Papyrus and tablet /

Papyrus and tablet / [print] edited by A. Kirk Grayson [and] Donald B. Redford. - Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, (c)1973. - x, 178 pages : illustration, map ; 21 cm. - A Spectrum book . - Spectrum book. .

"A Spectrum book. S-306."



I. Egypt / "The king of upper and lower Egypt" -- the Egyptian state -- "Extending the boundaries" -- Egyptian imperialism -- "The land spins round" -- Egyptian revolution -- "Revered before his Lord" -- the Egyptian autobiography -- " ... in the stories of those who were aforetime" -- Egyptian narratives -- "And the great God laughed" -- the Egyptian wit D.B. Redford -- II. Mesopotamia / "Read the stele which I ... have written for posterity" -- the idea of history -- "Enlil subdued all lands under him" -- the idea of imperialism -- "Rebellions in Assyria" -- revolution as resistance to imperialism -- "O sin ... deliver me" -- Nabonidus and the Fall of Babylon -- "A barmaid ... became king" -- women in power -- "They embraced one another" -- Mesopotamian attitudes toward sex. A.K. Grayson --



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Egyptian literature--Translations into English.

PJ1943.R315.P379 1973 PJ1943