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Writings from the Ancient World Society of Biblical Literature Simon B. General Editor Associate Editors Jo Ann Hackett A. Jr. Peter Machinist Patrick D. Jr. William J. Murnane David LOwen Robert K. Ritner Martha T. Roth Volume B and Edited by Susan Tower Hollis Hymns, Prayers, and Songs An Anthology of Ancient Egyptian Lyric Poetry by John L. Foster Edited Susan Tower Hollis Scholars Press HYMNS, PRAYERS, AND SONGS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LYRIC POETRY 1995 The of Biblical Literature a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to underwrite certain editorial and research \Af ... t-u"'y,,, from the Ancient World series. Published results and neices,salwy represent the view of the Endowment. of ancient !-',0',,,nt1!ln Susan Tower Hollis. p. cm. IWrtt'If'Hl'o;z from the ancient world no. 8) Includes blt)hc)graplrucal references and index. ISBN 0~7885~0157~7 : alk. -ISBN 0~7885-0158~5 alk. '-,0"",>1,,'" poetry - Translations into I. Foster, ,!lUTrpnC'PI 1930. II. Hollis, Susan T. HI. Series. ant:nolo~:y 893',1 poetry 95~38539 dc20 Printed in the United States of America on acid~free paper, Contents Series Editor's Foreword xi cnlrOJ101o£llcal Table xiii xvii of xviii J::!,xlPlalnatlon of INTRODUCTION 1 TRANSLATIONS 13 I: The lta:nstlguratJLOn of the from The Texts 15 1. 2. 3, 15 19 21 21 22 4, 5. 6, 7. 8, 9. 10. 23 24 25 26 26 27 28 11. 12. v Contents vi 13. 14. 29 29 15, 16. 17. 18. 19. 30 30 31 32 33 20. 35 21. Archaic 36 22. 38 23. 39 41 41 42 44 24. 25. 26. 27. 45 III. 1-1","" ..,,:, and V ..... 'uA1rc to Osiris: The Earth KeJll£J.on 28. The Great of Amenmose. Louvre TT 29. IV. t-i urn 1'"\(1 P1'"'.:1'1'P1·C to Amun-Re: The 48 48 53 of Ancient 55 30. To Amun as Sun God the Stele of BM i. To Amunas ii. To Amun as Aton iii 31. The Cairo 32. and HOI. 56 56 57 57 58 1-1, ........... 65 Leiden 1350 vi. The Gifts of the Creatures to God vii. The Goddess and Thebes ix. at Sunrise V'.:1r,"1'"11C 68 68 69 69 Contents V. vii 70 x. The to Amun-Re as HOlralchty xx. xxx. Defeat of the Enemies of Amun-Re xl. The Self -Creation of God I. The Power of God lx. God's lxx. God's lxxx. xc. The Creation c. The Birth of God cc. The Forms of God: His UnrmlPre:sellce ccc. The d. God as the Divine Warrior dc. for God's Nature dccc. the Place of Truth 75 76 76 77 78 78 79 from The Book 80 H'Il'rn.,.,C! and "'f"",{T"'1~c! Dead 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 34. Intlrod1uctcory 35. Intlrod1uctcory 80 36. Intlrod1uct4orv 37. lntlrodluctcorv 38. Intlrod1uctcorv 84 82 85 87 89 91 95 97 98 99 42. 43. IntlrOQiuctcory 44. VI. Amarna: The Heretical Interlude of Aton 45. Akhenaton's to Aton ..... " .. r ...1"C! of 102 102 to Other Deities: The Riches of 108 46. 47. tJ!lrIVf'll~ Harris I] and Osiris 108 ~aI(hnlet, rra;n-~)OIl, or compare these earliest written of human '.lrr"'lnr'u with from other of the world. It should also be useful to scholars in the humanities or social sciences who need clear, reliable