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CONTENTS 8 List of Abbreviations 12 Introduction by William Kelly Simpson 22 PART I. NARRATIVES AND TALES OF MIDDLE EGYPTIAN LITERATURE 32 King Cheops and the Magicians 34 The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant 46 The Shipwrecked Sailor 66 The Story of Sinuhe 75 PART II. LATE EGYPTIAN STORIES 88 The Quarrel of Apophis and Seknenre 90 The Capture of Joppa 93 The Tale of the Doomed Prince 96 The Tale of the Two Brothers 101 The Contendings of Horus and Seth 112 The Blinding of Truth by Falsehood 125 Astarte and the Insatiable Sea 129 A Ghost Story 133 The Report of Wenamon 137 PART III. INSTRUCTIONS, LAMENTATIONS, AND DIALOGUES 146 The Instruction of Hardedef (First Part) 148 The Maxims of Ptahhotep 150 The Teaching for the Vizier Kagemni 170 The Teaching for King Merikare 173 The Teaching of King Amenemhet I for His Son Senwosret 187 The Loyalist Instruction from the Sehetepibre Stela 193 The Instruction of a Man for His Son 196 The Man Who Was Weary of Life 199 The Admonitions of an Egyptian Sage 209 The Lamentations of Khakheperre-sonbe 232 The Prophecies of Neferty 235 The Instruction of Amunnakhte 242 The Instruction of Amenemope 244 PART IV FROM THE RELIGIOUS LITERATURE 266 Selection

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Author

William Kelley Simpson

Published

2003

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

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Literary Fiction, Humanities

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2026-03-13