Biographical Texts in Ramessid Egypt

Contributor(s): Frood, Elizabeth (Author)

ISBN: 9781589832107

Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature

Binding Types:

Paperback

$27.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$39.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$38.75 (100+ copies: $38.00)

List/retail price:

$27.00

Pub Date: September 1, 2007

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2007016651

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.80" H x 9.00" L x 6.43" W ( 0.99 lbs) 301 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Writings from the Ancient World

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Biography and autobiography was a comparatively rare genre in Ramessid Egypt (ca.1290-1075 B.C.E.), used, when it was, to record the deeds or character of the deceased for judgement in the afterlife. This book translates 65 inscriptions, mostly from tombs, describing priests, civil officials, artists and military men.

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