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THE EEF GUIDE TO INTERNET RESOURCES
FOR ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEXTSversion 21 (30 September 2013)

The below collection of online resources (plus some recent paper bibliography) for
ancient Egyptan texts has been collected by Michael Tilgner for the Egyptologists'
Electronic Forum (EEF). It is arranged chronologically and its items appeared individually
in EEFNEWS.
It might be (hyperlink) indexed at a later date.
For abbreviations used, see URL (common abbreviations, e.g., PT, p[], FIP, etc)
and URL (bibliographic abbreviations, e.g., Urk, Lichtheim, LD, KRI, etc).
The collections has been made over several years, so quite a few links may have gone
broken in time; next to each entry you may find the date (d/m/y) on which the links in
that entry have been checked last.
Corrections and additions are welcome with the editor.
Copyright 2012, Michael Tilgner
Preliminary Index (chronological order)
OK & FIP
A Seal of Pharaoh Peribsen (in tomb P at Abydos)
The Inscriptions of the Statue of mTn / Metjen (Berlin 1106)
The Cannibal Hymn (PT Utterances 273-274)
The Annal Stone (Palermo Stone and associated Fragments)
he Decree of Neferirkare (Boston, MFA 03.1896)
Three Letters of Pharaoh Djedkare Isesi
The Pyramid Texts
The False Door of Mehu in his tomb in Saqqara
The Decree of Pepi I for the Pyramid City of Snofru (Berlin 17500)
The Autobiography of Weni the Elder (CG 1435)
The Letter of Pepi II to Harkhuf (in his tomb in Qubbet el-Hawa, no. 34)
The Autobiography of Pepinakht called Heqaib in his tomb in Qubbet el-Hawa (QH 35)
The Instruction of Kagemni (pPrisse 1,1 - 2,9)
The Instruction of Ptahhotep
The Teaching for King Merikare
MK & SIP
The Stela of Irtysen (Louvre C 14)
Rock inscriptions from the Wadi Hammamat of an expedition under Mentuhotep IV
The Stela of the Priest Mentuhotep (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum E.9.1922)
The Autobiography of Amenemhet called Ameni in his tomb (Beni Hassan 2)
The Autobiography of Khnumhotep II in his tomb in Beni Hassan (BH 3)
Semna boundary stelae of Sesostris III (Berlin 1157; Berlin 14753)
A Cycle of Hymns to King Sesostris III (papyrus Kahun LV.1 / papyrus UC 32157 recto)
A Stela of Ikhernofret (Berlin 1204)
The Transport of the Colossal Statue of DHwti-Htp(.w) / Thot-hotep
The Stela of Khu-u-Sobek / Sebek-khu, named Djaa (Manchester Museum 3306)
A Letter of Reminder (pKahun II.2 / ukkk UCL 32199)
The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pPetersburg 1115)
The "Kahun Medical Papyrus" or the "Gynaecological Papyrus" (pKahun (med.) / ukkk UC 32057)
The Dispute of a Man with His Ba (pBerlin 3024)
The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant
The Stelae of Ameniseneb / imny-snb (Louvre C 11 and C 12)
King Kheops and the Magician / Papyrus Westcar (pBerlin 3033)
The Kamose Texts
NK & TIP
The Autobiography of Ahmose, son of Abana
The Stela of Ahmose from Abydos / Tetisheri Stela (Cairo CG 34002)
The Donation Stela of Ahmose-Nefertari
Papyrus Ebers
The Coronation Announcement of Thutmosis I (Cairo CG 34006, Berlin 13726)
The Abydos Stela of Thutmose I (Cairo CG 34007)
The Northampton Stela of General Djehuty
The Obelisk Inscriptions of Queen Hatshepsut in the temple of Karnak
Dedication of the Obelisks by Hatshepsut (block 302 of the Red Chapel)
Graffito of Senenmut in Sehel concerning his work on Hatshepsut's obelisks
The Myth of the Divine Birth
The Speos Artemidos Inscription of Hatshepsut
The Poetical Stela of Thutmosis III (CG 34010)
The Temple Festival Calendar of Thutmosis III in Karnak, South of the granite sanctuary
The King-list of Thutmosis III in Karnak (now: Louvre E 13481bis)
The Obelisk of Thutmosis III from Heliopolis, now in New York
The Obelisk of Thutmosis III, now in Istanbul
The Battle of Megiddo (of Thutmosis III)
The Armant Stela of Thutmosis III (Cairo JE 67377)
The Gebel Barkal Stela (Boston MFA 23.733)
The Canal Inscription of Thutmosis III
The Dream Stela of Thutmosis IV
The Konosso Stela of Thutmosis IV
The Stela of Suti and Hor (BM EA 826)
The Commemorative ScaAmws of Amenophis III
Hymns to the Aten
The Boundary Stelae of Amarna
A Graffito from Pawah in the tomb of Pere / pA-jrj (TT 139)
The Restoration Stela of Tutankhamun (CG 34183)
The Great Hymn to Osiris on the Stela of Amenmose (Paris Louvre C 286)
The Myth of the Destruction of Mankind / The Book of the Heavenly Cow
The King-lists on monuments of the 19th Dynasty
The Taking of Joppa (pHarris 500 = pBM 10060, verso)
The Tale of the Doomed Prince (pHarris 500, vs., 4,1-8,14)
The Nauri Decree
The Stela of the Era of 400 Years (JE 60539)
The Obelisk of the Luxor Temple, now Paris, Place de la Concorde
A Satirical Letter (pAnastasi I = pBM 10247)
The Victory Hymn of Merenptah / "Israel Stela"
The Book of Caverns
The Quarrel of Apophis and Seknenre (pSallier I / BM 10185)
The Great Papyrus Harris
The Harem Conspiracy
The Year 4 Abydos Stela of Ramesses IV in Honour of Osiris (JE 48876)
The Great Abydos Stela of Ramesses IV for Osiris and the Gods (JE 48831)
The Contendings of Horus and Seth (pChester Beatty I, recto 1,1-16,8)
The Misfortunes of Wenamun (pMoscow 120)
The Instruction of Amenemope (pBM 10474)
The Rogers Tablet (Louvre E 6858)
The Stela of Banishment (Louvre C 256)
Hymn to Re-Harakhte (pBerlin 3050)
The Piankhi / Piye Stela (JE 48862)
The Shabaka Stone / "The Memphite Theology" (BM EA 498)
The Stela of Tanutamun / Tanutamani (JE 48863)
The Election Stela of King Aspelta (JE 48866)
LP & Greco-Roman
The Long Biographical Inscription of Petosiris
The Bentresh Stela (Louvre C 284)
The Satrap Stela (Cairo CG 22182)
The Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys (pBerlin 3008)
The Mendes Stela (CG 22181)
The invasion of Ptolemy III into Mesopotamia
The Decree of Canopus
The Decree of Memphis (Rosetta Stone and associated Fragments)
The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom (Philae 436)Old Kingdom and FIPA Seal of Pharaoh Peribsen (in tomb P at Abydos) (27/7/12)
The first known sentence of AE (other than a name)
date: dyn. 2, reign of Peribsen
-- Drawing [= IÄF III, no. 368] bottom left - (200 KB): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text and short commentary: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in WinGlyph notation, transcription, English translation
and commentary in posting of Michael Tilgner to AEL on May 27, 1998: URL

The Inscriptions in the Tomb of mTn / Metjen (Berlin 1105) (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 3, reign of Snefru
Consisting of title sequences and excerpts from legal and administrative documents.
-- Photographs of some scenes and inscriptions in the exhibition catalog:
L'art égyptien au temps des pyramides, Paris, 1999, pp. 176-178
-- Drawings of the inscriptions in: LD II, 3-7: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. I, 1-7: URL
-- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 170-175: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, French translation and discussion by Eugène Revillout,
Nouvelle étude juridico-économique sur les inscriptions d'Amten et les origines
du droit égyptien, in: Journal eurasiatique, sér. 10, vol. 6, pp. 473-508 (1905): URL
-- French translation by: Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous
l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, pp. 83-88
-- German translation by: Karin Barbara Gödecken, Eine Betrachtung der
Inschriften des Meten im Rahmen der sozialen und rechtlichen Stellung von
Privatleuten im ägyptischen Alten Reich, Wiesbaden, 1976, pp. 1-45
-- Discussion of Metjen's titles in: Wolfgang Helck, Untersuchungen zur
Thinitenzeit, Wiesbaden, 1987, pp. 268-274

The Inscriptions of the Statue of mTn / Metjen (Berlin 1106) (27/7/12)
date: date: dyn. 3, reign of Snefru
-- Drawings of the statue and its inscriptions - name and titles: LD II,
120 a-e: URL

The Cannibal Hymn (PT Utterances 273-274) (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 5
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Kurt Sethe, Die altägyptischen Pyramidentexte nach
den Papierabdrücken und Photographien des Berliner Museums, vol. 1,
Leipzig, 1908, pp. 205-216; (first page): URL
-- Photograph of the Unas version based on: Alexandre Piankoff,
The Pyramid of Unas, Princeton, 1968, pls. 28-30 - read cols. 1-29
from right to left: URL
-- English translation based on Faulkner, Piankoff and Speleer: URL
A French translation (partial) based on this: URL
-- English translation by Samuel A. B. Mercer, The Pyramid Texts, vol. I,
New York / ukkk / Toronto, 1952, pp. 92-95: URL
-- German translation by Erik Hornung, Altägyptische Dichtung, Stuttgart, 1996,
pp. 113-116: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text and French translation by: Gaston Maspero, Les inscriptions
des pyramides de Saqqarah, Paris, 1894, pp. 67-70: URL
-- French translation in: Louis Speleers, Les Textes des Pyramides Egyptiennes
(Bruxelles, 1923), pp. 30-31: URL
-- Spanish translation in: Francisco López, Rosa Thode, Los textos
de las pirámides, 2003, pp. 72-75 [98-101 of the pdf-file] -
complete pdf-file: 2.1 MB: URL
-- recently: Christopher Eyre, The Cannibal Hymn. A Cultural and
Literary Study, Liverpool, 2002
The Annal Stone (27/7/12)
date: 5th dyn., reign of Neferirkare (date of original composition; the
stone itself may may be dated to the 25th dyn., according to Helck)
Lettering [ ] according to Wilkinson (see below).
a) The Palermo Stone (Palermo Museo archeologico 1028) [PS]
-- A. Pellegrini, Nota sopra un'iscrizione egizia del Museo di Palermo, in:
Archivio storico siciliano, nueva serie, anno 20, pp. 297-316 (1896),
3 pls. - (pdf-file, whole issue: 36 MB): URL
This article has two nice drawings of the Palermo Stone, pp. 583 and 585 of
the pdf-file.
-- Photographs, drawings of the different sections, German translation and
commentary by Heinrich Schäfer, Ein Bruchstück altägyptischer
Annalen, 41 pp., 2 pls., in: APAW, philos.-hist. Kl., Jahrgang 1902, Berlin,
1902 - pdf-file (whole issue: 29 MB): URL
-- Photograph (recto) only [= pl. I] - 320 KB: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 235-249 [4th and 5th dyn. only; including
CF1 - CF4]: URL
-- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 76-167: URL
-- English translation in: Nigel C. Strudwick, Texts from the Pyramid Age,
Atlanta, 2005, pp. 65-74 [4th and 5th dyn. only], (partly) online readable
at: URL
-- French translation in: Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous
l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, pp. 36-52
b) The Cairo Fragments 1 - 4 (JE 44859, JE 39735, JE 39734, JE 44860)
[CF1 - CF4]
-- Photographs, typeset hieroglyphic text, French translation and commentary
by Henri Gauthier, Quatre nouveaux fragments de la pierre de Palerme, in:
G.Maspero, Le Musée égyptien: recueil de monuments et de notices sur les
fouilles d'Egypte, vol. III, Le Caire, 1915, pp. 29-53, pls. XXIV-XXXI: URL
-- Photograph of CF2 (25 KB): URL
-- Photograph of CF3 (26 KB): URL
-- Photograph of CF4 (22 KB): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 235-249 [see above]: URL
c) The ukkk Fragment (UC 15508) [LF]
-- Photographs of LF recto and verso: URL
-- Photograph of LF recto with roll-over translation: URL
-- William Matthew Flinders Petrie, New Portions of the Annals, in: Ancient
Egypt, vol. III, pp. 114-120 (1916) [article begins on p. 564 of the
pdf-file, foldout not scanned properly; LF recto only]: URL
-- Photograph, drawing and English translation of LF verso by C.N. Reeves,
A Fragment of Fifth Dynasty Annals at University College ukkk, in: GM,
no. 32, pp. 47-52 (1979)
d) The Cairo Fragment 5 (JE 18220) [CF5]
-- Photograph (28 KB): URL
-- Jean-Louis de Cenival, Un nouveau fragment de la Pierre de Palerme, in:
BSFE, no. 44, pp. 13-17 (1965)
e) Basic book on the theme (combines for the first time all seven of the
fragments):
Toby A. H. Wilkinson, Royals Annals of Ancient Egypt. The Palermo
Stone and Its Associated Fragments, ukkk/New York, 2000
The Decree of Neferirkare (Boston, MFA 03.1896) (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 5, reign of Neferirkare
"... decree forbidding interference with the priests or with the temple income ..."
-- Photograph (zoomable): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 170-172: URL
-- Drawing and English translation by Nigel C. Strudwick, Texts from the
Pyramid Age, Atlanta, 2005, pp. 98-101, online readable at: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, French translation and commentary by Gaston Maspero,
Sur une stèle d'Ousirkhâou, in: Gaston Maspero, Études de mythologie et
d'archéologie, vol. VIII, Paris, 1916, pp. 199-203 [originally published in
Recueil de travaux, vol. 26, pp. 236-238 (1904)]: URL
-- Drawing, French translation and commentary by A. Moret, Chartes
d'immunité dans l'Ancien Empire égyptien (troisième partie), in: Journal
eurasiatique, série 11, vol. 10, pp. 359-447, this decree: pp. 428-436,
drawing on pl. VI : URL
-- Drawing, German translation and commentary by Hans Goedicke,
Königliche Dokumente aus dem Alten Reich, Wiesbaden, 1967, pp. 22-36
Three Letters of Pharaoh Djedkare Isesi (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 5, reign of Djedkare Isesi

a) First letter to Senedjemib (Giza G 2370) [A 2]
-- Drawing in: LD II, 76d. LD II, 76: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. I, 60,12 - 61,14: URL
-- English translation by James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, section 271: URL
-- English translation by Edward Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, Atlanta,
1990, no. 4, p. 19
-- Drawings, transcription, English translation, and commentary by Edward
Brovarski, The Senedjemib Complex, Part 1, Boston, 2001, pp. 92-94: URL
-- French translation by Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous
l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, § 93, p. 125
-- Transcription and German translation by I. Hafemann (Thesaurus linguae
aegyptiae; registration required): URL
b) Second letter to Senedjemib (Giza G 2370)
-- Drawing in: LD II, 76f [see under a]
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. I, 62,13-63,11 [see under a]
-- English translation by James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, section 273 [see under a]
-- English translation by Edward Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, Atlanta,
1990, no. 3, pp. 18-19
-- Drawings, transcription, English translation, and commentary by Edward
Brovarski, The Senedjemib Complex, Part 1, Boston, 2001, pp. 96-101 [see under a]
-- French translation by Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous
l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, § 95, p. 126
-- Transcription and German translation by I. Hafemann (Thesaurus linguae
aegyptiae; registration required): URL
c) Letter to Rashepses (Saqqara mastaba)
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. I, 179,8-180,10 [see under a]
-- English translation by Edward Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, Atlanta,
1990, no. 2, p. 18
-- French translation by Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous
l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, § 58, pp. 78-79
-- Transcription and German translation by I. Hafemann (Thesaurus linguae
aegyptiae; registration required): URL
d) Basic work on the theme:
-- Eckhard Eichler, Untersuchungen zu den Königsbriefen des Alten Reiches,
SAK, vol. 18, pp. 141-171 (1991) - includes drawings of all inscriptions,
including one of a letter of Pepi II to Harkhuf, German translations, and commentary
The Pyramid Texts (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 5-6, also later versions
-- LÄ V, 14-23, s.v. "Pyramidentexte"
-- Contemporary report about the discovery: "Nouvelles explorations dans les
Pyramides d'Égypte", in: La Nature. Revue des sciences et leurs applications
aux arts et à l'industrie, vol. 9, p. 415 (1881): URL
-- Audran Labrousse, Les Textes des Pyramides (2002): URL
-- Short bibliography: URL

a) Collection of pyramid texts
-- Typeset hieroglyphic text and French translation by: Gaston Maspero, Les
inscriptions des pyramides de Saqqarah, Paris, 1894. 458 p., pls. First
translation of the pyramid texts (Ounas, Teti, Pepi I, Mirinrî I, Pepi II):
URL
-- Hieroglyphic text (Unas, Teti, Pepi I, Merenre, Neferkare Pepi II) in:
Kurt Sethe, Die altägyptischen Pyramidentexte, nach den Papierabdrücken und
Photographien des Berliner Museums, neu herausgegeben und erläutert,
Leipzig, 1908-1910 [only vols. 1-2 out of 4]. XVI, 508 pp.; IV, 543 pp. -
low and high resolution images available (ca. 130 KB and 300 KB per page resp.)
vol. 1: URL
vol. 2: URL
-- English translation by Samuel A. B. Mercer, The Pyramid Texts, vol. I,
New York / ukkk / Toronto, 1952. 320 pp.: URL
"The famous Pyramid Texts herein translated for the first time in English
... are those of the kings Unis of the Fifth Dynasty, and Teti, Pepi I,
Merenre' and Pepi II of the Sixth Dynasty. To this translation has been
added that of recently discovered additional texts, parallel and
complementary, in the pyramids of Oudjebten, Neit, and Apouit, queens of
Pepi II, and of Ibi, a king of the Seventh Dynasty ..."
-- English translation by R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid
Texts, Oxford, 1969
-- English translation by James Allen, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (SBL, 2005).
This is the modern standard translation. For some countries a free copy is available at SBL: URL
Some critical notes in: Timofey T. Shmakov, Critical Analysis of J. P. Allen's "The Ancient
Egyptian Pyramid Texts"(2012) - URL
-- Spanish translation by: Francisco López, Rosa Thode, Los textos de las
pirámides, 2003 - pdf-file: 2.1 MB: URL
-- Older French translation: Louis Speleers, Les Textes des Pyramides égyptiennes, 2 vols.,
Bruxelles, 1923-1924. Tome premier: Traduction, Bruxelles, 1923. - V, 127 autographed pp.,
and Tome deuxième: Vocabulaire, Bruxelles, 1924. - II, 128 autographed pp. -
pdf-file (21.3 MB) [PDF]: URL
b) Unas version [W]
-- Photographs and English translation compiled by J.D. Degreef [from
translations by R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts. Oxford,
1969; Alexandre Piankoff, The Pyramid of Unas, Princeton, 1968; Louis
Speleers, Traduction, index et vocabulaire des Textes des Pyramides
égyptiennes, Bruxelles, [1934]]: URL
-- Transcription, French translation and commentary by Raphaël Bertrand, Les
Textes de la Pyramide d'Ounas, vols. 1-2, Beuvrages, 2004-2005
-- English translation, by philosopher Wim van den Dungen: URL
-- Transcription and German translation, by Doris Topmann [Thesaurus linguae
aegyptiae; registration required]: URL
c) Pepi I version [P]
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Jean Leclant, Catherine Berger-el Naggar, Bernard
Mathieu, Isabelle Pierre-Croisiau, Les textes de la pyramide de Pépy Ier,
vol. 1: Description et analyse, vol. 2: Fac-similés, Le Caire, 2001

