Ancient Records of Egypt: The eighteenth dynastyJames Henry Breasted This volume extends Breasted's remarkable documentary history through the reign of King Tutankhamun. By providing the first definitive transcription and the first English version of hundreds of historical records inscribed on papyrus or leather or carved in stone, Breasted gave unprecedented access to details of royal succession, military conquest, religious upheaval, administrative complexity, and other aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization. Originally published in the first decade of the twentieth century, his monumental work appears here in paperback for the first time. The Eighteenth Dynasty saw the consolidation of the cult of Amun and the expansion of the temple of Amun-Re at Karnak, as well as a religious revolution under King Akhenaten that involved abandoning Thebes as a religious capital and royal residence and founding a new city devoted to the service of the new solar god, Aten. Breasted presents records of the biography and coronation of Queen Hatshepsut, including reliefs that depict the queen's expedition to the land of Punt. Also in this volume are the annals of Thutmose III, providing the most complete account of the military achievements of any Egyptian king; scenes representing the supernatural birth and coronation by the gods of his son, Amenhotep II; and inscriptions from the tomb of Rekhmire, prime minister or vizier under Thutmose III, that include a listing of taxes paid to the temple and foreign tribute proceeding from the king's two decades of military activity in Asia. A herculean assemblage of primary documents, many of which have deteriorated to illegibility since its original publication, Ancient Records of Egypt illuminates both the incredible complexity of Egyptian society and the almost insuperable difficulties of reconstructing a lost civilization. |
Contents
Reign of Ahmose I I37 | 3 |
Biography of AhmosePenNekhbet 1725 | 9 |
Temple of Karnak 509513 | 12 |
VII | 13 |
Reign of Amenhotep I 3853 | 17 |
THE ELEVENTH DYNASTY 415459 | 20 |
Reign of Thutmose I 54114 | 24 |
Reign of Sesostris II | 32 |
THE FOURTH DYNASTY 176212 | 176 |
THE TWENTYFIFTH DYNASTY 885934 | 179 |
The Second Semneh Stela | 185 |
502 | 187 |
Great Inscription in the Second Court | 192 |
Building Inscriptions 199250 | 199 |
XVII | 213 |
Hammamat Inscription | 220 |
Laudation of the King and Conclusion Left | 34 |
CHRONOLOGY 3857 | 38 |
The Punt Reliefs | 51 |
Reign of Thutmose III and Hatshepsut | 53 |
Alexandria Fragments | 55 |
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 5875 | 58 |
Tomb of Neferhotep 6873 | 68 |
Reign of Ramses I 7479 | 74 |
39 | 76 |
VIII | 83 |
THE FIRST TO THE FIFTH DYNASTIES 76167 | 90 |
VII | 94 |
Presentation of the Tribute to the Queen by | 110 |
Reign of Thutmose II 115127 | 115 |
Formal Announcement of the Success of | 118 |
The Karnak Obelisks | 126 |
LIST OF FIGURES | 131 |
Reliefs of Transportation of Obelisks | 135 |
Rock Inscription in Wadi Maghara | 141 |
THE TWENTYFOURTH DYNASTY 884 | 142 |
Building Inscriptions | 144 |
Assuan Inscription | 150 |
Fifth Dynasty 153167 | 153 |
Inscriptions of Puemre | 158 |
Inscriptions of Redesiyeh 162198 | 162 |
THE THIRD DYNASTY 168175 | 168 |
Fourth Campaign | 172 |
Biography of Amenemhab | 227 |
Feasts and Offerings from the Conquests | 235 |
Reign of Sahure 236241 | 236 |
Building Inscription of the Karnak PtahTemple | 243 |
Temple Model of Heliopolis 244246 | 244 |
Obelisks | 249 |
Reign of Ramses II 251568 | 251 |
New York Obelisk | 255 |
INDEX 521 | 261 |
THE FIFTH DYNASTY 213281 | 281 |
THE SIXTH DYNASTY 282390 | 282 |
Reception of Dues to the AmonTemple 746751 | 289 |
THE TWENTYFIRST DYNASTY 604692 | 295 |
Reign of Amenhotep II 780 | 304 |
Reign of Thutmose IV 810840 | 320 |
High Priesthood of Menkheperre 650661 | 332 |
Reign of Amenhotep III 841931 | 334 |
THE TWELFTH DYNASTY 460750 | 335 |
2021 | 337 |
Reign of Merneptah 569638 | 353 |
In the South | 373 |
Reign of Ikhnaton 9321018 | 382 |
THE NINTH AND TENTH DYNASTIES 391414 | 391 |
THE TWENTYSIXTH DYNASTY 9351029 | 420 |
Reign of Ramses IV 457472 | |
Common terms and phrases
Abydos ägyptische Sprache Ahhotep Ahmose Amenemhab Amenhotep Amenhotep III Amon-Re Annals army Asiatic aThe beautiful Behold brought Brugsch bThe campaign captured Champollion chief coronation costly stone Deir-el-Bahari Denkmäler divine offerings dThe Dümichen Egyptian el-Bahri electrum Elephantine erected expedition father Amon favor feast forever gods Hathor Hatshepsut heart heaven heket hereditary prince Horus Ineni inscription Kadesh Karnak temple Khnum King of Upper king's Kush lacuna land lapis lazuli Lepsius lines lord of Thebes Lower Egypt Luxor majesty commanded majesty fem Mariette Maspero Megiddo Menkheperre monument Naharin Naville Nubian obelisks Okheperkere priests Punt pylon queen record Recueil reference reign Rekhmire relief restoration Retenu Rougé royal scene scribe Senmut Sethe silver southern statue stela Thebes thee Thesaurus Thoth thou throne Thutiy Thutmose III Thutmose III's titulary tomb tribute triumphant Tunip Untersuchungen Upper and Lower vessels victory vizier wall Wawat words Zeitschrift für ägyptische