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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
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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.
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and
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to Osiris: The Earth KeJll£J.on
28. The Great
of Amenmose. Louvre TT
29.
IV.
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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
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and
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Dead
71 71
72 72 73 73 74
34. Intlrod1uctcory 35. Intlrod1uctcory
80
36. Intlrod1uct4orv 37. lntlrodluctcorv 38. Intlrod1uctcorv
84
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87 89 91
95 97 98 99
42. 43. IntlrOQiuctcory
44. VI. Amarna: The Heretical Interlude of Aton
45. Akhenaton's
to Aton
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of
102 102
to Other Deities: The Riches of 108
46. 47.
tJ!lrIVf'll~
Harris I] and Osiris
108
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