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The literature of ancient Egypt : an anthology of stories, instructions, stelae, autobiographies, and poetry

by Robert Ritner, William Simpson, Vincent Tobin, Edward Wente Jr.

This updated anthology presents translations of ancient Egyptian literature from the classical to the Demotic periods. It contains twenty-five new entries alongside an extensive bibliography.

Accession 1513 ISBN 0300099207 Publisher Yale University Press
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