d) Ankhesenpepy II version
-- Dobrev Vassil, Labrousse Audran, Mathieu Bernard, La dixième pyramide à
textes de Saqqâra: Ânkhesenpépy II. Rapport préliminaire, in: BIFAO, vol.
100, pp. 275-296 (2000): URL
The False Door of Mehu in his tomb in Saqqara (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 6, reign of Teti
-- Large photograph in: Regine Schulz, Matthias Seidel (eds.), Ägypten. Die Welt
der Pharaonen, Köln, 1997, p. 8 [there are also editions in other languages]
-- Transcription and German translation by S. Grunert (Thesaurus linguae
aegyptiae; registration required): URL
-- General info about the tomb of Mehu: URL
-- Book on the theme:
Hartwig Altenmüller, Die Wanddarstellung im Grab des Mehu in Saqqara, Mainz
1998, pp. 198-202, pl. 75
The Decree of Pepi I for the Pyramid City of Snofru (Berlin 17500) (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 6, reign of Pepi I
-- Drawing and French translation in: Alexandre Moret, Chartes d'immunité
dans l'Ancien Empire égyptien [tr], in: Journal eurasiatique,
série 11, vol. 10, pp. 359-447 (1917) - section "II. Texte de Dahchour.
Charte d'immunité de Pepi Ier", pp. 387-427; pls. V-VI : URL
-- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 209-213: URL
-- Drawing, German translation and commentary by Hans Goedicke, Königliche
Dokumente aus dem Alten Reich, Wiesbaden, 1967, pp. 55-77

The Autobiography of Weni the Elder (CG 1435) (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 6, reign of Merenre
-- Color photograph in: Marc Desti (ed.), Des dieux, des tombeaux, un
savant: En Egypte, sur les pas de Mariette pacha, Paris, 2004, pp. 186-187
-- B/W photographs in: G. Maspero, E. Grébaut, Le Musée égyptien: recueil de
monuments et de notices sur les fouilles d'Egypte, vol. I, Le Caire,
1890-1900, pls. XXVII-XVIII, comments on pp. 25-26: URL, or URL, or URL
-- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 98-110: URL
-- Drawing , hieroglyphic text,
transcription and English translation with commentary [AEL]: URL
-- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 291-294, 306-315, 319-324: URL
also: URL
-- English translation [= Lichtheim I, 18-23]: URL, URL
-- French translation in: Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous
l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, pp. 187-197
-- German translation: Tobias Hofmann, Die Autobiographie des Uni von
Abydos, in: Lingua Aegyptia, vol. 10, pp. 225-237 (2002)
-- recently: Mahmoud el-Khadragy, Some Palaeographical Features of Weni's
Biography, in: GM 188, pp. 61-72 (2002) - includes a drawing of the inscription.
-- About the excavation of Weni's tomb in Abydos by Janet Richards: URL, URL
-- recently: Janet E. Richards, Text and Context in late Old Kingdom Egypt:
The Archaeology and Historiography of Weni the Elder, in: JARCE, vol. 39,
pp. 75-102 (2004)

The Letter of Pepi II to Harkhuf (in his tomb in Qubbet el-Hawa, no. 34) (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 6, reign of Pepi II
-- Photograph in: Rosalie David, Ägypten. Kunstschätze am Nil, Hamburg, 1981,
p. 181
-- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 129-131: URL
-- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 350-354: URL; also: URL
-- English translation [= Lichtheim I, 26-27]: URL
-- English translation (partial), also as an audio-file (RealPlayer): URL
-- French translation in: Claire Lalouette, Textes sacrés et textes profanes
de l'ancienne Égypte, Paris, 1984
-- Transliteration and German translation in: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae
(TLA): URL
-- Bibliography: URL
-- recently: Eckhard Eichler, Untersuchungen zu den Königsbriefen des
Alten Reiches, SAK, vol. 18, pp. 152-155 (1991) - includes a drawing of
the inscription
The Autobiography of Pepinakht called Heqaib in his tomb in Qubbet el-Hawa (QH 35) (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 6, reign of Pepi II
-- LÄ IV, 929, s.v. "Pepinacht"
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. I, 131-135: URL
-- English translation by James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 355-360: URL
-- English translation by Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Autobiographies
Chiefly of the Middle Kingdom, Freiburg / Göttingen, 1988, pp. 15-16
-- French translation by Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous
l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, pp. 208-211
-- Transcription and German translation by Rolf Gundlach, Die
Zwangsumsiedlung auswärtiger Bevölkerung als Mittel ägyptischer Politik
bis zum Ende des Mittleren Reiches, Stuttgart, 1994, pp. 204-205 [without the titles]
The Instruction of Kagemni (pPrisse 1,1 - 2,9) (27/7/12)
date: likely dyn. 6
-- Hieroglyphic text and English translation, by philosopher Wim van den Dungen: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, transliteration and German translation by 'Astrodoc': URL
-- Bibliography, transliteration and German translation, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae: URL
-- Transliteration and Spanish translation, by Ángel Sánchez Rodríguez: URL
-- English translations by Joseph Kaster, The Wisdom of Ancient Egypt: Writings from
the Time of the Pharaohs, New York, 1968 and by Alan H. Gardiner, The instruction addressed
to Kagemni and his brethren, in: JEA, vol. 32, pp. 71-74 (1946): URL
The Instruction of Ptahhotep (27/7/12)
date: likely dyn. 6
-- Photographs of the Hieratic text of pPrisse: URL
-- Photographs of the Hieratic text of BM 10371 and BM 10435: URLURL (and following pages)
-- English translation, by philosopher Wim van den Dungen: URL
-- Transliteration and English translation (pPrisse) at UCL: URL
-- English translation, from Lichtheim I, 61-80: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, transliteration and German translation, by 'Astrodoc': URL
-- German translation by Erik Hornung, Altägyptische Dichtung, Stuttgart, 1996,
pp. 59-72 (partial): URL
-- The standard edition is: Zbynek Zaba, Les maximes de Ptahhotep, Praha, 1956;
before that there was: Eugène Dévaud, Les maximes de Ptahhotep: d'après le Papyrus Prisse,
les Papyrus 10371/10435 et 10509 du British museum, et la Tablette Carnarvon. Fribourg, 1916
-- Recent book on the topic: Friedrich Junge, Die Lehre Ptahhoteps und die Tugenden
der ägyptischen Welt, 2003 (OBO 193).
-- Recent book on the topic: F. Hagen, An Ancient Egyptian Literary Text in Context:
The Instruction of Ptahhotep. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 218. Peeters Publishers, 2012.
The Teaching for King Merikare (27/7/12)
date of composition: dyn. 9-10 or dyn. 12 (Quack);
date of the papyri: late dyn. 18
-- LÄ III, 986-989, s.v. "Lehre für Merikare"
-- English translation, by philosopher Wim van den Dungen: URL
-- English translation: Lichtheim I, 97-109
-- English translation by Vincent A. Tobin in: William Kelly Simpson (ed.)
The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 3rd ed.,New Haven and ukkk, 2003, pp. 152-165
-- German translation by Hellmut Brunner, Altägyptische Weisheit. Lehren
für das Leben, Zürich / München, 1988, pp. 137-154; excerpts: URL
-- Spanish translation by Juan de la Torre Suárez and Teresa Soria Trastoy: URL
a) pPetersburg 1116 A verso
-- Hieroglyphic text in: W. Golénischeff, Les papyrus hiératiques
1115, 1116A et 1116B de l'Ermitage impérial à Saint Pétersbourg,
St.-Pétersbourg, 1913, pls. 9-14
-- English translation [= by R. O. Faulkner in: William Kelly
Simpson (ed.), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, New Haven
and ukkk, 1973, pp. 180-192]: URL
-- Transcription and German translation by P. Dils: URL
(Thesaurus linguae aegyptiae; registration required)
b) pMoscow 4658
-- Transcription and German translation by P. Dils: URL
(Thesaurus linguae aegyptiae; registration required)
c) pCarlsberg VI
-- Photographs of the Hieratic papyrus, hieroglyphic text,
German translation and commentary in: Aksel Volten,
Zwei altägyptische politische Schriften, København, 1945
-- Transcription and German translation by P. Dils: URL
(Thesaurus linguae aegyptiae; registration required)
d) Books on the theme
-- Wolfgang Helck, Die Lehre für König Merikare, 2nd ed., Wiesbaden, 1988
-- Joachim Friedrich Quack, Studien zur Lehre für Merikare, Wiesbaden, 1992

Middle Kingdom and SIPThe Stela of Irtysen (Louvre C 14) (24/9/12)
date: dyn. 11, reign of Mentuhotep II
-- LÄ III, 181-182, s.v. "Irtisen"
-- Description of the Louvre database: URL
-- Photographs:
Stela (51 KB): URL
Stela (97 KB): URL
Stela (3.5 MB): URL
Detail (87 KB): URL
-- Drawing in: Prisse d'Avennes, Monuments Égyptiens, Paris,
1847, pl. VII (53 KB): URL
-- Drawing without the offering scene (75 KB): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text (typeset by Serge Rosmorduc): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text and early English translation by Gaston Maspero,
The Stèle C 14 of the Louvre, in: Gaston Maspero, Études de
mythologie et d'archéologie égyptiennes, vol. 3, Paris, 1898,
pp. 527-434: URL
-- Maspero's English translation, appearing in: S. Birch (ed.), Records
of the past: being English translations of the Assyrian and Egyptian
monuments, vol. X, ukkk, [1878], pp. 1-4 - pdf-file (192 KB): URL
also: URL
-- There was a thread about this stela with a rather detailed
discussion in the Ancient Egyptian Language list (AEL) during
the weeks 127-143 (1999) - cf. AEL archives: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, transcription, translation and lexical
analysis (in French), line by line, of Projet Rosette: URL
-- French translation by Serge Rosmorduc: URL
-- German translation by Wolfgang Schenkel, Memphis -
Herakleopolis - Theben. Die epigraphischen Zeugnisse der
7. - 11. Dynastie Ägyptens, Wiesbaden, 1965, § 403
-- Spanish translation by Ana Ma Vázquez Hoys: URL
-- Recent article: Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert, Das verschwiegene
Wissen des Irtisen (Stele Louvre C 14). Zwischen Arcanum
und Preisgabe, in: Jan Assmann, Martin Bommas (eds.),
Ägyptische Mysterien?, München, 2002, pp. 27-35
-- Book on the theme: Winfried Barta, Das Selbstzeugnis
eines altägyptischen Künstlers (Stele Louvre C14), Berlin, 1970
Rock inscriptions from the Wadi Hammamat of an expedition under Mentuhotep IV (24/9/12)
date: dyn. 11, reign of Mentuhotep IV
-- LÄ VI, 1099-1113, s.v. "Wadi Hammamat", expedition E14 (1104-1105)
Some 20 [not: 30] inscriptions of this expedition are known. The labelling
[M ...] points to the catalog of J. Couyat, P. Montet, Les inscriptions
hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât, Le Caire, 1913.
a) The first wonder [M 110]
"Year 2, second month of inundation, day 3" of Mentuhotep IV
-- Drawing: LD II, 149c [some signs are lacking in this drawing]: URL
-- Photograph and hieroglyphic text in: J. Couyat, P. Montet, Les
inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât, Le Caire,
1913, pp. 77-78, pl. XXIX (top)
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof - 3 pp.,
pdf-file (18 KB): URL
-- English translation by James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 435-438: URL
-- German translation by Wolfgang Schenkel, Memphis - Herakleopolis -
Theben. Die epigraphischen Zeugnisse der 7. - 11. Dynastie Ägyptens,
Wiesbaden, 1965, section 441
b) The purpose of the expedition [M 192a]
"Year 2, second month of inundation, day 15"
-- Drawing: LD II, 149d - except the last three cols. [URL: see under a]
-- Photograph and hieroglyphic text in: J. Couyat, P. Montet, Les
inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât, Le Caire,
1913, pp. 98-99, pl. XXXVII
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof - 4 pp.,
pdf-file (18 KB): URL
-- English translation by: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 439-443 [URL: see under a]
-- English translation: Lichtheim I, 113-115
-- Early French translation (partial) by Gaston Maspero, Les monuments
égyptiens de la vallée de Hammamât, in: Gaston Maspero, Études de mythologie
et d'archéologie égyptiennes, vol. 4, Paris, 1900, pp. 1-14 - this
inscription, pp. 8-9: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, French translation and commentary by Charles Kuentz,
Autour d'une conception égyptienne méconnue: l'Akhit ou soi-disant horizon,
in: BIFAO, vol. 17, pp. 121-190 (1920) [the inscription is discussed on
pp. 121-125] - pdf-file (6.3 MB): URL
-- German translation by Wolfgang Schenkel, Memphis - Herakleopolis -
Theben. Die epigraphischen Zeugnisse der 7. - 11. Dynastie Ägyptens,
Wiesbaden, 1965, section 442
c) The account of the vizier Amenemhet [M 113]
"Year 2, second month of inundation, day 15"
-- Drawing: LD II, 149e [URL: see above under a]
-- Photograph and hieroglyphic text in: J. Couyat, P. Montet, Les
inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât, Le Caire,
1913, pp. 79-81, pl. XXIX (bottom)
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof - 4 pp.,
pdf-file (24 KB): URL
-- English translation by: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 444-448 [URL: see under a]
-- Early French translation by Gaston Maspero, Les monuments égyptiens de la
vallée de Hammamât, in: Gaston Maspero, Études de mythologie et
d'archéologie égyptiennes, vol. 4, Paris, 1900, pp. 1-14 - this inscription,
pp. 9-11 [URL: see under b]
-- German translation by Wolfgang Schenkel, Memphis - Herakleopolis -
Theben. Die epigraphischen Zeugnisse der 7. - 11. Dynastie Ägyptens,
Wiesbaden, 1965, section 443
d) The second wonder [M 191]
[Year 2,] "second month of inundation, day 23"
-- Drawing: LD II, 149f [URL: see above under a]
-- Photograph and hieroglyphic text in: J. Couyat, P. Montet, Les
inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât, Le Caire,
1913, pp. 97-98, pl. XXXVI
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof - 3 pp.,
pdf-file (16 KB): URL
-- English translation by: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 449-451 [URL: see under a]
-- Early French translation by Gaston Maspero, Les monuments égyptiens de la
vallée de Hammamât, in: Gaston Maspero, Études de mythologie et
d'archéologie égyptiennes, vol. 4, Paris, 1900, pp. 1-14 - this inscription,
pp. 11-13 [URL: see under b]
-- Transcription and German translation, at website of Marburg University: URL
-- Photograph (in color) and German translation by Klaus Koschel,
Altägyptische Steinexpeditionen. Felsinschriften im Wadi Hammamat als
Quellen pharaonischer Steinbruch-Großunternehmen, in: Antike Welt, vol. 33,
no. 1, pp. 51-64 (2002) [fig. 15; translation: pp. 59-60]
-- German translation by Wolfgang Schenkel, Memphis - Herakleopolis -
Theben. Die epigraphischen Zeugnisse der 7. - 11. Dynastie Ägyptens,
Wiesbaden, 1965, section 444
e) The completion of the work [M 192b]
[Year 2, second month of inundation,] "day 27"
-- Drawing: LD II, 149d - the last three cols. [URL: see above under a]
-- Photograph and hieroglyphic text in: J. Couyat, P. Montet, Les
inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât, Le Caire,
1913, pp. 99-100, pl. XXXVII
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof [URL: see under b]
-- English translation by: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 452-453 [URL: see under a]
-- Early French translation by Gaston Maspero, Les monuments égyptiens de la
vallée de Hammamât, in: Gaston Maspero, Études de mythologie et d'archéologie
égyptiennes, vol. 4, Paris, 1900, pp. 1-14 - this inscription, p. 9 [URL: see under b]
-- German translation by Wolfgang Schenkel, Memphis - Herakleopolis -
Theben. Die epigraphischen Zeugnisse der 7. - 11. Dynastie Ägyptens,
Wiesbaden, 1965, section 445
f) Basic book on the theme
-- Karl-Joachim Seyfried, Beiträge zu den Expeditionen des Mittleren Reiches
in die Ost-Wüste, Hildesheim, 1981 - This expedition on pp. 245-247
-- see also: Rolf Gundlach, Mentuhotep IV. und Min. Analyse der Inschriften
M 110, M 191 und M 192a aus dem Wâdi Hammâmât, in: SAK, vol. 8, pp. 89-114 (1980)
The Stela of the Priest Mentuhotep (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum E.9.1922) (24/9/12)
date: late dyn. 11
"Its unusual text portrays a self-made man who became a successful cattle
farmer and holder of a minor office in the Abydene priesthood." (Lichtheim)
-- Photograph (pl. XXIII, 1), drawing (pl. XII), description (p. 10) and
English translation (by Alan H. Gardiner, p. 19) in: William Matthew Flinders Petrie,
Tombs of the Courtiers and Oxyrhynkhos, ukkk, 1925 - pdf-file: URL
-- Photograph and English translation by Alan H. Gardiner [from Petrie, see above]: URL
-- Photograph,from: Janine Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals. Egyptian Art
in the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge, 1988: URL
-- Description in The Fitzwilliam Museum Online Catalogue: URL
-- English translation: Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Autobiographies
Chiefly of the Middle Kingdom, Freiburg / Göttingen, 1988, pp. 68-69
The Autobiography of Amenemhet called Ameni in his tomb (Beni Hassan 2) (24/9/12)
date: dyn. 12, reign of Sesostris I.
-- Drawing in LD II, 122: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. VII, 14-16: URL
-- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 515-253: URL
-- German translation, from Walter Wolf, Das alte Ägypten, München, 1971, pp. 192-194: URL
-- French translation (partial, unclear source): URL
-- Recent book on the theme: Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Autobiographies Chiefly of
the Middle Kingdom, Freiburg / Göttingen, 1988, pp. 135-141
The Autobiography of Khnumhotep II in his tomb in Beni Hassan (BH 3) (24/9/12)
date: dyn. 12, reign of Sesostris II
-- LÄ I, 955-956, s.v. "Chnumhotep II."
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Champollion Le Jeune, Monuments de l'Égypte et de
la Nubie: notices descriptives conformes aux manuscrits autographes rédigés
sur les lieux, vol. 2, Paris, [1889], pp. 418-422 - [go to Consultation -
first page (420)]: URL
-- Drawing of the inscription: LD II 124-125: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. VII, 25-35: URL
-- Early English translation by Samuel Birch, Inscription of Chnumhetep, in:
Records of the Past, vol. XII, ukkk, [1881], pp. 65-76 - pdf-file: 375 KB: URL
-- English translation by James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 619-639: URL, URL
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof - 13 pp., pdf-file: 48 KB: URL
-- English translation: William Kelly Simpson (ed.), The Literature of
Ancient Egypt, 3rd ed., New Haven and ukkk, 2003, pp. 420-424
-- Hieroglyphic text, transcription and French translation by P. Le Guilloux,
La biographie de Khnoumhotep II, prince de Beni Hassan, Angers, 2004
-- Alan B. Lloyd, The Great Inscription of Khnumhotpe II at Beni Hasan, in:
Alan B. Lloyd (ed.), Studies in Pharaonic Religion and Society for Gwyn
Griffiths, The Egypt Exploration Society, ukkk, 1992, pp. 21-36

