Records of the Past, 2nd Series, Volume II: Being English Translations of the Ancient Monuments of Egypt and Western Asia. New Series

by Archibald Henry Sayce

Overview

Records of the Past 2:2 has more Egyptian material than the first, including the Inscription of Uni, the Adventures of Sinuhit, and the Legend of the Expulsion of the Hyksos. Also of interest on the Egyptian side are some of the Tel El-Amarna letters, Babylonian cuneiform tablets found in Upper Egypt, copies of correspondence between Amenophis III and rulers throughout the ancient Near East. From Mesopotamia comes the brutal Inscription of Assur-natsir-pal, the Moabite Stone and an Akkadian Hymn to the Setting Sun, plus detailed king lists and chronologies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798823166430
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	10/04/2022
Series:	Records of the Past, 2nd Series , #2
Pages:	792
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.75(d)

About the Author

The Rev. Archibald Henry Sayce (25 September 1845 – 4 February 1933), was a pioneer British Assyriologist and linguist, who held a chair as Professor of Assyriology at the University of Oxford from 1891 to 1919. He was able to write in at least twenty ancient and modern languages, and was known for his emphasis on the importance of archaeological and monumental evidence in linguistic research. He was a contributor to articles in the 9th, 10th and 11th editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica.