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The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah
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Paperback. The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah's 5th regnal year, the longest surviving continuous monumental text from Egypt, describes the combined Libyan and Sea People invasion of Egypt c.1208 BCE. This new study, the first complete commentary on this damaged text, begins with a translation of the text, accompanied by detailed notes. Series: Yale Egyptological Studies. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 698.
The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah's 5th regnal year, the longest surviving continuous monumental text from Egypt, describes the combined Libyan and Sea People invasion of Egypt c.1208 BCE. This new study, the first complete commentary on this long but unfortunately damaged text, begins with a translation of the text, accompanied by detailed notes. The study considers specific military aspects of the inscription alongside its religious background. A grammatical analysis of the Great Karnak Inscription also sheds new light on the grammar of Ramesside monumental texts.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale Egyptological Seminar United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Series
Yale Egyptological Studies
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780974002507
SKU
V9780974002507
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About Unknown
Colleen Manassa, curator of Echoes of Egypt: Conjuring the Land of the Pharaohs, is the William K. and Marilyn M. Simpson Associate Professor of Egyptology at Yale University.
Reviews for The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah
'...a very useful study of a highly important historical text, largely neglected hitherto.' (K A Kitchen, Book List 2005) '...should be of interest to anyone studying issues relating to international relations of the period, aspects of military conflict in the later New Kingdom, or the monumental grammar of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties [...] ... Read more