The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Writings from the Ancient World)

✍ Scribed by James P. Allen

Publisher: SBL Press
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 395
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Completely revised and updated

James P. Allen provides a translation of the oldest corpus of ancient Egyptian religious texts from the six royal pyramids of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties (ca. 2350-2150 BCE). Allen s revisions take into account recent advances in the understanding of Egyptian grammar.

Features:

Sequential translations based on all available sources, including texts newly discovered in the last decade
Texts numbered according to the most widely used numbering system with new numbers from the latest 2013 concordance
Translations reflect the primarily atemporal verbal system of Old Egyptian, which conveys the timeless quality that the text s authors understood the texts to have

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
I. The Pyramid Texts of Unis
II. The Pyramid Texts of Teti
III. The Pyramid Texts of Pepi I
IV. The Pyramid Texts of Merenre
V. The Pyramid Texts of Pepi II
VI. The Pyramid Texts of Queen Neith
VII. Pyramid Texts of Other Queens
Variants
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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