. An introduction provides information relating to ancient Egyptian epistolography and discussion regarding the transmission of letters. The organization of the book is basically chronological, with separate sections devoted to royal letters and letters sent by and to the vizier. Also included are several model letters that were used in the education of the Egyptian scribe.--Publisher description.

Author : Julia Hsieh
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004472327

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Ancient Egyptian Letters to the Dead by Julia Hsieh Pdf

In Ancient Egyptian Letters to the Dead: The Realm of the Dead through the Voice of the Living Julia Hsieh investigates the beliefs and practices of communicating with the dead in ancient Egypt as evidenced through extant Letters and provides detailed textual analysis.

Author : Lady Lucie Duff Gordon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Egypt
ISBN : HARVARD:HW3DK9

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Letters from Egypt, 1863-65 by Lady Lucie Duff Gordon Pdf

Author : Toby Wilkinson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141395968

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Writings from Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson Pdf

'Man perishes; his corpse turns to dust; all his relatives pass away. But writings make him remembered' In ancient Egypt, words had magical power. Inscribed on tombs and temple walls, coffins and statues, or inked onto papyri, hieroglyphs give us a unique insight into the life of the Egyptian mind. Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson has freshly translated a rich and diverse range of ancient Egyptian writings into modern English, including tales of shipwreck and wonder, obelisk inscriptions, mortuary spells, funeral hymns, songs, satires and advice on life from a pharaoh to his son. Spanning over two millennia, this is the essential guide to a complex, sophisticated culture. Translated with an Introduction by Toby Wilkinson

Author : Richard Lepsius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Bible
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016659042

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Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Peninsula of Sinai by Richard Lepsius Pdf

Author : Trevor Bryce
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134575862

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Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East by Trevor Bryce Pdf

From the 17th to the 12th centuries BCE, the five Great Kings of Egypt, Babylon, Hatti (the kingdom of the Hittites), Mitanni and Assyria ruled over vast, complex territories. One of the secrets to their control was frequent communication by letter.

Author : Peter Der Manuelian,Rachel Aronin
Publisher : Ivy Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782401605

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30-Second Ancient Egypt by Peter Der Manuelian,Rachel Aronin Pdf

Weve all heard of pyramids, hieroglyphs and Cleopatra, but how much do you really know about ancient Egypt? Why was the Nile integral to the unification of Egypt? What is the mystery surrounding Queen Hetepheres tomb? What did the Amarna Letters reveal? What did the ancient Egyptians eat and drink? 30-Second Ancient Egypt presents a unique insight into one of the most brilliant and beguiling civilizations, where technological innovations and architectural wonders emerge among mysterious gods and burial rites. Each entry is summarized in just 30 seconds using nothing more than two pages, 300 words and a single picture. From royal dynasties and Tutankhamuns tomb, to hieroglyphs and mummification, interspersed with biographies of Egypts most intriguing rulers, this is the quickest path to understanding the 50 key ideas and innovations that developed and defined one of the worlds great civilizations.

Author : Harry A. Hoffner
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781589832121

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Letters from the Hittite Kingdom by Harry A. Hoffner Pdf

Author : John Muir
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134166008

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Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World by John Muir Pdf

From the first ‘deadly signs’ scratched on a wooden tablet instructing the recipient to kill the one who delivered it, to the letters of St Paul to the early Church, this book examines the range of letter writing in the Ancient Greek world. Containing extensive translated examples from both life and fiction, it provides a glimpse into the lives of both ordinary people and political life. This comprehensive study looks at personal and private letters, letters used in administration and government, letters used as vehicles for the dissemination of philosophy and religion, and letters which played a part in the development of several literary genres. The way in which letters were written and with what materials, how they were delivered, and how it is that, for certain limited periods and locations, so many of them have survived and how they were re-discovered. By placing these letters in their social, political and intellectual contexts, Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World draws attention to both familiar topics, such as young soldiers writing home from basic training and the choice of flowers for a wedding, and more alien events, such as getting rid of baby girls and offhand attitudes to bereavement. This first guide in English to provide commentary on such a broad range of letters, will be essential reading for anyone interested in the Ancient Greek World.

Author : Deborah Sweeney
Publisher : Harrassowitz
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Egyptian language
ISBN : UOM:39015050700056

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Correspondence and Dialogue by Deborah Sweeney Pdf

This book investigates how ancient Egyptians expressed questions, requests, information and complaints in letters from the Late Ramesside Period. Correspondents formulated their contributions in reply to their addressee's letter and/or in anticipation of their next, thus creating a dialogue over time and space. Extracts from earlier letters were often quoted when replying or reacting to them, so we can detect how different Egyptians replied to questions and complaints, reacted to information, agreed to undertake commissions or attempted to avoid them. These replies and responses from correspondence are compared and contrasted with the replies to questions, requests, information and complaints preserved in the summaries of conversations in legal texts and other contemporary non-legal documents.The final chapter deals with courtesy in ancient Egyptian letter-writing, exploring how it was maximised and minimised between correspondents of equal or unequal social standing, of varying degrees of intimacy, and in situations where greater or lesser concessions were required from the addressee.

Author : Susan Thorpe
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789695083

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Daily Life in Ancient Egyptian Personal Correspondence by Susan Thorpe Pdf

This book considers a selection of letters from the Old Kingdom up to and including the Twenty-first Dynasty. Under the topic headings of 'problems and issues', 'daily life', 'religious matters', 'military and police matters', it demonstrates the insight such texts can provide regarding aspects of belief, relationships, custom and behaviour.

Author : William L. Moran
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0801867150

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The Amarna Letters by William L. Moran Pdf

An ancient inscription identified some of the ruins at el Amarna as "The Place of the Letters of the Pharaoh." Discovered there, circa 1887, were nearly four hundred cuneiform tablets containing correspondence of the Egyptian court with rulers of neighboring states in the mid-fourteenth century B.C. Previous translations of these letters were both incomplete and reflected an imperfect understanding of the Babylonian dialects in which they were written. William Moran devoted a lifetime of study to the Amarna letters to prepare this authoritative English translation. The letters provide a vivid record of high-level diplomatic exchanges that, by modern standards, are often less than diplomatic. An Assyrian ruler complains that the Egyptian king's latest gift of gold was not even sufficient to pay the cost of the messengers who brought it. The king of Babylon refuses to give his daughter in marriage to the pharaoh without first having proof that the king's sister—already one of the pharaoh's many wives—is still alive and well. The king of Karaduniyash complains that the Egyptian court has "detained" his messenger—for the past six years. And Egyptian vassal Rib-Hadda, writing from the besieged port of Byblos, repeatedly demands military assistance for his city or, failing that, an Egyptian ship to permit his own escape.