EGYPT STORIES
These have been edited, collated, rewritten by me, mainly with reference to 2 or 4 English translations with commentaries, and just a little looking at the Hieratic or Hieroglyph. I’m a fan of Alan Gardiner, James Allen, Miriam Lichtentheim, Hans Goedick, James Breasted, and RB Parkinson. Parkinson’s book was what turned me on to Egyptian stories.
NARRATIVES / Stories for Khufu, 4 Arabian Nights style stories / Wenamun’s Report, the travels and travails of an agent of Amun / Sanehat, the Egyptian National Epic, and better than the Odyssey / The Prince, a royal son tries to make it on his own in the world / Anubis and Bata, two brothers battle each other over several generations of reincarnation / The Shipwrecked Sailor, a fairy tale about foreigners /
MORALITIES / Instructions of Petah Hotep / Instructions of Amenemhat / Instructions of Khety / Instructions of Meri / The Eloquent Peasant / Khety’s Screed /
DICTATS / The Merneptah Stelle, vivid descriptions of carnage and damnation / The Battle of Kadesh, a real life Sanehat /
POETRY / Chester Beaty Poems / Hymns to the Gods / Lament of Kakepper / Dispute of Body and Soul /
CORRESPONDENCE / Heqanakt Letters / Amarna Letters /
TRANSLATIONS
These are original translations, using the Alan-Allen grammar and Faulkner dictionary / Karnak Arichitraves / Lament of Kakepper / Hatshepsut Passages / Temple Hathor /