Ancient Records of Egypt: The twentieth to the twenty-sixth dynastiesJames Henry Breasted With volume 4 of Ancient Records of Egypt, James Henry Breasted brings us to the end of the self-governed era of ancient Egyptian civilization. Chief among the documents contained in this volume are the inscriptions from the Medinet Habu Temple, one of the most completely preserved temples of Egypt, and the great Papyrus Harris, the largest (133 feet long) and most sumptuous papyrus extant, 95 percent of which Breasted was the first to study closely. Together these documents present a detailed record of the reign and benefactions of Ramesses III, whose reign lasted more than thirty years. Volume 4 includes intriguing records of the harem conspiracy and legal documents that indicate the extent of robberies of royal tombs. Records of the Nile levels at Karnak provide important chronological landmarks, while the Stela of Piye (Piankhi), which documents the Nubian kingdom already in existence as a full-fledged power, provides information on the internal political climate of Egypt during a time when no aggressive monarch controlled the whole country. Breasted also notes where these ancient Egyptian records intersect with accounts of the same events from other sources, such as the mutiny of Psamtik I's troops as inscribed on the alabaster statue of Nesuhor and as narrated by Herodotus. In effect, Ancient Records of Egypt offers a valuable dual record. On the one hand, Breasted presents the events and personages of ancient Egypt as recorded in the documents. On the other hand, he presents a history of the documents themselves. Fragmentary or partially destroyed, carved on temple and tomb walls or written on fragile scrolls of leather or papyrus, even inscribed on the coffins and temple linens of the royal and priestly mummy wrappings, these records offer an irreplaceable primary source on a fascinating civilization. |
Contents
Inscriptions of PepiNakht | 3 |
Reign of Amenemhet II 594613 | 4 |
Enactment Against Exacting Dues from a Poor | 11 |
Reign of | 21 |
Laudation of the King and Conclusion Left | 25 |
Stela of Harmini | 29 |
58 | 33 |
Relief Scenes Outside North Wall and | 40 |
Testamentary Enactment of an Unknown Official | 254 |
Reign of Menkure | 274 |
THE TWENTYFIRST DYNASTY 604692 | 295 |
Shaft Inscriptions Middle Columns 308311 | 308 |
Reign of Menkuhor | 312 |
Reign of Amenhotep II 780 | 313 |
High Priesthood of Menkheperre 650661 | 316 |
Reliefs of Transportation of Obelisks | 322 |
Second Libyan | 49 |
125 | 73 |
Temple of Soleb 11 2326 | 78 |
126127 | 79 |
6062 | 85 |
6365 | 98 |
Sinai Inscriptions | 107 |
Introduction 182183 | 110 |
Inscription of the Coronation Buildings and Offerings 131166 | 131 |
Reign of Khafre | 140 |
Wadi Halfa Stela 157161 | 157 |
Memphite Section 305351 | 161 |
THE NINTH AND TENTH DYNASTIES | 180 |
Summary 383396 | 192 |
Historical Section 397412 | 198 |
Building Inscriptions 199250 | 199 |
Tombos Stela | 203 |
Queen Ahmose is Led to Confinement | 204 |
Testamentary Enactment of Senuonekh Regulating | 205 |
Record of the Royal Jubilee 413415 | 206 |
XII | 211 |
The Practicers of Magic 454456 | 220 |
Reign of Sahure | 222 |
Reign of Ramses V 473 | 230 |
Proclamation as King before Amon | 231 |
Sinai Inscriptions | 236 |
Speech of Amon ll 1420 | 238 |
Temple Model of Heliopolis 244246 | 244 |
Inspection of Craftsmen 753755 | 246 |
Reign of Seti I | 250 |
Reign of Ramses II 251568 | 251 |
Stela of the Great Chief of Me Sheshonk | 325 |
Statue of Nebnefer | 330 |
High Priesthood of Pesibkhenno | 334 |
Reign of Ikhnaton | 340 |
Biography of AhmosePenNekhbet | 344 |
Presentation of Tribute | 357 |
Inscriptions at the First Cataract | 364 |
Reign of Takelot I | 367 |
Inscription of Thutiy 369378 | 369 |
Reign of Takelot II | 374 |
Record of Installation | 389 |
Reign of Thutmose III 391779 | 391 |
Abydos Stela | 396 |
Reign of Osorkon III 795 | 405 |
The Tell ElAmarna Landmarks | 413 |
Reign of Thutmose IV 810840 | 414 |
THE ELEVENTH DYNASTY 415459 | 415 |
THE TWENTYFOURTH DYNASTY 884 | 447 |
Reign of Userkaf | 452 |
Reign of Shabaka 889 | 454 |
THE TWELFTH DYNASTY 460750 | 460 |
909 | 462 |
Reign of Amenhotep III 841931 | 464 |
Reign of Tanutamon 919934 | 467 |
Reign of Merneptah 569638 | 472 |
Reign of Psamtik I 935973 | 477 |
Reign of Necho 974980 | 497 |
THE SIXTH DYNASTY | 499 |
Reign of Siptah 639650 | 504 |
Reign of Amasis Ahmose II 9961029 | 509 |
Common terms and phrases
ägyptische Sprache Amenhotep Amon-Re aThe Atum benefactions Brugsch bThe captives cattle Champollion chief costly stone deben Delta Denkmäler divine offerings Dynasty Egyptian feasts forever gold Harsiese heart heaven heket Heliopolis Heracleopolis High Priest Horus Hrihor inscription jars mn Karnak temple Khonsu kidet king of gods King of Upper King Ramses king's land lapis lazuli Lepsius Libyan Lower Egypt majesty Mariette Maspero measures msty Medinet Habu temple Memphis Menkheperre Meshwesh mighty Momies royales month Montu monument Namlot necropolis Nile Nile-god Nine Bows nome Notices descriptives Osiris Osorkon Osorkon II Papyrus Harris Paynozem Pharaoh Piankhi Priest of Amon prince Ptah pylon Ramses III Ramses III's records Recueil reign relief Rougé ruler scribe season shedeh Sheshonk silver South southern linen statue stela Takelot Takelot II Tefnakhte Thebes thee throne Thutmose tomb treasury triumphant Usermare-Meriamon various jars vizier wall Zeitschrift für ägyptische