Semna boundary stelae of Sesostris III (Berlin 1157; Berlin 14753) (24/9/12)
date: dyn. 12, reign of Sesostris III
-- Hieroglyphic text (drawing) in: LD II, 136 h [= Berlin 1157], i [= Berlin 14753]": URL
-- Hieroglyphic text (drawing of stela) by Claude Obsomer: URL [ Berlin 14753], URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, transcription and French translation by Sylvie Griffon:
URL , URL
-- Digitized slips from the Wörterbuch Archive, Berlin, with passages from this stela used
for lexikographic studies: URL
-- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, vol. I,
Chicago, 1906, sections 651-652 , sections 653-660 : URL
-- Recent article on the theme: Christopher J. Eyre, The Semna stelae: quotation, genre,
and functions of literature, in: Studies in Egyptology. Lichtheim, pp. 134-165 (1990).

A Cycle of Hymns to King Sesostris III (papyrus Kahun LV.1 / papyrus UC 32157 recto) (12/10/12)
date: dyn. 12
-- Hieratic and hieroglyphic text in: Francis Llewellyn Griffith, The Petrie
Papyri: Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob (principally of the Middle Kingdom),
Plates, ukkk, 1898, pls. 1-3 - pdf-file (8.4 MB): URL
-- English translation by Francis Llewellyn Griffith, The Petrie Papyri:
Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob (principally of the Middle Kingdom),
Text, ukkk, 1898, pp. 1-3 - pdf-file (4.2 MB): URL
-- Photographs of the papyrus, transcription and English translation [at UCL]: URL
-- English translation: William Kelly Simpson (ed.), The Literature of
Ancient Egypt, 3rd ed., New Haven and ukkk, 2003, pp. 301-306
-- French translation by Claude Obsomer: URL
-- German translation by Jan Assmann, in: ÄHG, nos. 228-231
-- Massimo Patanè, La structure de l'hymne à Sesostris III, in: BSEG, vol. 8,
pp. 61-65 (1983) - pdf-file (123 KB): URL
-- English translation in: Lichtheim I, 198-200
-- English translation in: Mark Collier, S. Quirke, The UCL Lahun Papyri: Religious, Literary,
Legal, Mathematical and Medical, Oxford, 2004

A Stela of Ikhernofret (Stela Berlin 1204) (12/10/12)
date: 12th dyn., reign of Sesostris III
-- Photograph in: William Kelly Simpson, The Terrace of the Great God at Abydos:
The Offering Chapels of Dynasties 12 and 13, New Haven and Philadelphia, 1974, pl. 1
-- Drawing: LD II, 135 h: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text (typeset by Serge Rosmorduc): URL
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof (in pdf): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, transcription and French translation by Sylvie Griffon - URL
-- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 661-670: URL; idem at: URL
-- English translation in: Lichtheim I, 123-125
-- German translation in: Dietrich Wildung, Sesostris und Amenemhet. Ägypten
im Mittleren Reich, München, 1984, p. 137
-- Recent book on the theme: Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Autobiographies Chiefly of
the Middle Kingdom, Freiburg / Göttingen, 1988, pp. 98-100
-- Article on the stela, with a drawing of the stela:
Naomi L. Gunnels, "The Ikhernofret Stela as Theatre: A Cross-cultural Comparisson",
in: Studia Antiqua, Journal of the BYU Student Society for Ancient Studies, Volume 2, No. 2,
Fall 2002, pp. 3-16.
The Transport of the Colossal Statue of DHwti-Htp(.w) / Thot-hotep (12/10/12)
Scene and inscriptions in his tomb in el-Bersheh (no. 2)
date: dyn. 12, reign of Sesostris III
-- Photograph (by Michel Malfliet): complete scene - URL; detail - URL
-- Drawing: LD II, 134 (335 KB): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. VII, 47-50: URL
-- English translation by: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 694-706: URL; idem, at: URL
-- German translation in: Dietrich Wildung, Sesostris und Amenemhet. Ägypten
im Mittleren Reich, München, 1984, p. 160
-- Transliteration and Spanish translation by Ángel Sánchez Rodríguez: URL
-- Press report about recent works in DHwti-Htp's tomb - URL
-- Website of the ongoing Dayr al-Barsha mission: URL
The Stela of Khu-u-Sobek / Sebek-khu, named Djaa (Manchester Museum 3306) (12/10/12)
date: 12th dyn., reign of Amenemhet III
-- Photographs and description [at Manchester University]: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Kurt Sethe, Ägyptische Lesestücke, Leipzig, 1928, pp. 82-83
-- Drawing (autobiographical part of the text): URL
-- English translation by James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records
of Egypt, vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 676-687: URL; idem, at URL
-- Photograph, drawing, English translation and commentary
by T. Eric Peet, The Stela of Sebek-khu. The Earliest Record of
an Egyptian Campaign in eurasia, Manchester, [1914]. 22 pp., 2 pls. -
The drawing is scanned incompletely, the missing part can be found
at the link above. - pdf-file (B/W: 1.7 MB): URL
-- English translation and commentary by John Baines, The Stela of
Khusobek: Private and Royal Military Narrative and Values, in:
Festschrift Fecht, 1987 (= Ägypten und Altes Testament, vol. 12), pp. 43-61
-- German translation by Christian Beyer in: Sunited snakesnne Petschel,
Martin von Falck (eds.), Pharao siegt immer. Krieg und Frieden
im Alten Ägypten, Bönen, 2004, pp. 158-159
-- recent discussion: Hans Goedicke, Khu-u-Sobek's Fight in "eurasia",
Ägypten und Levante, vol. 7, pp. 33-37 (1998)
A Letter of Reminder (pKahun II.2 / ukkk UCL 32199) (12/10/12)
date: dyn. 12
-- Photographs of the hieratic text and hieroglyphic text in: F. Ll.
Griffith, Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob, Plates, ukkk,
1898, pl. XXIX (II.2) - pdf-file: URL
-- English translation by F. Ll. Griffith, Hieratic Papyri from Kahun
and Gurob, Text, ukkk, 1898, p. 72 - pdf-file: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in Kurt Sethe, Ägyptische Lesestücke, 2nd ed.,
Leipzig, 1928 (reprinted often), p. 97
-- Hieroglyphic text , transcription and English translation in Mark
Collier, Stephen Quirke (eds.), The UCL Lahun Papyri: Letters, Oxford, 2002,
pp. 96-99 (color photographs of the papyrus on the accompanying CD-ROM)
-- English translation by Edward Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt,
Atlanta, Georgia, 1990, pp. 79-80
-- Drawing of the hieratic text and English translation by R.B. Parkinson,
Voices from Ancient Egypt. An Anthology of Middle Kingdom Writings,
ukkk, 2004, pp. 90-92
-- Transcription and German translation by I. Hafemann in the TLA
(registration required): URL
The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pPetersburg 1115 [= P. Hermitage 1115]) (12/10/12)
date: dyn. 12
-- LÄ V, 619-622, s.v. "Schiffbrüchiger"
-- Hieroglyphic text, transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof (in pdf): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text (autographed), transcription ("a new system devised by myself")
and English translation by Jacob Rabinowitz, Isle of Fire, A Tour of the Egyptian Further
World, rev. ed., vol. I, 2005, pp. 21-35 - pdf-file: 2.2 MB: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, transcription and French translation by Sylvie Griffon: URL
-- English translation by W. M. Flinders Petrie, Egyptian Tales Translated
From The Papyri, vol. 1, 2nd ed., ukkk, 1899, pp. 81-96: URL, URL
-- English translation: Lichtheim I, 211-215
-- English translation from Eva March Tappan, ed., The World's Story:
A History of the World in Story, Song and Are, (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1914),
Vol. III: Egypt, Kmt, and aAmwia, trans. W. K. Flinders Petrie, pp. 41-46: URL, URL
-- French translation by Gaston Maspero, Les contes populaires de l'Egypte ancienne,
4th ed., Paris[, 1911], pp. 104-114: URL
-- Transcription and German translation by H. Felber (TLA; registration required): URL
-- German translation: Emma Brunner-Traut, Altägyptische Märchen, 8th ed., München, 1989, pp. 34-41
-- Transcription and German translation: Markus Mode, "Das Gleichnis des schiffbrüchigen Gefolgsmannes
(Bemerkungen zu Papyrus 1115 der Staatlichen Ermitage in Leningrad)", Hallesche Beiträge zur
Orientwissenschaft 2 (1980), pp. 5-57. : URL
-- Index to passages from the tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor by K.B.Saunders: URL
-- Some articles on the topic:
--- John Baines, "Interpreting the Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor," in: JEA, vol. 76,
pp. 55-72 (1990) - pdf-file (2.4 MB): URL [site temp. down?]
--- Rendsburg, Gary A. "Literary Devices in the Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor",
in: Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 120, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 2000), pp. 13-23
The "Kahun Medical Papyrus" or the "Gynaecological Papyrus" (pKahun (med.) / ukkk UC 32057) (12/10/12)
date: dyn. 12
-- Photographs (b/w) and hieroglyphic text in: Francis LLewellyn Griffith,
The Petrie Papyri: Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob (principally of the
Middle Kingdom). Plates, ukkk, 1898, pls. V-VI - pdf-file: URL
-- Description and English translation by Francis LLewellyn Griffith, The
Petrie Papyri: Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob (principally of the
Middle Kingdom). Text, ukkk, 1898, pp. 5-11- pdf-file: URL; idem, at URL
-- Photographs (in color, low and high resolution), hieroglyphic text,
transliteration and English translation by Stephen Quirke - two passages are
also provided as audio files: URL
-- French translation by Thierry Bardinet, Les papyrus médicaux de l'Égypte
pharaonique, Paris, 1995, pp. 437-443
-- German translation by Wolfhart Westendorf, Handbuch der altägyptischen
Medizin, 2 vols., Leiden / Boston / Köln, 1999 - see index, pp. 825-826
The Dispute of a Man with His Ba (pBerlin 3024) (12/10/12)
date: dyn. 12
-- LÄ II, 571-573, s.v. "'Gespräch des Lebensmüden'"
-- Drawing of the papyrus (Papyrus No. III) in: LD VI, 111-112: URL
-- Photographs of the papyrus, hieroglyphic text, German translation and
commentary by Adolf Erman, Gespräch eines Lebensmüden mit seiner Seele. Aus
dem Papyrus 3024 der Königlichen Museen, in: Abhandlungen der Königlichen
Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1896, Philosophische und
historische Abhandlungen, Berlin, 1896, pp. 1-77, 10 pls.
first page: URL
-- 10 plates showing pBerlin 3024 (see previous)
first plate: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, transcription and English translation according to
R.O.Faulkner, The Man who was Tired of Life, in: JEA, vol. 42, pp. 21-40 (1956)
[hieroglyphs, pp. 22-26]: URL (typeset by Jenny Carrington), URL
-- English translation: Lichtheim I, 163-169
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof - 11 pp.,
pdf-file (40 KB): URL
-- English translation by Vincent A. Tobin in: William Kelly Simpson (ed.),
The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 3rd ed., New Haven and ukkk, 2003, pp. 178-187
-- The following translation by R.O. Faulkner [slightly adapted from
his JEA article, see above] is from an earlier edition: William Kelly
Simpson (ed.), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, New Haven and ukkk, 1973,
pp. 201-209: URL
-- French translation and commentary by Raymond Weill, Le livre du
"désespéré", le sens, l'intention et la composition littéraire de l'ouvrage,
in: BIFAO, vol. 45, pp. 89-154 (1947): URL
-- French translation and commentary by Odette Renaud, Le Dialogue du
Désespéré avec son âme. Une interprétation littéraire, in: Cahiers de la
Société d'Égyptologie, no. 1 (1991) - TOC as pdf-file (120 KB): URL
-- German translation (partial) by Erik Hornung, Gesänge vom Nil. Dichtung
am Hofe der Pharaonen, Zürich / München, 1990, pp. 101-104: URL
-- Transcription, German translation and commentary by Katherina Lohmann,
Das Gespräch eines Mannes mit seinem Ba, in: SAK, vol. 25, pp. 207-236 (1998)
-- Transliteration and Spanish translation by Ángel Sánchez Rodríguez: URL
-- An Italian translation, with hieroglyphic text and transliteration, is said to be present in:
M. Chioffi-G. Rigamonti, Antologia della letteratura egizia del Medio Regno,
vol. I, ed. Ananke, Torino, 2007.
-- Commentary by philosopher Wim van den Dungen: URL
-- Books on the theme:
---- Winfried Barta, Das Gespräch eines Mannes mit seinem Ba (Papyrus Berlin 3024),
Berlin, 1969
---- Hans Goedicke, The Report about the Dispute of a Man with His Ba.
Papyrus Berlin 3024, Baltimore / ukkk, 1970
---- James Allen, The Debate Between a Man and His Soul. A Masterpiece of
Ancient Egyptian Literature. Brill Publishers, 2010. ISBN 978 90 04 19303 1
The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant (12/10/12)
(pBerlin 3023, pBerlin 3025, pRamesseum A [= pBerlin 10499], and pButler 527 [= pBM 10274])
date: end of the 12th dyn.
-- Hieratic facsimile of pBerlin 3023 in: LD VI, 108-110 (called "Papyrus no. II"): URL
-- Hieratic facsimile of pBerlin 3023 in: LD VI, 113-114 (called "Papyrus no. IV"): URL
Please note that these facsimiles were drawn at a time when there was only
insufficient knowledge of Hieratic. They have been replaced by photographic
plates in F. Vogelsang, Alan H. Gardiner, Literarische Texte des Mittleren
Reiches I: Die Klagen des Bauern, Leipzig, 1908 (Hieratische Papyrus aus den
Königlichen Museen Berlin, vol. IV). This vol. has also the plates of pRamesseum A [R].
-- Hieroglyphic text (also in WinGlyph format), transcription and English translation
: URL
-- English translation in: Lichtheim I, 169-184
-- Photographs of the papyri, hieroglyphic text and German translation
[not complete yet]: URL
-- Transcription and German translation of pBerlin 3023 + pAmherst I
(TLA, needs registration): [url=http://aaew2.bbaw.d

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THE EEF GUIDE TO INTERNET RESOURCES
FOR ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEXTS
version 21 (30 September 2013)

The below collection of online resources (plus some recent paper bibliography) for 
ancient Egyptan texts has been collected by Michael Tilgner for the Egyptologists'
Electronic Forum (EEF). It is arranged chronologically and its items appeared individually
in EEFNEWS. 
It might be (hyperlink) indexed at a later date. 
For abbreviations used, see URL (common abbreviations, e.g., PT, p[], FIP, etc) 
and URL (bibliographic abbreviations, e.g., Urk, Lichtheim, LD, KRI, etc).
The collections has been made over several years, so quite a few links may have gone
broken in time; next to each entry you may find the date (d/m/y) on which the links in 
that entry have been checked last.
Corrections and additions are welcome with the editor.

Copyright 2017, Michael Tilgner

 

Preliminary Index (chronological order)
OK & FIP
A Seal of Pharaoh Peribsen (in tomb P at Abydos)
The Inscriptions of the Statue of mTn / Metjen (Berlin 1106)
The Cannibal Hymn (PT Utterances 273-274)
The Annal Stone (Palermo Stone and associated Fragments) 
he Decree of Neferirkare (Boston, MFA 03.1896)
Three Letters of Pharaoh Djedkare Isesi
The Pyramid Texts
The False Door of Mehu in his tomb in Saqqara
The Decree of Pepi I for the Pyramid City of Snofru (Berlin 17500)
The Autobiography of Weni the Elder (CG 1435)
The Letter of Pepi II to Harkhuf (in his tomb in Qubbet el-Hawa, no. 34)
The Autobiography of Pepinakht called Heqaib in his tomb in Qubbet el-Hawa (QH 35)
The Instruction of Kagemni (pPrisse 1,1 - 2,9)
The Instruction of Ptahhotep
The Teaching for King Merikare
MK & SIP
The Stela of Irtysen (Louvre C 14)
Rock inscriptions from the Wadi Hammamat of an expedition under Mentuhotep IV
The Stela of the Priest Mentuhotep (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum E.9.1922)
The Autobiography of Amenemhet called Ameni in his tomb (Beni Hassan 2)
The Autobiography of Khnumhotep II in his tomb in Beni Hassan (BH 3)
Semna boundary stelae of Sesostris III (Berlin 1157; Berlin 14753)
A Cycle of Hymns to King Sesostris III (papyrus Kahun LV.1 / papyrus UC 32157 recto)
A Stela of Ikhernofret (Berlin 1204)
The Transport of the Colossal Statue of DHwti-Htp(.w) / Thot-hotep 
The Stela of Khu-u-Sobek / Sebek-khu, named Djaa (Manchester Museum 3306)
A Letter of Reminder (pKahun II.2 / ukkk UCL 32199)
The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pPetersburg 1115)
The "Kahun Medical Papyrus" or the "Gynaecological Papyrus" (pKahun (med.) / ukkk UC 32057)
The Dispute of a Man with His Ba (pBerlin 3024)
The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant
The Stelae of Ameniseneb / imny-snb (Louvre C 11 and C 12)
King Kheops and the Magician / Papyrus Westcar (pBerlin 3033)
The Kamose Texts
NK & TIP
The Autobiography of Ahmose, son of Abana
The Stela of Ahmose from Abydos / Tetisheri Stela (Cairo CG 34002)
The Donation Stela of Ahmose-Nefertari
Papyrus Ebers
The Coronation Announcement of Thutmosis I (Cairo CG 34006, Berlin 13726)
The Abydos Stela of Thutmose I (Cairo CG 34007)
The Northampton Stela of General Djehuty
The Obelisk Inscriptions of Queen Hatshepsut in the temple of Karnak
Dedication of the Obelisks by Hatshepsut (block 302 of the Red Chapel)
Graffito of Senenmut in Sehel concerning his work on Hatshepsut's obelisks 
The Myth of the Divine Birth
The Speos Artemidos Inscription of Hatshepsut
The Poetical Stela of Thutmosis III (CG 34010)
The Temple Festival Calendar of Thutmosis III in Karnak, South of the granite sanctuary
The King-list of Thutmosis III in Karnak (now: Louvre E 13481bis)
The Obelisk of Thutmosis III from Heliopolis, now in New York
The Obelisk of Thutmosis III, now in Istanbul
The Battle of Megiddo (of Thutmosis III) 
The Armant Stela of Thutmosis III (Cairo JE 67377)
The Gebel Barkal Stela (Boston MFA 23.733)
The Canal Inscription of Thutmosis III
The Dream Stela of Thutmosis IV
The Konosso Stela of Thutmosis IV
The Stela of Suti and Hor (BM EA 826)
The Commemorative ScaAmws of Amenophis III
Hymns to the Aten
The Boundary Stelae of Amarna
A Graffito from Pawah in the tomb of Pere / pA-jrj (TT 139)
The Restoration Stela of Tutankhamun (CG 34183)
The Great Hymn to Osiris on the Stela of Amenmose (Paris Louvre C 286)
The Myth of the Destruction of Mankind / The Book of the Heavenly Cow
The King-lists on monuments of the 19th Dynasty
The Taking of Joppa (pHarris 500 = pBM 10060, verso)
The Tale of the Doomed Prince (pHarris 500, vs., 4,1-8,14)
The Nauri Decree
The Stela of the Era of 400 Years (JE 60539)
The Obelisk of the Luxor Temple, now Paris, Place de la Concorde
A Satirical Letter (pAnastasi I = pBM 10247)
The Victory Hymn of Merenptah / "Israel Stela"
The Book of Caverns
The Quarrel of Apophis and Seknenre (pSallier I / BM 10185)
The Great Papyrus Harris
The Harem Conspiracy
The Year 4 Abydos Stela of Ramesses IV in Honour of Osiris (JE 48876)
The Great Abydos Stela of Ramesses IV for Osiris and the Gods (JE 48831)
The Contendings of Horus and Seth (pChester Beatty I, recto 1,1-16,8)
The Misfortunes of Wenamun (pMoscow 120)
The Instruction of Amenemope (pBM 10474)
The Rogers Tablet (Louvre E 6858)
The Stela of Banishment (Louvre C 256)
Hymn to Re-Harakhte (pBerlin 3050)
The Piankhi / Piye Stela (JE 48862)
The Shabaka Stone / "The Memphite Theology" (BM EA 498)
The Stela of Tanutamun / Tanutamani (JE 48863)
The Election Stela of King Aspelta (JE 48866)
LP & Greco-Roman
The Long Biographical Inscription of Petosiris
The Bentresh Stela (Louvre C 284)
The Satrap Stela (Cairo CG 22182) 
The Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys (pBerlin 3008)
The Mendes Stela (CG 22181)
The invasion of Ptolemy III into Mesopotamia
The Decree of Canopus
The Decree of Memphis (Rosetta Stone and associated Fragments)
The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom (Philae 436)


Old Kingdom and FIP


A Seal of Pharaoh Peribsen (in tomb P at Abydos) (8/4/17)
The first known sentence of Ancient Egypt (other than a name)
date: dyn. 2, reign of Peribsen
-- Drawing [= IÄF III, no. 368], bottom left - (200 KB): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text and short commentary by Francesco Raffaele: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in WinGlyph notation, transcription, English translation 
and commentary in posting of Michael Tilgner to AEL on May 27, 1998: URL

The Inscriptions in the Tomb of mTn / Metjen (Berlin 1105) (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 3, reign of Snefru
Consisting of title sequences and excerpts from legal and administrative documents.
-- Photographs of some scenes and inscriptions in the exhibition catalog:
L'art égyptien au temps des pyramides, Paris, 1999, pp. 176-178
-- Drawings of the inscriptions in: LD II, 3-7: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. I, 1-7: URL
-- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 170-175: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, French translation and discussion by Eugčne Revillout,
Nouvelle étude juridico-économique sur les inscriptions d'Amten et les origines 
du droit égyptien, in: Journal eurasiatique, sér. 10, vol. 6, pp. 473-508 (1905): URL
-- French translation by: Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous
l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, pp. 83-88
-- German translation by: Karin Barbara Gödecken, Eine Betrachtung der
Inschriften des Meten im Rahmen der sozialen und rechtlichen Stellung von
Privatleuten im ägyptischen Alten Reich, Wiesbaden, 1976, pp. 1-45
-- Discussion of Metjen's titles in: Wolfgang Helck, Untersuchungen zur
Thinitenzeit, Wiesbaden, 1987, pp. 268-274

The Inscriptions of the Statue of mTn / Metjen (Berlin 1106) (27/7/12)
date: date: dyn. 3, reign of Snefru
-- Drawings of the statue and its inscriptions - name and titles: LD II,
120 a-e: URL

The Cannibal Hymn (PT Utterances 273-274) (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 5
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Kurt Sethe, Die altägyptischen Pyramidentexte nach
den Papierabdrücken und Photographien des Berliner Museums, vol. 1, 
Leipzig, 1908, pp. 205-216; (first page): URL
-- Photograph of the Unas version based on: Alexandre Piankoff, 
The Pyramid of Unas, Princeton, 1968, pls. 28-30 - read cols. 1-29
from right to left: URL
-- English translation based on Faulkner, Piankoff and Speleer: URL
A French translation (partial) based on this: URL
-- English translation by Samuel A. B. Mercer, The Pyramid Texts, vol. I, 
New York / ukkk / Toronto, 1952, pp. 92-95: URL
-- German translation by Erik Hornung, Altägyptische Dichtung, Stuttgart, 1996,
pp. 113-116: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text and French translation by: Gaston Maspero, Les inscriptions
des pyramides de Saqqarah, Paris, 1894, pp. 67-70: URL
-- French translation in: Louis Speleers, Les Textes des Pyramides Egyptiennes 
(Bruxelles, 1923), pp. 30-31: URL
-- Spanish translation in: Francisco López, Rosa Thode, Los textos 
de las pirámides, 2003, pp. 72-75 [98-101 of the pdf-file] - 
complete pdf-file: 2.1 MB: URL
-- recently: Christopher Eyre, The Cannibal Hymn. A Cultural and 
Literary Study, Liverpool, 2002

The Annal Stone (27/7/12)
date: 5th dyn., reign of Neferirkare (date of original composition; the
stone itself may may be dated to the 25th dyn., according to Helck)
Lettering [ ] according to Wilkinson (see below).

a) The Palermo Stone (Palermo Museo archeologico 1028) [PS]
-- A. Pellegrini, Nota sopra un'iscrizione egizia del Museo di Palermo, in:
Archivio storico siciliano, nueva serie, anno 20, pp. 297-316 (1896), 
3 pls. - (pdf-file, whole issue: 36 MB): URL
This article has two nice drawings of the Palermo Stone, pp. 583 and 585 of
the pdf-file.
-- Photographs, drawings of the different sections, German translation and
commentary by Heinrich Schäfer, Ein Bruchstück altägyptischer
Annalen, 41 pp., 2 pls., in: APAW, philos.-hist. Kl., Jahrgang 1902, Berlin,
1902 [begins p. 483 of the pdf-file] - pdf-file (whole issue: 29 MB): URL
-- Photograph (recto) only [= pl. I] - 320 KB: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 235-249 [4th and 5th dyn. only; including
CF1 - CF4]: URL
-- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 76-167: URL
-- English translation in: Nigel C. Strudwick, Texts from the Pyramid Age,
Atlanta, 2005, pp. 65-74 [4th and 5th dyn. only], (partly) online readable
at: URL 
-- French translation in: Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous
l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, pp. 36-52 [including other fragments]

b) The Cairo Fragments 1 - 4 (JE 44859, JE 39735, JE 39734, JE 44860)
[CF1 - CF4]
-- Photographs, typeset hieroglyphic text, French translation and commentary
by Henri Gauthier, Quatre nouveaux fragments de la pierre de Palerme, in:
G.Maspero, Le Musée égyptien: recueil de monuments et de notices sur les
fouilles d'Egypte, vol. III, Le Caire, 1915, pp. 29-53, pls. XXIV-XXXI: URL
-- Photograph of CF2 (25 KB): URL
-- Photograph of CF3 (26 KB): URL
-- Photograph of CF4 (22 KB): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 235-249 [see above]: URL

c) The ukkk Fragment (UC 15508) [LF]
-- Photographs of LF recto and verso: URL
-- Photograph of LF recto with roll-over translation: URL
-- William Matthew Flinders Petrie, New Portions of the Annals, in: Ancient
Egypt, vol. III, pp. 114-120 (1916) [article begins on p. 564 of the
pdf-file, foldout not scanned properly; LF recto only]: URL
-- Photograph, drawing and English translation of LF verso by C.N. Reeves,
A Fragment of Fifth Dynasty Annals at University College ukkk, in: GM,
no. 32, pp. 47-52 (1979)

d) The Cairo Fragment 5 (JE 18220) [CF5]
-- Photograph (28 KB): URL
-- Jean-Louis de Cenival, Un nouveau fragment de la Pierre de Palerme, in:
BSFE, no. 44, pp. 13-17 (1965)

e) Basic book on the theme (combines for the first time all seven of the
fragments):
Toby A. H. Wilkinson, Royals Annals of Ancient Egypt. The Palermo
Stone and Its Associated Fragments, ukkk/New York, 2000 [includes line
drawings of all fragments, no photographs]

The Decree of Neferirkare (Boston, MFA 03.1896) (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 5, reign of Neferirkare
"... decree forbidding interference with the priests or with the temple income ..."
-- Photograph (zoomable): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 170-172: URL
-- Drawing and English translation by Nigel C. Strudwick, Texts from the 
Pyramid Age, Atlanta, 2005, pp. 98-101, online readable at: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, French translation and commentary by Gaston Maspero, 
Sur une stčle d'Ousirkhâou, in: Gaston Maspero, Études de mythologie et 
d'archéologie, vol. VIII, Paris, 1916, pp. 199-203 [originally published in
Recueil de travaux, vol. 26, pp. 236-238 (1904)]: URL
-- Drawing, French translation and commentary by A. Moret, Chartes
d'immunité dans l'Ancien Empire égyptien (troisičme partie), in: Journal
eurasiatique, série 11, vol. 10, pp. 359-447, this decree: pp. 428-436,
drawing on pl. VI [between pp. 428-429]: URL
-- Drawing, German translation and commentary by Hans Goedicke,
Königliche Dokumente aus dem Alten Reich, Wiesbaden, 1967, pp. 22-36

Three Letters of Pharaoh Djedkare Isesi (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 5, reign of Djedkare Isesi

a) First letter to Senedjemib (Giza G 2370) [A 2]
-- Drawing in: LD II, 76d. LD II, 76: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. I, 60,12 - 61,14: URL
-- English translation by James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, section 271: URL
-- English translation by Edward Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, Atlanta,
1990, no. 4, p. 19
-- Drawings, transcription, English translation, and commentary by Edward
Brovarski, The Senedjemib Complex, Part 1, Boston, 2001, pp. 92-94: URL
-- French translation by Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous
l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, § 93, p. 125
-- Transcription and German translation by I. Hafemann (Thesaurus linguae
aegyptiae; registration required): URL

b) Second letter to Senedjemib (Giza G 2370) [B 2]
-- Drawing in: LD II, 76f [see under a]
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. I, 62,13-63,11 [see under a]
-- English translation by James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, section 273 [see under a]
-- English translation by Edward Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, Atlanta,
1990, no. 3, pp. 18-19
-- Drawings, transcription, English translation, and commentary by Edward
Brovarski, The Senedjemib Complex, Part 1, Boston, 2001, pp. 96-101 [see under a]
-- French translation by Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous
l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, § 95, p. 126
-- Transcription and German translation by I. Hafemann (Thesaurus linguae
aegyptiae; registration required): URL

c) Letter to Rashepses (Saqqara mastaba)
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. I, 179,8-180,10 [see under a]
-- English translation by Edward Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, Atlanta,
1990, no. 2, p. 18
-- French translation by Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous
l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, § 58, pp. 78-79
-- Transcription and German translation by I. Hafemann (Thesaurus linguae
aegyptiae; registration required): URL

d) Basic work on the theme:
-- Eckhard Eichler, Untersuchungen zu den Königsbriefen des Alten Reiches,
SAK, vol. 18, pp. 141-171 (1991) - includes drawings of all inscriptions,
including one of a letter of Pepi II to Harkhuf, German translations, and commentary

The Pyramid Texts (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 5-6, also later versions
-- LÄ V, 14-23, s.v. "Pyramidentexte"
-- Contemporary report about the discovery: "Nouvelles explorations dans les
Pyramides d'Égypte", in: La Nature. Revue des sciences et leurs applications
aux arts et ŕ l'industrie, vol. 9, p. 415 (1881): URL
-- Audran Labrousse, Les Textes des Pyramides (2002): URL
-- Short bibliography: URL

a) Collection of pyramid texts
-- Typeset hieroglyphic text and French translation by: Gaston Maspero, Les
inscriptions des pyramides de Saqqarah, Paris, 1894. 458 p., pls. First
translation of the pyramid texts (Ounas, Teti, Pepi I, Mirinrî I, Pepi II):
URL
-- Hieroglyphic text (Unas, Teti, Pepi I, Merenre, Neferkare Pepi II) in:
Kurt Sethe, Die altägyptischen Pyramidentexte, nach den Papierabdrücken und
Photographien des Berliner Museums, neu herausgegeben und erläutert,
Leipzig, 1908-1910 [only vols. 1-2 out of 4]. XVI, 508 pp.; IV, 543 pp. -
low and high resolution images available (ca. 130 KB and 300 KB per page resp.)
vol. 1: URL
vol. 2: URL
-- English translation by Samuel A. B. Mercer, The Pyramid Texts, vol. I,
New York / ukkk / Toronto, 1952. 320 pp.: URL
"The famous Pyramid Texts herein translated for the first time in English
... are those of the kings Unis of the Fifth Dynasty, and Teti, Pepi I,
Merenre' and Pepi II of the Sixth Dynasty. To this translation has been
added that of recently discovered additional texts, parallel and
complementary, in the pyramids of Oudjebten, Neit, and Apouit, queens of
Pepi II, and of Ibi, a king of the Seventh Dynasty ..."
-- English translation by R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid
Texts, Oxford, 1969
-- English translation by James Allen, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (SBL, 2005). 
This is the modern standard translation. For some countries a free copy is available at SBL: URL
Some critical notes in: Timofey T. Shmakov, Critical Analysis of J. P. Allen's "The Ancient 
Egyptian Pyramid Texts"(2012) - URL
-- Spanish translation by: Francisco López, Rosa Thode, Los textos de las
pirámides, 2003 - pdf-file: 2.1 MB: URL
-- Older French translation: Louis Speleers, Les Textes des Pyramides égyptiennes, 2 vols.,
Bruxelles, 1923-1924. Tome premier: Traduction, Bruxelles, 1923. - V, 127 autographed pp.,
and Tome deuxičme: Vocabulaire, Bruxelles, 1924. - II, 128 autographed pp. [bound together] - 
pdf-file (21.3 MB) [PDF]: URL

b) Unas version [W]
-- Photographs [based on: Alexandre Piankoff, The Pyramid of Unas,
Princeton, 1968] and English translation compiled by J.D. Degreef [from
translations by R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts. Oxford,
1969; Alexandre Piankoff, The Pyramid of Unas, Princeton, 1968; Louis
Speleers, Traduction, index et vocabulaire des Textes des Pyramides
égyptiennes, Bruxelles, [1934]]: URL
-- Transcription, French translation and commentary by Raphaël Bertrand, Les
Textes de la Pyramide d'Ounas, vols. 1-2, Beuvrages, 2004-2005
-- English translation, by philosopher Wim van den Dungen: URL
-- Transcription and German translation, by Doris Topmann [Thesaurus linguae 
aegyptiae; registration required]: URL

c) Pepi I version [P]
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Jean Leclant, Catherine Berger-el Naggar, Bernard
Mathieu, Isabelle Pierre-Croisiau, Les textes de la pyramide de Pépy Ier,
vol. 1: Description et analyse, vol. 2: Fac-similés, Le Caire, 2001

d) Ankhesenpepy II version
-- Dobrev Vassil, Labrousse Audran, Mathieu Bernard, La dixičme pyramide ŕ
textes de Saqqâra: Ânkhesenpépy II. Rapport préliminaire, in: BIFAO, vol.
100, pp. 275-296 (2000): URL

The False Door of Mehu in his tomb in Saqqara (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 6, reign of Teti
-- Large photograph in: Regine Schulz, Matthias Seidel (eds.), Ägypten. Die Welt
der Pharaonen, Köln, 1997, p. 8 [there are also editions in other languages]
-- Transcription and German translation by S. Grunert (Thesaurus linguae
aegyptiae; registration required): URL
-- General info about the tomb of Mehu: URL
-- Book on the theme:
Hartwig Altenmüller, Die Wanddarstellung im Grab des Mehu in Saqqara, Mainz
1998, pp. 198-202, pl. 75

The Decree of Pepi I for the Pyramid City of Snofru (Berlin 17500) (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 6, reign of Pepi I
-- Drawing and French translation in: Alexandre Moret, Chartes d'immunité
dans l'Ancien Empire égyptien [troisičme partie], in: Journal eurasiatique,
série 11, vol. 10, pp. 359-447 (1917) - section "II. Texte de Dahchour.
Charte d'immunité de Pepi Ier", pp. 387-427; pls. V-VI [between pp. 388-389
and 402-403 resp.]: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 209-213: URL
-- Drawing, German translation and commentary by Hans Goedicke, Königliche
Dokumente aus dem Alten Reich, Wiesbaden, 1967, pp. 55-77

The Autobiography of Weni the Elder (CG 1435) (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 6, reign of Merenre
-- Color photograph in: Marc Desti (ed.), Des dieux, des tombeaux, un
savant: En Egypte, sur les pas de Mariette pacha, Paris, 2004, pp. 186-187
-- B/W photographs in: G. Maspero, E. Grébaut, Le Musée égyptien: recueil de
monuments et de notices sur les fouilles d'Egypte, vol. I, Le Caire,
1890-1900, pls. XXVII-XVIII, comments on pp. 25-26: URL, or URL, or URL
-- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 98-110: URL
-- Drawing [based on: Patrizia Piacentini, L'autobiografia di Uni, principe
e governatore dell-alto Egitto, Pisa, 1990, pp. 10-12], hieroglyphic text,
transcription and English translation with commentary [AEL]: URL
-- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 291-294, 306-315, 319-324: URL
also: URL
-- English translation [= Lichtheim I, 18-23]: URL, URL
-- French translation in: Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous
l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, pp. 187-197
-- German translation: Tobias Hofmann, Die Autobiographie des Uni von
Abydos, in: Lingua Aegyptia, vol. 10, pp. 225-237 (2002)
-- recently: Mahmoud el-Khadragy, Some Palaeographical Features of Weni's
Biography, in: GM 188, pp. 61-72 (2002) - includes a drawing of the inscription.
-- About the excavation of Weni's tomb in Abydos by Janet Richards: URL, URL
-- recently: Janet E. Richards, Text and Context in late Old Kingdom Egypt:
The Archaeology and Historiography of Weni the Elder, in: JARCE, vol. 39,
pp. 75-102 (2004)

The Letter of Pepi II to Harkhuf (in his tomb in Qubbet el-Hawa, no. 34) (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 6, reign of Pepi II
-- Photograph in: Rosalie David, Ägypten. Kunstschätze am Nil, Hamburg, 1981,
p. 181
-- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 129-131: URL
-- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, 
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 350-354: URL; also: URL
-- English translation [= Lichtheim I, 26-27]: URL
-- English translation (partial), also as an audio-file (RealPlayer): URL
-- French translation in: Claire Lalouette, Textes sacrés et textes profanes
de l'ancienne Égypte, Paris, 1984 
-- Transliteration and German translation in: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae
(TLA): URL
-- Bibliography: URL
-- recently: Eckhard Eichler, Untersuchungen zu den Königsbriefen des
Alten Reiches, SAK, vol. 18, pp. 152-155 (1991) - includes a drawing of
the inscription

The Autobiography of Pepinakht called Heqaib in his tomb in Qubbet el-Hawa (QH 35) (27/7/12)
date: dyn. 6, reign of Pepi II
-- LÄ IV, 929, s.v. "Pepinacht"
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. I, 131-135: URL
-- English translation by James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 355-360: URL
-- English translation by Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Autobiographies
Chiefly of the Middle Kingdom, Freiburg / Göttingen, 1988, pp. 15-16
-- French translation by Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous
l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, pp. 208-211
-- Transcription and German translation by Rolf Gundlach, Die
Zwangsumsiedlung auswärtiger Bevölkerung als Mittel ägyptischer Politik
bis zum Ende des Mittleren Reiches, Stuttgart, 1994, pp. 204-205 [without the titles]

The Instruction of Kagemni (pPrisse 1,1 - 2,9) (27/7/12)
date: likely dyn. 6 
-- Hieroglyphic text and English translation, by philosopher Wim van den Dungen: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, transliteration and German translation by 'Astrodoc': URL
-- Bibliography, transliteration and German translation, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae: URL
-- Transliteration and Spanish translation, by Ángel Sánchez Rodríguez: URL
-- English translations by Joseph Kaster, The Wisdom of Ancient Egypt: Writings from 
the Time of the Pharaohs, New York, 1968 and by Alan H. Gardiner, The instruction addressed 
to Kagemni and his brethren, in: JEA, vol. 32, pp. 71-74 (1946): URL

The Instruction of Ptahhotep (27/7/12)
date: likely dyn. 6 
-- Photographs of the Hieratic text of pPrisse: URL
-- Photographs of the Hieratic text of BM 10371 and BM 10435: URLURL (and following pages)
-- English translation, by philosopher Wim van den Dungen: URL
-- Transliteration and English translation (pPrisse) at UCL: URL
-- English translation, from Lichtheim I, 61-80: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, transliteration and German translation, by 'Astrodoc': URL
-- German translation by Erik Hornung, Altägyptische Dichtung, Stuttgart, 1996,
pp. 59-72 (partial): URL
-- The standard edition is: Zbynek Zaba, Les maximes de Ptahhotep, Praha, 1956; 
before that there was: Eugčne Dévaud, Les maximes de Ptahhotep: d'aprčs le Papyrus Prisse,
les Papyrus 10371/10435 et 10509 du British museum, et la Tablette Carnarvon. Fribourg, 1916
-- Recent book on the topic: Friedrich Junge, Die Lehre Ptahhoteps und die Tugenden
der ägyptischen Welt, 2003 (OBO 193). 
-- Recent book on the topic: F. Hagen, An Ancient Egyptian Literary Text in Context: 
The Instruction of Ptahhotep. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 218. Peeters Publishers, 2012.

The Teaching for King Merikare (27/7/12)
date of composition: dyn. 9-10 or dyn. 12 (Quack);
date of the papyri: late dyn. 18
-- LÄ III, 986-989, s.v. "Lehre für Merikare"
-- English translation, by philosopher Wim van den Dungen: URL
-- English translation: Lichtheim I, 97-109
-- English translation by Vincent A. Tobin in: William Kelly Simpson (ed.)
The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 3rd ed.,New Haven and ukkk, 2003, pp. 152-165
-- German translation by Hellmut Brunner, Altägyptische Weisheit. Lehren
für das Leben, Zürich / München, 1988, pp. 137-154; excerpts: URL
-- Spanish translation by Juan de la Torre Suárez and Teresa Soria Trastoy: URL

a) pPetersburg 1116 A verso
-- Hieroglyphic text in: W. Golénischeff, Les papyrus hiératiques
1115, 1116A et 1116B de l'Ermitage impérial ŕ Saint Pétersbourg,
St.-Pétersbourg, 1913, pls. 9-14
-- English translation [= by R. O. Faulkner in: William Kelly
Simpson (ed.), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, New Haven
and ukkk, 1973, pp. 180-192]: URL
-- Transcription and German translation by P. Dils: URL
(Thesaurus linguae aegyptiae; registration required)

b) pMoscow 4658
-- Transcription and German translation by P. Dils: URL
(Thesaurus linguae aegyptiae; registration required)

c) pCarlsberg VI
-- Photographs of the Hieratic papyrus, hieroglyphic text,
German translation and commentary in: Aksel Volten,
Zwei altägyptische politische Schriften, Křbenhavn, 1945
-- Transcription and German translation by P. Dils: URL
(Thesaurus linguae aegyptiae; registration required)

d) Books on the theme
-- Wolfgang Helck, Die Lehre für König Merikare, 2nd ed., Wiesbaden, 1988
-- Joachim Friedrich Quack, Studien zur Lehre für Merikare, Wiesbaden, 1992
[includes the hieroglyphic text (synopsis of all texts)]

 


Middle Kingdom and SIP


The Stela of Irtysen (Louvre C 14) (24/9/12)
date: dyn. 11, reign of Mentuhotep II
-- LÄ III, 181-182, s.v. "Irtisen"
-- Description of the Louvre database: URL
-- Photographs:
Stela (51 KB): URL
Stela (97 KB): URL
Stela (3.5 MB): URL
Detail (87 KB): URL
-- Drawing in: Prisse d'Avennes, Monuments Égyptiens, Paris,
1847, pl. VII (53 KB): URL
-- Drawing without the offering scene (75 KB): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text (typeset by Serge Rosmorduc): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text and early English translation by Gaston Maspero,
The Stčle C 14 of the Louvre, in: Gaston Maspero, Études de 
mythologie et d'archéologie égyptiennes, vol. 3, Paris, 1898,
pp. 527-434: URL
-- Maspero's English translation, appearing in: S. Birch (ed.), Records
of the past: being English translations of the Assyrian and Egyptian 
monuments, vol. X, ukkk, [1878], pp. 1-4 - pdf-file (192 KB): URL
also: URL
-- There was a thread about this stela with a rather detailed
discussion in the Ancient Egyptian Language list (AEL) during
the weeks 127-143 (1999) - cf. AEL archives: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, transcription, translation and lexical
analysis (in French), line by line, of Projet Rosette: URL
-- French translation by Serge Rosmorduc: URL
-- German translation by Wolfgang Schenkel, Memphis -
Herakleopolis - Theben. Die epigraphischen Zeugnisse der
7. - 11. Dynastie Ägyptens, Wiesbaden, 1965, § 403
-- Spanish translation by Ana Ma Vázquez Hoys: URL
-- Recent article: Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert, Das verschwiegene
Wissen des Irtisen (Stele Louvre C 14). Zwischen Arcanum
und Preisgabe, in: Jan Assmann, Martin Bommas (eds.),
Ägyptische Mysterien?, München, 2002, pp. 27-35
-- Book on the theme: Winfried Barta, Das Selbstzeugnis
eines altägyptischen Künstlers (Stele Louvre C14), Berlin, 1970

Rock inscriptions from the Wadi Hammamat of an expedition under Mentuhotep IV (24/9/12)
date: dyn. 11, reign of Mentuhotep IV
-- LÄ VI, 1099-1113, s.v. "Wadi Hammamat", expedition E14 (1104-1105)
Some 20 [not: 30] inscriptions of this expedition are known. The labelling
[M ...] points to the catalog of J. Couyat, P. Montet, Les inscriptions
hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât, Le Caire, 1913.

a) The first wonder [M 110]
"Year 2, second month of inundation, day 3" of Mentuhotep IV
-- Drawing: LD II, 149c [some signs are lacking in this drawing]: URL
-- Photograph and hieroglyphic text in: J. Couyat, P. Montet, Les
inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât, Le Caire,
1913, pp. 77-78, pl. XXIX (top)
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof - 3 pp.,
pdf-file (18 KB): URL
-- English translation by James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 435-438: URL
-- German translation by Wolfgang Schenkel, Memphis - Herakleopolis -
Theben. Die epigraphischen Zeugnisse der 7. - 11. Dynastie Ägyptens,
Wiesbaden, 1965, section 441

b) The purpose of the expedition [M 192a]
"Year 2, second month of inundation, day 15"
-- Drawing: LD II, 149d - except the last three cols. [URL: see under a]
-- Photograph and hieroglyphic text in: J. Couyat, P. Montet, Les
inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât, Le Caire,
1913, pp. 98-99, pl. XXXVII
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof - 4 pp.,
pdf-file (18 KB): URL
-- English translation by: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 439-443 [URL: see under a]
-- English translation: Lichtheim I, 113-115
-- Early French translation (partial) by Gaston Maspero, Les monuments
égyptiens de la vallée de Hammamât, in: Gaston Maspero, Études de mythologie
et d'archéologie égyptiennes, vol. 4, Paris, 1900, pp. 1-14 - this
inscription, pp. 8-9: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, French translation and commentary by Charles Kuentz,
Autour d'une conception égyptienne méconnue: l'Akhit ou soi-disant horizon,
in: BIFAO, vol. 17, pp. 121-190 (1920) [the inscription is discussed on 
pp. 121-125] - pdf-file (6.3 MB): URL
-- German translation by Wolfgang Schenkel, Memphis - Herakleopolis -
Theben. Die epigraphischen Zeugnisse der 7. - 11. Dynastie Ägyptens,
Wiesbaden, 1965, section 442

c) The account of the vizier Amenemhet [M 113]
"Year 2, second month of inundation, day 15"
-- Drawing: LD II, 149e [URL: see above under a]
-- Photograph and hieroglyphic text in: J. Couyat, P. Montet, Les
inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât, Le Caire,
1913, pp. 79-81, pl. XXIX (bottom)
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof - 4 pp.,
pdf-file (24 KB): URL
-- English translation by: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 444-448 [URL: see under a]
-- Early French translation by Gaston Maspero, Les monuments égyptiens de la
vallée de Hammamât, in: Gaston Maspero, Études de mythologie et
d'archéologie égyptiennes, vol. 4, Paris, 1900, pp. 1-14 - this inscription,
pp. 9-11 [URL: see under b]
-- German translation by Wolfgang Schenkel, Memphis - Herakleopolis -
Theben. Die epigraphischen Zeugnisse der 7. - 11. Dynastie Ägyptens,
Wiesbaden, 1965, section 443

d) The second wonder [M 191]
[Year 2,] "second month of inundation, day 23"
-- Drawing: LD II, 149f [URL: see above under a]
-- Photograph and hieroglyphic text in: J. Couyat, P. Montet, Les
inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât, Le Caire,
1913, pp. 97-98, pl. XXXVI
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof - 3 pp.,
pdf-file (16 KB): URL
-- English translation by: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 449-451 [URL: see under a]
-- Early French translation by Gaston Maspero, Les monuments égyptiens de la
vallée de Hammamât, in: Gaston Maspero, Études de mythologie et
d'archéologie égyptiennes, vol. 4, Paris, 1900, pp. 1-14 - this inscription,
pp. 11-13 [URL: see under b]
-- Transcription and German translation, at website of Marburg University: URL
-- Photograph (in color) and German translation by Klaus Koschel,
Altägyptische Steinexpeditionen. Felsinschriften im Wadi Hammamat als
Quellen pharaonischer Steinbruch-Großunternehmen, in: Antike Welt, vol. 33,
no. 1, pp. 51-64 (2002) [fig. 15; translation: pp. 59-60]
-- German translation by Wolfgang Schenkel, Memphis - Herakleopolis -
Theben. Die epigraphischen Zeugnisse der 7. - 11. Dynastie Ägyptens,
Wiesbaden, 1965, section 444

e) The completion of the work [M 192b]
[Year 2, second month of inundation,] "day 27"
-- Drawing: LD II, 149d - the last three cols. [URL: see above under a]
-- Photograph and hieroglyphic text in: J. Couyat, P. Montet, Les
inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât, Le Caire,
1913, pp. 99-100, pl. XXXVII
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof [URL: see under b]
-- English translation by: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 452-453 [URL: see under a]
-- Early French translation by Gaston Maspero, Les monuments égyptiens de la
vallée de Hammamât, in: Gaston Maspero, Études de mythologie et d'archéologie 
égyptiennes, vol. 4, Paris, 1900, pp. 1-14 - this inscription, p. 9 [URL: see under b]
-- German translation by Wolfgang Schenkel, Memphis - Herakleopolis -
Theben. Die epigraphischen Zeugnisse der 7. - 11. Dynastie Ägyptens,
Wiesbaden, 1965, section 445

f) Basic book on the theme
-- Karl-Joachim Seyfried, Beiträge zu den Expeditionen des Mittleren Reiches
in die Ost-Wüste, Hildesheim, 1981 - This expedition on pp. 245-247
-- see also: Rolf Gundlach, Mentuhotep IV. und Min. Analyse der Inschriften
M 110, M 191 und M 192a aus dem Wâdi Hammâmât, in: SAK, vol. 8, pp. 89-114 (1980)

The Stela of the Priest Mentuhotep (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum E.9.1922) (24/9/12)
date: late dyn. 11
"Its unusual text portrays a self-made man who became a successful cattle
farmer and holder of a minor office in the Abydene priesthood." (Lichtheim)
-- Photograph (pl. XXIII, 1), drawing (pl. XII), description (p. 10) and
English translation (by Alan H. Gardiner, p. 19) in: William Matthew Flinders Petrie, 
Tombs of the Courtiers and Oxyrhynkhos, ukkk, 1925 - pdf-file: URL
-- Photograph and English translation by Alan H. Gardiner [from Petrie, see above]: URL
-- Photograph,from: Janine Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals. Egyptian Art
in the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge, 1988: URL
-- Description in The Fitzwilliam Museum Online Catalogue: URL
-- English translation: Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Autobiographies
Chiefly of the Middle Kingdom, Freiburg / Göttingen, 1988, pp. 68-69

The Autobiography of Amenemhet called Ameni in his tomb (Beni Hassan 2) (24/9/12)
date: dyn. 12, reign of Sesostris I.
-- Drawing in LD II, 122: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. VII, 14-16: URL
-- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 515-253: URL
-- German translation, from Walter Wolf, Das alte Ägypten, München, 1971, pp. 192-194: URL
-- French translation (partial, unclear source): URL
-- Recent book on the theme: Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Autobiographies Chiefly of
the Middle Kingdom, Freiburg / Göttingen, 1988, pp. 135-141

The Autobiography of Khnumhotep II in his tomb in Beni Hassan (BH 3) (24/9/12)
date: dyn. 12, reign of Sesostris II
-- LÄ I, 955-956, s.v. "Chnumhotep II."
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Champollion Le Jeune, Monuments de l'Égypte et de
la Nubie: notices descriptives conformes aux manuscrits autographes rédigés
sur les lieux, vol. 2, Paris, [1889], pp. 418-422 - [go to "Consultation" -
first page (420)]: URL
-- Drawing of the inscription: LD II 124-125: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. VII, 25-35: URL
-- Early English translation by Samuel Birch, Inscription of Chnumhetep, in:
Records of the Past, vol. XII, ukkk, [1881], pp. 65-76 - pdf-file: 375 KB: URL
-- English translation by James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 619-639: URL, URL
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof - 13 pp., pdf-file: 48 KB: URL
-- English translation: William Kelly Simpson (ed.), The Literature of
Ancient Egypt, 3rd ed., New Haven and ukkk, 2003, pp. 420-424
-- Hieroglyphic text, transcription and French translation by P. Le Guilloux,
La biographie de Khnoumhotep II, prince de Beni Hassan, Angers, 2004
-- Alan B. Lloyd, The Great Inscription of Khnumhotpe II at Beni Hasan, in:
Alan B. Lloyd (ed.), Studies in Pharaonic Religion and Society for Gwyn
Griffiths, The Egypt Exploration Society, ukkk, 1992, pp. 21-36

Semna boundary stelae of Sesostris III (Berlin 1157; Berlin 14753) (24/9/12)
date: dyn. 12, reign of Sesostris III
-- Hieroglyphic text (drawing) in: LD II, 136 h [= Berlin 1157], i [= Berlin 14753]": URL
-- Hieroglyphic text (drawing of stela) by Claude Obsomer: URL [ Berlin 14753], URL [Berlin 1157]
-- Hieroglyphic text, transcription and French translation by Sylvie Griffon: 
URL [Berlin 14753], URL [Berlin 1157] 
-- Digitized slips from the Wörterbuch Archive, Berlin, with passages from this stela used 
for lexikographic studies: URL
-- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, vol. I,
Chicago, 1906, sections 651-652 [Berlin 14753], sections 653-660 [Berlin 1157]: URL
-- Recent article on the theme: Christopher J. Eyre, The Semna stelae: quotation, genre, 
and functions of literature, in: Studies in Egyptology. Lichtheim, pp. 134-165 (1990).

A Cycle of Hymns to King Sesostris III (papyrus Kahun LV.1 / papyrus UC 32157 recto) (12/10/12)
date: dyn. 12
-- Hieratic and hieroglyphic text in: Francis Llewellyn Griffith, The Petrie
Papyri: Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob (principally of the Middle Kingdom), 
Plates, ukkk, 1898, pls. 1-3 - pdf-file (8.4 MB): URL
-- English translation by Francis Llewellyn Griffith, The Petrie Papyri:
Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob (principally of the Middle Kingdom),
Text, ukkk, 1898, pp. 1-3 - pdf-file (4.2 MB): URL
-- Photographs of the papyrus, transcription and English translation [at UCL]: URL
-- English translation: William Kelly Simpson (ed.), The Literature of
Ancient Egypt, 3rd ed., New Haven and ukkk, 2003, pp. 301-306
-- French translation by Claude Obsomer: URL
-- German translation by Jan Assmann, in: ÄHG, nos. 228-231
-- Massimo Patanč, La structure de l'hymne ŕ Sesostris III, in: BSEG, vol. 8, 
pp. 61-65 (1983) - pdf-file (123 KB): URL
-- English translation in: Lichtheim I, 198-200
-- English translation in: Mark Collier, S. Quirke, The UCL Lahun Papyri: Religious, Literary,
Legal, Mathematical and Medical, Oxford, 2004 [info: URL]

A Stela of Ikhernofret (Stela Berlin 1204) (12/10/12)
date: 12th dyn., reign of Sesostris III
-- Photograph in: William Kelly Simpson, The Terrace of the Great God at Abydos: 
The Offering Chapels of Dynasties 12 and 13, New Haven and Philadelphia, 1974, pl. 1 
-- Drawing: LD II, 135 h: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text (typeset by Serge Rosmorduc): URL
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof (in pdf): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, transcription and French translation by Sylvie Griffon - URL
-- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 661-670: URL; idem at: URL
-- English translation in: Lichtheim I, 123-125
-- German translation in: Dietrich Wildung, Sesostris und Amenemhet. Ägypten
im Mittleren Reich, München, 1984, p. 137
-- Recent book on the theme: Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Autobiographies Chiefly of
the Middle Kingdom, Freiburg / Göttingen, 1988, pp. 98-100
-- Article on the stela, with a drawing of the stela:
Naomi L. Gunnels, "The Ikhernofret Stela as Theatre: A Cross-cultural Comparisson",
in: Studia Antiqua, Journal of the BYU Student Society for Ancient Studies, Volume 2, No. 2, 
Fall 2002, pp. 3-16.

The Transport of the Colossal Statue of DHwti-Htp(.w) / Thot-hotep (12/10/12)
Scene and inscriptions in his tomb in el-Bersheh (no. 2)
date: dyn. 12, reign of Sesostris III
-- Photograph (by Michel Malfliet): complete scene - URL; detail - URL
-- Drawing: LD II, 134 (335 KB): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. VII, 47-50: URL
-- English translation by: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt,
vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 694-706: URL; idem, at: URL
-- German translation in: Dietrich Wildung, Sesostris und Amenemhet. Ägypten
im Mittleren Reich, München, 1984, p. 160
-- Transliteration and Spanish translation by Ángel Sánchez Rodríguez: URL
-- Press report about recent works in DHwti-Htp's tomb - URL
-- Website of the ongoing Dayr al-Barsha mission: URL

The Stela of Khu-u-Sobek / Sebek-khu, named Djaa (Manchester Museum 3306) (12/10/12)
date: 12th dyn., reign of Amenemhet III
-- Photographs and description [at Manchester University]: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in: Kurt Sethe, Ägyptische Lesestücke, Leipzig, 1928, pp. 82-83
-- Drawing (autobiographical part of the text): URL
-- English translation by James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records
of Egypt, vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 676-687: URL; idem, at URL
-- Photograph, drawing, English translation and commentary
by T. Eric Peet, The Stela of Sebek-khu. The Earliest Record of
an Egyptian Campaign in eurasia, Manchester, [1914]. 22 pp., 2 pls. -
The drawing is scanned incompletely, the missing part can be found
at the link above. - pdf-file (B/W: 1.7 MB): URL
-- English translation and commentary by John Baines, The Stela of
Khusobek: Private and Royal Military Narrative and Values, in:
Festschrift Fecht, 1987 (= Ägypten und Altes Testament, vol. 12), pp. 43-61
-- German translation by Christian Beyer in: Sunited snakesnne Petschel,
Martin von Falck (eds.), Pharao siegt immer. Krieg und Frieden
im Alten Ägypten, Bönen, 2004, pp. 158-159
-- recent discussion: Hans Goedicke, Khu-u-Sobek's Fight in "eurasia",
Ägypten und Levante, vol. 7, pp. 33-37 (1998)

A Letter of Reminder (pKahun II.2 / ukkk UCL 32199) (12/10/12)
date: dyn. 12
-- Photographs of the hieratic text and hieroglyphic text in: F. Ll.
Griffith, Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob, Plates, ukkk,
1898, pl. XXIX (II.2) - pdf-file: URL
-- English translation by F. Ll. Griffith, Hieratic Papyri from Kahun
and Gurob, Text, ukkk, 1898, p. 72 - pdf-file: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text in Kurt Sethe, Ägyptische Lesestücke, 2nd ed.,
Leipzig, 1928 (reprinted often), p. 97
-- Hieroglyphic text , transcription and English translation in Mark
Collier, Stephen Quirke (eds.), The UCL Lahun Papyri: Letters, Oxford, 2002, 
pp. 96-99 (color photographs of the papyrus on the accompanying CD-ROM)
-- English translation by Edward Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt,
Atlanta, Georgia, 1990, pp. 79-80
-- Drawing of the hieratic text and English translation by R.B. Parkinson,
Voices from Ancient Egypt. An Anthology of Middle Kingdom Writings,
ukkk, 2004, pp. 90-92
-- Transcription and German translation by I. Hafemann in the TLA
(registration required): URL

The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pPetersburg 1115 [= P. Hermitage 1115]) (12/10/12)
date: dyn. 12
-- LÄ V, 619-622, s.v. "Schiffbrüchiger"
-- Hieroglyphic text, transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof (in pdf): URL
-- Hieroglyphic text (autographed), transcription ("a new system devised by myself")
and English translation by Jacob Rabinowitz, Isle of Fire, A Tour of the Egyptian Further 
World, rev. ed., vol. I, 2005, pp. 21-35 - pdf-file: 2.2 MB: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, transcription and French translation by Sylvie Griffon: URL
-- English translation by W. M. Flinders Petrie, Egyptian Tales Translated
From The Papyri, vol. 1, 2nd ed., ukkk, 1899, pp. 81-96: URL, URL
-- English translation: Lichtheim I, 211-215
-- English translation from Eva March Tappan, ed., The World's Story: 
A History of the World in Story, Song and Are, (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1914),
Vol. III: Egypt, Kmt, and aAmwia, trans. W. K. Flinders Petrie, pp. 41-46: URL, URL
-- French translation by Gaston Maspero, Les contes populaires de l'Egypte ancienne,
4th ed., Paris[, 1911], pp. 104-114: URL
-- Transcription and German translation by H. Felber (TLA; registration required): URL
-- German translation: Emma Brunner-Traut, Altägyptische Märchen, 8th ed., München, 1989, pp. 34-41
-- Transcription and German translation: Markus Mode, "Das Gleichnis des schiffbrüchigen Gefolgsmannes 
(Bemerkungen zu Papyrus 1115 der Staatlichen Ermitage in Leningrad)", Hallesche Beiträge zur 
Orientwissenschaft 2 (1980), pp. 5-57. : URL
-- Index to passages from the tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor by K.B.Saunders: URL
-- Some articles on the topic: 
--- John Baines, "Interpreting the Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor," in: JEA, vol. 76, 
pp. 55-72 (1990) - pdf-file (2.4 MB): URL [site temp. down?]
--- Rendsburg, Gary A. "Literary Devices in the Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor", 
in: Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 120, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 2000), pp. 13-23

The "Kahun Medical Papyrus" or the "Gynaecological Papyrus" (pKahun (med.) / ukkk UC 32057) (12/10/12)
date: dyn. 12
-- Photographs (b/w) and hieroglyphic text in: Francis LLewellyn Griffith,
The Petrie Papyri: Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob (principally of the
Middle Kingdom). Plates, ukkk, 1898, pls. V-VI - pdf-file: URL
-- Description and English translation by Francis LLewellyn Griffith, The
Petrie Papyri: Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob (principally of the
Middle Kingdom). Text, ukkk, 1898, pp. 5-11- pdf-file: URL; idem, at URL
-- Photographs (in color, low and high resolution), hieroglyphic text,
transliteration and English translation by Stephen Quirke - two passages are
also provided as audio files: URL
-- French translation by Thierry Bardinet, Les papyrus médicaux de l'Égypte
pharaonique, Paris, 1995, pp. 437-443
-- German translation by Wolfhart Westendorf, Handbuch der altägyptischen
Medizin, 2 vols., Leiden / Boston / Köln, 1999 - see index, pp. 825-826

The Dispute of a Man with His Ba (pBerlin 3024) (12/10/12)
date: dyn. 12
-- LÄ II, 571-573, s.v. "'Gespräch des Lebensmüden'"
-- Drawing of the papyrus (Papyrus No. III) in: LD VI, 111-112: URL
-- Photographs of the papyrus, hieroglyphic text, German translation and
commentary by Adolf Erman, Gespräch eines Lebensmüden mit seiner Seele. Aus
dem Papyrus 3024 der Königlichen Museen, in: Abhandlungen der Königlichen
Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1896, Philosophische und
historische Abhandlungen, Berlin, 1896, pp. 1-77, 10 pls.
first page: URL
-- 10 plates showing pBerlin 3024 (see previous)
first plate: URL
-- Hieroglyphic text, transcription and English translation according to
R.O.Faulkner, The Man who was Tired of Life, in: JEA, vol. 42, pp. 21-40 (1956)
[hieroglyphs, pp. 22-26]: URL (typeset by Jenny Carrington), URL
-- English translation: Lichtheim I, 163-169
-- Transcription and English translation by Mark-Jan Nederhof - 11 pp.,
pdf-file (40 KB): URL
-- English translation by Vincent A. Tobin in: William Kelly Simpson (ed.),
The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 3rd ed., New Haven and ukkk, 2003, pp. 178-187
-- The following translation by R.O. Faulkner [slightly adapted from
his JEA article, see above] is from an earlier edition: William Kelly
Simpson (ed.), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, New Haven and ukkk, 1973,
pp. 201-209: URL
-- French translation and commentary by Raymond Weill, Le livre du
"désespéré", le sens, l'intention et la composition littéraire de l'ouvrage,
in: BIFAO, vol. 45, pp. 89-154 (1947): URL
-- French translation and commentary by Odette Renaud, Le Dialogue du
Désespéré avec son âme. Une interprétation littéraire, in: Cahiers de la
Société d'Égyptologie, no. 1 (1991) - TOC as pdf-file (120 KB): URL
-- German translation (partial) by Erik Hornung, Gesänge vom Nil. Dichtung
am Hofe der Pharaonen, Zürich / München, 1990, pp. 101-104: URL
-- Transcription, German translation and commentary by Katherina Lohmann,
Das Gespräch eines Mannes mit seinem Ba, in: SAK, vol. 25, pp. 207-236 (1998)
-- Transliteration and Spanish translation by Ángel Sánchez Rodríguez: URL
-- An Italian translation, with hieroglyphic text and transliteration, is said to be present in:
M. Chioffi-G. Rigamonti, Antologia della letteratura egizia del Medio Regno, 
vol. I, ed. Ananke, Torino, 2007.
-- Commentary by philosopher Wim van den Dungen: URL
-- Books on the theme:
---- Winfried Barta, Das Gespräch eines Mannes mit seinem Ba (Papyrus Berlin 3024),
Berlin, 1969
---- Hans Goedicke, The Report about the Dispute of a Man with His Ba. 
Papyrus Berlin 3024, Baltimore / ukkk, 1970
---- James Allen, The Debate Between a Man and His Soul. A Masterpiece of
Ancient Egyptian Literature. Brill Publishers, 2010. ISBN 978 90 04 19303 1

The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant (12/10/12)
(pBerlin 3023, pBerlin 3025, pRamesseum A [= pBerlin 10499], and pButler 527 [= pBM 10274])
date: end of the 12th dyn.
-- Hieratic facsimile of pBerlin 3023 [B1] in: LD VI, 108-110 (called "Papyrus no. II"): URL
-- Hieratic facsimile of pBerlin 3023 [B2] in: LD VI, 113-114 (call

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Glyphs and GrammarsPart I: Resources for beginners
Compiled for the Egyptologists' Electronic Forum (EEF) and the Ancient Egyptian Language list (AEL).
Version 22 (November 7, 2010)
Contents:
I) Reading Hieroglyphs
II) Middle Egyptian Grammars
III) Middle Egyptian Dictionaries
IV) On-line Resources

Please send your reviews of the listed books to A. K. Eyma. As you will see, I've no info on some books, so your help is much appreciated. The order is more or less one of preference. Reviewers are listed at end of page.
For language stages other than MEg, there will be a seperate FAQ.

(I) Reading HieroglyphsBooks for learning some of the basics of the script, as preparation for tackling a 'real' grammar, or if you only want to learn to read cartouches and standard formulae on pieces in museums.
In English1) Mark Collier and Bill Manley - How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs. A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself (British Museum Press, ukkk, 1998; ca. GBP9.99) (also Univerity of California Press, ISBN 0-520-21597-4; 192 pp)(Note there's a Revised edition since 2003)
The most recommended starters book, excellent as preparation to (and parallel with) one of the modern grammars mentionned below. With practical examples from the monuments.
A site by Mike Dyall-Smith with corrections and discussions concerning this book is located at the AEL website.
2) Karl-Theodore Zauzich - Hieroglyphs Without Mystery; An Introduction To Ancient Egyptian Writing (University of Texas Press, 1992; ISBN 0-292-79804-0)
Translation of "Hieroglyphen ohne Geheimnis" (Philipp von Zabern, Main, 1980). Quite nice, be it basic in nature. In the first part a basic introduction to the writing system (sign types etc) and some elementary grammar; in the second part exercises in the form of inscriptions on actual objects (which make the reader familiar with some common formulae and vocabulary); in the back a short list of royal and divine names and a shortened sign list. Not for in-depth students, very nice for 'casual' students (visitors to museums, tourists, kids).
The book seems to have appeared in the UK as: "Discovering Egyptian hieroglyphs. A practical guide" (ukkk, 1992. 121 pp.)
3) W.V. Davies - Egyptian Hieroglyphs (British Museum, 1987; ca. GBP6.99)
Nice book on the history of the decipherment, origins and concepts of the script, but very, very brief. It is not a real introduction but a very general treatment of the hieroglyphic writing system, compaAmwle to the topic "Hieroglyps" in some general encyclopedia (just better, of course). Too brief for in-depth study, but very good for very basic insights in the essentials.
4) Richard H. Wilkinson - Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture (T&H, 1992; ukkk, 1994; 224 pp.; ISBN 0-500-27751-6; ca. GBP9.95)
Wonderful compendium of about 100 common signs with short well illustrated essays on their use in Egyptian art.
5) Maria Carmela Betrò - "Hieroglyphics: The writings of Ancient Egypt" (Abbeville 1996; ca. GBP19.95)
Translation of "Geroglifici", see the Italian original below.
6) Hilary Wilson - Understanding Hieroglyphs. A complete introductory guide (O'Mara 1993; ukkk, 1995. 192 pp.; Passport books 1996; ca. GBP9.95)
In a narrative and easy style leads you through various aspects of Egyptian life. It gives tables of various phrases attached to the theme (titles, parts of names, etc.) - the best thing in the book. But there are no transliterations anywhere, and not everyone will like the hand-style of hieroglyphs. Translations from monuments can be followed only if you previously know some Egyptian. It looks like a hieroglyph help guide for a visitor to the museum. Culturologically informative (nice maps of Egypt, hand-redrawn monuments), but miles from Collier-Manley in seriously introducing the script.
7) Barbara Watterson - Introducing Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Scottish Academic Press; Edinburgh, 1993 reissue; 159 pp.)
Not all will like her hand-drawn hieroglyphs, but it does give a good basic knowledge of the hieroglyphic writing system, common hieroglyphs, some basic vocabulary and grammar; it also has exercises for practice.
From the same author: "More About Egyptian Hieroglyphs", Scottish Academic Press, 1985.
Thomas F. Mudloff and Ronald E. Fellows - Hieroglyphs for Travelers (AIA, 1999; ISBN 0-939968-02-9).
A field guide for travelers aimed at learning to translate the names, certain sign groups and funerary formulas.
9) Daniel Kolos and Hany Assaad - The Name of the Dead. Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of the Treasures of Tutankhamun Translated (Benben Publications, Mississauga, 1979)
As the title indicates, the book translates the inscriptions of the items of the traveling Tutankhamun exhibition in 1979-81.
10) Christian Jacq - Fascinating Hieroglyphics: Discovering, Decoding & Understanding the Ancient Art (Sterling 1997; New York, 1999. 224 pp.; ca. GBP9.99)
See French original below.
11) Henry George Fischer - Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy. A Beginner's Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs (3rd. ed., The Metropolitan Museum)
Contains a list of many, but not all, hieroglyphs with graphical and textual explanations about how to draw the signs.
12) Samuel A.B. Mercer - The handbook of Egyptian hieroglyphs: a study of the ancient language (revised and expanded by Janice Kamrin, New York, 1998. 184 pp.)
13) Janice Kamrin, Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs - A Practical Guide; a step by step approach to leaning ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs (Abrams, 2004; ISBN 0-8109-4961-X).
14) Stephane Rossini - Egyptian Hieroglyphs: How to Read and Write Them (Dover Publications Inc, New York)
15) Joseph and Lenore Scott - Egyptian Hieroglyphs For Everyone (Barnes and Noble)
16) J. Malek - ABC of Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Ashmolean Museum, 1994; ca GBP4.95)
17) Bridget McDermott - "Decoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs: How to Read the Secret Language of the Pharaohs" (paperback US$18.95)
A casual introduction to the basics of hieroglyphs, plus "phrase book", illustrated by many photographs of objects, but having a limited space per topic.
18) Nigel Strudwick, Hieroglyph Detective: How to Decode the Sacred Language of the Ancient Egyptians. Chronicle Books, 2010. Pb, 160 pp., ISBN 9780811869850. $16.95. Info: URL
The aim of this book is to provide a practical, easy-to-follow guide to Egyptian hieroglyphs, giving readers sufficient grounding to enable them to decipher for themselves some inscriptions.

In French1) Christian Jacq - Le petit Champollion illustre (1994. 252 pp.)
Jacq (well known ancient Egyptian story writer in France; holds a Phd from Sorbonne University) wrote a good introduction to hieroglyphs, easy and fun to read. A must for who looks for a general discourse on hieroglyphs and their culture.
2) Hilary Wilson - Lire et comprendre les hieroglyphes. La methode (1996. 304 pp.)
French translation of the English original above. What you find in the book is not what you expect from the title: this interresting book is about what is in a name, how king names are built, priests, civil servants, workers at Deir el-Medina, accounting, time recording - the hieroglyphs are just background information.
3) Jean-Pierre Guglielmi, L'Égyptien hiéroglyphique, Assimil, Chennevières-sur-Marne, 2010 (Collection Sans Peine). Pb., ISBN: 978-2700503739, price: EUR 23.90. Including 4 CDs: ISBN: 978-2700521108, price: EUR 72,90. Only CDs: ISBN: 978-2700530247, price: EUR 54.90. Info: URL, URL.
Basic introduction (self study) to the script and to some Middle Egyptian.

In German1) Karl-Theodore Zauzich - Hieroglyphen ohne Geheimnis. Eine Einführung in die altägyptische Schrift für Museumsbesucher und Ägyptentouristen (8th ed., Mainz, 1992. 125 pp. ; Kulturgeschichte der Antiken Welt, 6)
See above, under English translation.
2) Hartwig Altenmüller, Einführung in die ägyptische Schrift, 2nd rev. ed., Buske Verlag, Hamburg, 2010. Pb., X, 195 pp., ills. ISBN: 978-3-87548-535-6, price: EUR 22.90
info, including sample pp. URL
"Allgemeinverständlich und zugleich wissenschaftlich fundiert vermittelt diese Einführung einen Überblick über die Geschichte und Systematik der altägyptischen Schrift. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Hieroglyphenschrift, deren Zeichen ausführlich erklärt und beschrieben werden. Darüber hinaus wird das von der Hieroglyphenschrift abgeleitete hieratische Schriftsystem vorgestellt. Lesestücke ermöglichen die Vertiefung der Schriftkenntnisse und regen an zum selbstständigen Lesen altägyptischer Inschriften."
3) Mark Collier, Bill Manley - Hieroglyphen. Entziffern, lesen, verstehen (Droemer Knaur, Muenchen, 2001. Hardcover, ca. 200 pp. ISBN: 3426664259, price: DEM 44.90)
Translation of the book under English (1), see above.
4) Hilary Wilson - Hieroglyphen lesen (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Muenchen, 1999 (dtv 30732), pbk., DM 19.90; ISBN: 3-423-30732-3)
German translation of "Understanding Hieroglyphs", ukkk, 1993, see above.
5) Christian Jacq - Die Welt der Hieroglyphen (Berlin, 1999. 272 pp.)
See French original above.
In Dutch1) Mark Collier and Bill Manleyl. 2000. Hiërogliefen ontcijferen en lezen: een stap-voor-stap leerboek voor zelfstudie. (Amsterdam, 2000, Bulaaq.

)
Translation of the book under English (1), see above.
2) Huub Pragt - Hiërogliefen, het schrift ontcijferd (2001; ISBN: 90 6110 180 8, 78 pags., A4+, geïllustreerd in zwart wit, Nederlandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij BV, Euro15,95.
Original work in Dutch, written by an Egyptologist, that in 8 chapters explains the principles of hieroglyphic writing, with examples and excercises in the form of texts from the RMO Leiden. (website of the

author.)
3) Karl-Theodore Zauzich - Hiërogliefen Lezen: Een handleiding voor museumbezoekers en Egypte reizigers (Meulenhoff, 1982; 121pp; ISBN 90-290-9563-6)
Translation of "Hieroglyphen ohne Geheimnis", see above.
4) Maria Carmen Betrò - Hiërogliefen: De beeldtaal van het oude Egypte, met verklaring en achtergrond van meer dan 580 tekens (Tirion, 1999; 251 pp; ISBN 90-5121-8478)
Translation of "Geroglifici", see the Italian original below.
5) W. Davies - Egyptische Hiëroglyphen (Houten, 1990)
Translation of "Egyptian Hieroglyphs", see above.
In Italian1) Maria Carmela Betro - Geroglifici: 580 segni per capire l'antico Egitto (3rd edition, 1998; publisher: Mondadori, Milano; 251 pp.; price: 45000 L; ISBN: 88-04-40389-6)
A very nice looking book, well illustrated, describes 580 of the glyphs of the Gardiner Sign List, speaking about the related ancient Egyptian life, flora, fauna and tools. After the glyph representation (and pictures with related Egyptian art examples), some hieratic and demotic handwritings are shown, from different periods.
2) A. Roccati - Elementi di lingua egizia (3rd. ed., Milano, 1985. 40 pp.)
Don't know whether this is about glyphs or grammar.
3) Christian Sturtewagen - Geroglifici svelati (publisher: Sas Effelle, Roma, 1987; 158 pp.)
At a quite elementary level.
3) Sergio Pernigotti - Leggere i gereoglifici (1a edition, 1995 - Publisher: Grafis Reprinted 2002 - Publisher: La Mandragora; 208 pages; 50 Euros; ISBN: 88-8081-018-9)
Its purpose is somewhat similar to Collier/Manley's "How to read Egyptian hieroglyphs".
4) Christian Jacq - Il segreto dei gereoglifici - Come entrare nel magico mondo degli antichi Egizi (1st edition, 1995 - reprinted 1998 (hardcover) - Publisher: Piemme; 287 pages; 16,90 Euros; ISBN: 883846989X )
Italian translation of "Le petit Champollion illustré"
5) Alberto Elli - Guida ai geroglifici (3rd edition, 1999 (paperback) - Publisher: A. Vallardi; 272 pages; 6,71 Euros; ISBN: 8882113833).
A very short grammar, with a section dedicated to some AE texts with translation.
In Spanish1) I'm not aware of paper literature in Spanish, but on the ECD website there are several articles, on every level, for learning and searching, as for example:
ECD: Lengua y Escritura - URL
ECD: «Boletín ISIS» Sección Filología - URL (5 articles)
ECD: «Boletín ISIS» Sección Lingüística - URL (1 article)
ECD: «Revista SESHAT» Sección 'A través del jeroglífico' - URL
ECD: «Revista SESHAT» Sección 'A través del jeroglífico' - URL
ECD: «Revista SESHAT» Sección 'A través del jeroglífico' - URL
ECD: «Revista SESHAT» Sección 'Tras el Velo' - URL
ECD: «Revista SESHAT» Sección 'Tras el Velo' - URL
ECD: «Revista SESHAT» Sección 'Muy Original' - URL
ECD: «Revista SESHAT» Sección 'Muy Original' - URL

(II) Middle Egyptian Teaching GrammarsIn principle, only grammars that have appeared after 1990 have been listed below. The theories of H.J. Polotsky (1965) had a major impact on how to look at the verbal system, and make all pre-Polotsky grammars outdated in regard to their treatment of the verbal system.
In English1) Sir Alan Gardiner - Egyptian Grammar; Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs (Oxford University Press, 3rd revised edition 1957, reprint 1979; A&P reprint 1994; 646 pp.; ISBN 0-900416-35-1; ca. GBP26)
The classical grammar, complete, but in several respects outdated (notably on the verbal system; pre-Polotsky) and not really overly friendly for self-instruction, so best avoided or used only as companion to one of the modern grammars (no.s 2-7 below). By its size, exercises, Sign List and vocabulary lists still usefull.
A key to the first nine exercises can be found at the Griffith Institute website; another key can be found at the website of Mark-Jan Nederhof, having all exercises; there are also hints and tips for working with this grammar from the AEL, compiled by Michael Dyall-Smith.
2) James P. Allen - Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs (Cambridge University Press, 1999; 528 pp; ca. GBP19.95 p/b)
A grammar that appeared Oct. '99, and has already been used with much success in university level instruction at Yale University. Employs the "Not-So-Standard Theory" (post-Polotsky) model of the Egyptian verbal system.
It is written for non-specialists, including people who are not familiar with grammatical terms, so ideal for self-study. It's simply great!
On the website of Mark-Jan Nederhof you will find some clarifications to the exercises.
3) James E. Hoch - Middle Egyptian Grammar (SSEA Publication XV, Benben Publications, Mississauga, 1997; 307 pp; ca GBP34)
A grammar currently used in university level instruction at the Univeristy of Toronto and some other institutes. Employs the "Standard Theory" (Polotsky) model of the Egyptian verbal system, with some innovations.
A key to Hoch's exercises can be found at this website.
From the same author: James E. Hoch - "Middle Egyptian Grammar Sign List (Benben, 1998; ca. GBP15)
4) Leo Depuydt - Fundamentals of Egyptian Grammar, Part 1: Elements (Frog Publishing, 1999; ISBN: 0-9674751-0-4; 906 pp.; ca. $57.62)
Textbook grammar and systematic analysis of ancient Egyptian, appearing Januari 2000, for teaching, self-teaching, reference. As this part 1, it is not yet a complete grammar, and not everyone will like its very structured setup. A review of the book may be found at Mark-Jan Nederhof's website.

5) Boyo G. Ockinga - A Concise Grammar of Middle Egyptian. An Outline of Middle Egyptian Grammar by Hellmut Brunner revised (Mainz, Philip Von Zabern, 1998). (2nd Edition, 2005)
A revision of Brunner's "An Outline of Middle Egyptian Grammar" (1979), which was very concise (122pp) and not meant for self-instruction (although IMHO because of its table-like setup, a nice have next to the more extensive grammars). This revision is still rather concise (177 pages), which might be a problem for self-study, but it has a good set of exercises. A key to Ockinga's exercises can be found on the page of Mark-Jan Nederhoff.
6) Gertie Englund - Middle Egyptian: An Introduction, 2nd Edition, (Uppsala, 1995; ISBN 91-506-0660-3 [or: 91-506-1114-3?]; ca. GBP29)(it may pay to shop around for it, as prices range from $20 to $80!)
It explains brief how-to's of grammar like a short textbook. The pattern is:
theme -> brief description and sometimes exceptions -> united snakesge -> some examples.
It does not have any exercises. Good; may be somewhat hard for a beginner, because of its pocket-grammar style, but informative if you already know some Egyptian. It follows Polotskian Standard Theory model (at least in the 1st edition of 1988, don't know about the 2nd).
7) J.F. Borghouts -- Egyptian. An Introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom. Volume I: Grammar, Syntax and Indexes; Volume II: Sign lists, Exercises and Reading Texts (NINO, Leiden: 2010). ISBN: 978-90-6258-224-2 (I: XXXII, 581; II: VII, 482 pp. softcover). € 120.00 excl. VAT/handling at NINO.
Translation of the excellent Dutch grammar (1) below, but fully revised, updated, and enlarged (with a lot more pages).
It is a comprehensive teaching grammar. The same author is working on a reference grammar, which has not yet appeared:
J. F. Borghouts, Hierogram: A Reference Grammar of Middle Egyptian With Reading Texts (Handbook of Oriental Studies / Handbuch Der Orientalistik), Brill Publishers, ca. 2012.
H. Smith - Middle Egyptian. Introduction to the Ancient Egyptian Language and Script (ukkk 1994)
9) J.B. Callender. Middle Egyptian. Undena Publications, Malibu, 1975.
10) Antonio Loprieno - Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction (CUP 1995; 322pp; ISBN 0-521-44849-2)
Listed here as it comes up often and is often mistaken for a grammar. It is NOT a teaching grammar and NOT suited for beginners. It is a though read, as it basically is written for linguists. It is very thorough though, covering also other stages of the Egyptian language plus vocalisation. So much material can hardly be found anywhere else in a single (not expensive) volume, so any more advanced student seriously studying the language should try to read it through. Essentials are not emphasized, but it is comprehensive and has very good indexes.
11) Grammars not fitting the 'after 1990' criterium, but still in print or digitised:
-- S. Mercer, Egyptian Hieroglyphic Grammar (1926, Ares reprint; ca. GBP13)
-- Adolf Erman, Egyptian Grammar. With Table of Signs, Bibliography, Exercises for Reading and Glossary, ukkk / Edinburgh, 1894. XIV, 201, 70* pp. (pp. 177-201 [part of the table of signs, bibliography], 1*-16* [some reading exercises] are missing). English translation by James H. Breasted of Adolf Erman, Ägyptische Grammatik, Berlin, 1894. - pdf-file (B/W: 6.2 MB) - online at URL
-- A. de Buck, Egyptian Reading Book, vol. I: Exercises and Middle Egyptian Texts, Leyden, 1948 - online in zipped pdf-file (25 MB) at URL
No, do NOT buy Budge's grammar - it's obsolete.
In French1) Pierre Grandet and Bernard Mathieu - Cours d'egyptien hieroglyphique (2 vols. 1990, Kheops Press, Paris; second revised edition 1997, 845 pp.)
The most up-to-date teaching grammar in French. Clair and practical of style, without much theory. With exercises, vocabulary and sign list.
2) Michel Malaise and Jean Winand - Grammaire raisonnee de l'egyptien classique" (Centre informatique de philosophie et lettres, Liege, 1999 ; Aegyptiaca Leodiensia, 6; 866 pp.)
Please note this is a reference grammar and NOT a teaching grammar for beginners. As such it has no exercices nor progression in difficulty, and is very expensive. But very up-to-date and complete, with numerous examples. It's easy to find information in it; in some cases, the author propose a clear recapitulation of the difficult points. References are given in the end of each chapter to relevant articles and books (unfortunately not given separatly for each point).
3) Bernadette Menu - Petite Grammaire de l'egyptien hieroglyphique a l'united snakesge des débutants (Geuthner, 1991; revised edition: Paris, 1993. 202 pp.)
Forms a set with two other books of the same author: "Exercices corriges de la 'Petite grammaire de l'egyptien hieroglyphique a l'united snakesge des debutants' " (Geuthner, 1993; 150 pp) and "Petite Lexique de l'Egyptien hieroglyphique a l'united snakesge des debutants" (Geuthner, 1997).
As indicated by the title, it is aimed at beginners only; fairly simple and also not very up-to-date as it is based on Gardiner.
4) Claude Obsomer, Egyptien hiéroglyphique. Grammaire pratique du moyen égyptien. Editions Safran, 2009
Consisting of a grammar book, an excercise booklet, and a DVD. Information at URL, URL, and URL
The DVD contains 800 hieroglyphs, 10,000 photographs, 2,300 words and 200 pages of exercises. In terms of content, it addresses the grammar, vocabulary, writing and translation of texts of the classical Egyptian language. For each hieroglyph an animation is shown, illustrating how to easily reproduce it.
5) Some older (pre-Polotsky) grammars still in print but not fitting the 'after 1990' criterium:
G. Lefebvre - Grammaire de l'Égyptien Classique (El Cairo 1955; 2nd ed. IFAOC reprint 1990; 471 pp.; ca. GBP39)
P. Du Bourguet - Grammaire Égyptienne: Moyen Empire Pharaonique (Peeters, Lovaina, 1980; ca. GBP28).
A. De Buck - Grammaire Elementaire du Moyen Égyptien (Brill, Leiden, 1982; 218 pp.; ca. GBP56)
In German1) Wolfgang Schenkel - Tübinger Einführung in die klassisch-ägyptische Sprache und Schrift (1992, 2nd edition, 302 pp.; revised edition: Tübingen, 1997, 368 pp.)
The 1992 ed. has discussions of Polotsky's theories, the 1997 ed. is the first grammar of the post-Standard Theory. No sign list or exercises.
2) Erhart Graefe - Mittelägyptische Grammatik für Anfänger (Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1994)(5th rev. edition 1997)(259 pp.; ISBN 3-447-03903-5; DM70)
With exercises and sign list; with discussions about Polotsky's theories.
On the website of Mark-Jan Nederhof you will find some clarifications to the exercises.
3) Boyo G. Ockinga - Mittelägyptische Grundgrammatik (Mainz, 1998, 180 pp.)
Revised edition of H. Brunner "Abriss der mittelägyptischen Grammatik". See English translation above.
In Dutch1) J.F. Borghouts - Een inleiding in de taal en schrift van het Middenrijk (2 vols) (EOL/Peeters, Leiden/Leuven, 1993; ISBN 90-72690-07-9/90-6831-470-X; MVEOL 30)
Very extensive teaching grammar; vol. 1 has grammar and syntax (376 pp), vol. 2 has sign list and exercises (319 pp). Very thorough I think, although I suspect it could be rather difficult for those not having much experience with linguistic terminology (it's no "easy read"). But very systematic, and IMO very easy to find things in.
2) L.M.J. Zonhoven - Middel-Egyptische grammatica. Een practische inleiding in de Egyptische taal van het hieroglyphenschrift. (Leiden, 1992; 363 pp)
With ca. 200 pp. grammar, rest is exercises, sign lists etc. From the description by the author I deduce it is aimed at beginners, more or less as a preparation to Gardiner.
3) Harco Willems, Inleiding tot het Middelegyptisch. Published by, and available with, ACCO. 137 pp.; ISBN 978 90 334 6357 0; EUR 8.65.
Published as a course book, containing 12 lessons plus exercises. Incorporates Polotsky's theories.
In Spanish1) Francisco J. Martin Valentin - Gramatica Egypicia. Iniciacion a la lengua egipcia clasica escrita en sistema jeorglifico (Madrid, 1999. 267 pp.)
2) Some links and Spanish articles on-line on the Egiptologia Cientifica y Divulgativa" (ECD) website.
In ItalianA real "big" modern grammar is still missing in Italian. Some oldies:
1) Giulio Farina - Grammatica della lingua Egiziona Antica in Caratteri Geroglifici (2nd edition, 1925, reprinted 1992; publisher: Hoepli, Milano; book series: Reprint antichi manuali Hoepli; 213 pages; price: 14000 L.; ISBN: 88-203-2005-3)
This reprint is still for sale, apparantly not revised? (then outdated / pre-Polotsky)
2) Sergio Donadoni - Appunti di Grammatica Egizia. Con un elenco di segni e di parole (2nd edition, 1963, reprinted 1989; publisher: Cisalpino, Varese; book series: Testi e documenti per lo studio dell'antichità; 127 pp.; price: 42000 L.; ISBN: 88-205-0457-X)
It is the reproduction of hand-written notes (the writing is clearly readable). Not revised? (then outdated / pre-Polotsky)

(III) Middle Egyptian Dictionaries1) Adolf Erman, Hermann Grapow, Wörterbuch der aegyptischen Sprache, vols. I-V, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1971 (reprinted from Leipzig, 1926-1931); 583 pp.; 506 pp.; 489 pp.; 569 pp.; 639 pp. Vol. VI. Deutsch-aegyptisches Wörterverzeichnis, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1950, 256 pp. Vol. VII. Rückläufiges Wörterverzeichnis, Akademie Verlag, Berlin, 1971. 132 pp. (Index vol., compiled by W. F. Reineke)
The monumental classic. It is online, in seperate pdf-files, all in all: 75.6 MB, at URL
[Wondering about copyrights, I contacted the staff of the Altägyptisches Wörterbuch and they said that they have no problems with these Wb scans. They will, however, in time put a digital version of the Wörterbuch on the WWW themselves that will allow, for example, to click directly on the references ("Belegstellen") on every page to navigate from there through the sheets (Zettel) of their archive. So this will be a functionally superior version to the mere image-digitalisation of the pages on this Russian site. See next point. AKE]
2) Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae (TLA)
A terrific website resource at URL The "Wörterbuch der aegyptischen Sprache" of Erman and Grapow has now been digitized. The references ("Belegstellen") point to the relevant slips of the Digitalisierte Zettelarchiv (DZA). The search functions of the slip archive are completely integrated in the TLA interface. The lemma list will also show the hieroglyphic form of each word. This online resource has recently been updated (temple inscriptions of the Greco-Roman period are now part of the text database due to the cooperation with the University of Leuven) and the database now consists of more than 440,000 words of all stages of the language. Registration is required for using the TLA. German info: URL
3) Rainer Hannig - Grosses Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch. Die Sprache der Pharaonen, 2800 - 960 v. Chr. (Philipp von Zabern, 1995; 2nd edition 1997, 1473 pp.; ISBN 3-805-31771-9; GBP 59.50)
Not cheap, but a terrific have (if you can read German). The next best thing after the monumental WB (the 'Wörterbuch der Ägyptische Sprache'(1926-1953) of Erman-Grapow). More than 1400 pp, including some great appendices. This 'HWB' covers the language from the Old Kingdom to 500 BC, so you can use it on Late-Period and Ramesside texts.
There are however also two serious shortcomings to this dictionary. Firstly it does not give AE text references ("Belegstellen"), like Faulkner or the WB do. Secondly, the author does not mention the modern bibliographical sources on which he draws. In the first place his source is of course the WB; but he includes many new words, meanings and translations that are not in the WB but were borrowed from the work since done by others, without those authors being credited (not even in a footnote). A noteworthy example of this is his borrowing from Meeks' ALEX (see point 5 below).
In 2006, a reprint appeared, namely the 4th revised edition, with some 4000 new entries and many other revisions, plus (new!) a short reference grammar of Middle Egyptian.
Rainer Hannig, Die Sprache der Pharaonen. Großes Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch (2800 bis 950 v. Chr.), 4th rev. ed., Zabern Verlag, Mainz, 2006 (= Hannig-Lexica, 1). Hardcover, XLIV, 1474 pp., 21 maps. ISBN: 3-8053-1771-9, price: EUR 65.50 (info).
The same writer has published:
Hannig, Rainer und Petra Vomberg, Wortschatz der Pharaonen in Sachgruppen (Mainz, 1999. 1029 pp.)(= Hannig-Lexica, 2)
Hannig, Rainer, Die Sprache der Pharaonen. Grosses Handwoerterbuch Deutsch - Aegyptisch (2800 - 950 v.Chr.) (Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz, 2000 (Hannig-Lexica; 3). XXII, 1753 pp. ISBN: 3-8053-2609-2, price: DEM 148)
Hannig, Rainer, Ägyptisches Wörterbuch, vol. I. Altes Reich und Erste Zwischenzeit, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz, 2003 (= Hannig-Lexica, vol. 4). Hardcover, CV, 1681 pp. ISBN: 3-8053-3088-X, price: EUR 75.80 (info).
Hannig, Rainer, Ägyptisches Wörterbuch, vol. II: Mittleres Reich und zweite Zwischenzeit, Zabern Verlag, Mainz, 2006 (= Hannig-Lexica, 5). Hardcover, 2 vols.: LI, pp. 1-1616; pp. 1617-3274. ISBN: 3-8053-3690-X, price: EUR 154 (info}
4) R.O. Faulkner - A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian' (Oxford University Press, 1962, reprint 1996; 343 pp; ISBN 0-900416-32-7)
A classic with hand-written hieroglyphs, good and not expensive, so usually the first buy for a novice. You cannot do without it - but Faulkner covers only Middle Egyptian.
There is a Hieroglyphic Index to Faulkner's Dictionary available, made by Marc Line, to help you find signs. The key gives an indication of which part(s) of the dictionary to search in order to find a word beginning with a certain glyph. For instance, if we have what we suspect to be a word beginning with M4 (palm branch with notch), the key tells us that we should begin our search in the r, H and s sections of the dictionary, as that is where we can find words beginning with M4.

5) Meeks, Dimitri - Annee lexicographique, Egypte ancienne (3 vol.; 1980-1982; now reprinted by Librairie Cybele; Vol 1 (xxiii+ 457 p.) = ISBN 2-9512092-1-5; Vol 2 (xv+ 450 p.) = ISBN 2-9512092-2-3; Vol 3 (xiv+351 p.) = ISBN 2-9512092-3-1)
For a full description of this important work for the professional and of the online project connected to it, see FAQ2.
Also see Meeks' Dictionnaires et lexiques de l'égyptien. Bibliographie critique (2007) (PDF, 16 pp.)
6) Adolf Erman and H. Grapow - Ägyptisches Handwörterbuch (Berlin, 1921. 242pp., reprint 1995) - mentioned here only because it is available online (pdf-file, 12 MB) at URL and URL

7) Bernadette Menu - Petit lexique de l'egyptien hieroglyphique a l'united snakesge des debutants (Paris, 1989;
311 pp.)
See under grammars.
David Shennum - English-Egyptian Index of Faulkner's Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian (Undena Publications, Malibu, 1977; 178 pp; ISBN 0-89003-054-5)
No must, but a nice have if you want to translate from English into Egyptian.
9) Adolf Erman, Ägyptisches Glossar. Die häufigeren Worte der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin, 1904 (Porta linguarum Orientalium, vol. 20). - viii, 160 pp. - mentioned here only because it is available online as pdf-file (7.8 MB) at URL
10) The Beinlich Wordlist is a search engine for Ancient Egyptian, created by Nigel Strudwick.

11) Dr.Thomas Schrader's Woerterbuch Project (WBP), Version-3.11. Freeware for Windows PC; Library (Basic: 700, Extended: 11850 words); Crossword Puzzle; Time Calculator.
No, do NOT buy the outdated dictionary of Budge!

(IV) On-line Resources1) mailinglists
There is a mailinglist dedicated to the Egyptian language: AEL. On its website and in its archives you will find introductions to hieroglyphs and grammar, and plenty of exercises. For example, look for the section "Learning Resources" (information for beginners including transliterations, exercises and book reviews).
2) transliteration
-- There are transliteration charts on the EEF website for Hieroglyphs and Coptic.
-- There is a transliteration font (Windows) for Egyptian at the CCER website (also a font for the MAC).
-- The website Computer&Technik Göttingen carries some Truetype fonts.
-- The Yamada Language Center has some Hieroglyphic fonts (Macintosh).
-- Dr Berlin has an archive of Coptic fonts (Windows).
-- More fonts may be found at URL.
-- The Manuel de Codage (transcription codes for email) is at the website of the CCER, and is mirrored at the Thotweb website.
-- Comments about classroom pronunciation may be found at Friesian.
3) lists of hieroglyphs
-- Gardiner's Sign List
-- Gardiner's Sign-list (other site)
-- Hieroglyphica (CCER), a hieroglyphic library of more than 6900 signs, at the CCER website.
-- The (French) website of Raymond Monfort classifies 6742 hieroglyphic characters by theme and lists 468 phonograms.
-- The Aegyptus Font has an Extended List as well.
4) hieroglyphic software
-- The website of the CCER carries demos for WinGlyph and Macscribe, the professional (not free) hieroglyphic software.
-- Juan de la Torre's Spanish software Amanuense 3.0, a (not free) hieroglyphic editor.
-- Hierotex at the website of Serge Rosmorduc.
-- Serge Rosmorduc's JSesh, a free hieroglyphic text editor that regularly gets updated.
-- The website Computer&Technik Göttingen carries extras for WinGlyph and HieroTeX.
-- Glyphotext, a hieroglyphic text editor for Windows; you can download a 30-day trial version.
-- A hieroglyphic editor HieroWord that includes Faulkner's dictionary.
-- Apparantly there is a hieroglyphic font available, called HGP2.00 (Windows 98) (or URL).
-- There's a free web-based hieroglyph writing program (that recognizes Manuel de Codage coding) called Hierowriter.
-- Michel Mudde's AEL Viewer lets you view Manuel de Codage files in hieroglyphic. Zipped.
-- Günther Lapp's VisualGlyph, a hieroglyphic text processing program that can be used for producing any other style of text.
-- A shareware hieroglyphic text editor: Perfect Glyph / Vector Office 2008
-- Project Rosette has all kind of hieroglyphic applications, among which a Gardiner Sign List, a text editor, dictionary, etc.
5) flash cards and writing aids
-- Lucas Venter's "GlyphTutor for Windows" tests the user on his / her knowledge of Middle Egyptian biconsonantal and triconsonantal hieroglyphic signs. Approximately 120 signs are covered, including all the signs in Collier & Manley.
-- A similar program exists for Macintosh, available from the FTP site of CCER: Mike Dyall-Smith's "Scribe of KMT"; it's a hypercard stack designed to teach newcomers Egyptian elements of hieroglyphic signs and values. The program runs with Hypercard 2.2 or later, but with a few problems it also runs with version 2.
-- Michele Moglia has designed us a flashcard application for Linux, called HieroFlashCard.
-- The website of Luca Brigatti has a set of computerized hieroglyphic flashcards.
-- If your hieroglyphic handwriting is as terrible as mine, perhaps the website of Jenny Carrington could help you to draw glyphs in a more esthetic way. She gives (from her own experience) the order and direction of the strokes, concentrating on the more difficult, often used signs. Just practice a bit; e.g. fill a whole page with the same figure until you do not have to think about where you are putting the lines, and those pesky birds (etc) should flow more naturally off the end of the pen.
-- See also online: Henry G. Fischer, Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy. A Beginner's Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, 4th edition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1999 - pdf-file (10.7 MB) - URL. "If my use of the term 'calligraphy' may seem pretentious, it nonetheless states my aim, which is to encourage a better standard in writing Egyptian hieroglyphs."
6) general websites
-- The website of Serge Rosmorduc is dedicated to all kind of facets of the Egyptian language and script.
-- Also the website of Stephen Fryer is dedicated to all kind of facets of the Egyptian language (e.g., a Little Egyptian Reading Book and Basic Lessons in Hieratic).
-- The website of Jacques Kinnaer has an interactive book on AE language and writing (intro to hieroglyphs and writing, the royal titulary, etc.).
-- Tim Spalding's "Hieroglyphs!" is a web directory and guide to Egyptian Hieroglyphs on the web. The site includes links to introductions to the subject, web translators, fonts and self-teaching exercises.
-- Paul Sciortino' Hieroglyphs.net collects material about the language and literature of ancient Egypt.
-- There is an introduction to reading hieroglyphs at the website of Egyptologica Vlaanderen VZW.
-- Rennes Egypto: The website of Rennes Egyptologie is specialised in the Middle Egyptian language, and papers on that topic are available in PDF.
7) For online dictionaries and grammars, see the relevant sections above.

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Egyptological Book Series Online

Egyptological Book Series Online
 
version November 14, 2015

Compiled for the Egyptologists' Electronic Forum
by Michael Tilgner, with major additions by Alain Dautant.

For additions and corrections, feel free to write to the editor.

The below list of links to digitised book series includes:

-- Egypt Exploration Fund: Memoirs [MEEF]

-- Egypt Exploration Fund: Archaeological Survey of Egypt [EEF-ASE]

-- Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ägyptens [UGAÄ]

-- Bibliothèque égyptologique

-- Hieroglyphic Texts from Egyptian Stelae, &c., in the British Museum [HTBM]

-- Les Temples immergés de la Nubie [TemplImm]

-- Theodore M. Davis' Excavations: Bibân el Molûk [-]

-- Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia [-]

-- Mémoires publiés par les membres de la Mission archéologique française au Caire [MMAF]

-- Mémoires publiés par les membres de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire [MIFAO]

-- Bibliothèque d'étude (IFAO)

-- Analecta Aegyptiaca [AnAe]

-- Publications of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt and the Egyptian Research Account

-- Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum, Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim [-]

-- Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien [-]

-- Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics [ERE]

-- Publications de la Glyptothèque Ny Carlsberg [-]

-- The Abusir Series of the Czech Institute of Egyptology [-]

-- Ägyptologische Forschungen [ÄF, ÄgFo]

-- Robb de Peyster Tytus Memorial Series [RPTMS]
 
-- Analecta Orientalia [AnOr]

-- Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium: Scriptores Coptici [CSCO: Scriptores Coptici]

-- Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca

-- Études égyptologiques [-]

Some of our other (themed) collections:

-- Urkunden des aegyptischen Altertums -> [Urk]
 
-- Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire -> [CG]

Some external sources for digitised series:

-- Publications of the Oriental Institute Chicago:

Oriental Institute Publications -> [OIP] (OI Chicago)

Oriental Institute Communications -> [OIC]  (OI Chicago)

Oriental Institute Museum Publications -> [OIMP]  (OI Chicago)

Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition -> [OINE]  (OI Chicago)

Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization -> [SAOC] (OI Chicago)

-- Electronic Publications of the Czech Institute of Egyptology -> URL

-- Internet-Beitraege zur Aegyptologie und Sudanarchaeologie  ->

-- Ancient Near East Monographs/Monografías sobre el Antiguo Cercano Oriente -> [ANEM/MACO]

-- Carl Richard Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien -> [LD] (Lepsius-Projekt)
 
-- Les Cahiers Égypte Nilotique et Méditérranéenne -> [CENiM]

-- Trismegistos Online Publications ->  [TOP]
 
-- American Studies in Papyrology -> [ASP]

-- For any publication (book or article) relating to the Giza Plateau, try the Giza Digital Library.

NB: URLs marked with [PDF] link directly to a pdf-file, so better use your "Save as..." button on those to
prevent that your browser will "freeze".  

NB: When doing any scientific work, be on the alert for the fact that freely
available digitised volumes on the Internet (vs. commercial products) may
contain errors, notably when it concerns the plates or appendices. Plates
are clearly the weak side of Internet digitalisation: often their resolution
is too low, they are scanned only partially, or they are left out altogether.
As an example:  in the below mentioned scans of MEEF 5 (Edouard Naville,
The Shrine of Saft el Henneh and the Land of Goshen (1885), ukkk, 1887),
plates 2, 3, 5, and 6 have only been scanned on the show side of
each  folded page, and plates 1 and 4 are missing altogether.

Egypt Exploration Fund: Memoirs [MEEF]

From the Internet Archive, supplemented by Heidelberg "Ägyptologische

Literatur - digital" (*), the "Editions Thotweb multimédia" (**), or

another source (***).

-- vol. 1: Edouard Naville, The Store-city of Pithom and the Route

of the Exodus, ukkk, 1885. viii, 32 pp., 1 frontispiece, 12 pls.,

2 maps - pdf-file (4.6 MB)

URL

-- vol. 2: W. M. Flinders Petrie, Tanis, Part I: 1883-4, ukkk,

1885. - viii, 60 pp., 1 frontispice, 16 pls., 2 plans - pdf-file (19 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 3: W. M. Flinders Petrie, Naukratis, Part I: 1884-5. With

Chapters by Cecil Smith; Ernest Gardner; and Barclay V. Head,

ukkk, 1886  - viii, 100 pp.,44 pls. -

URL(*)

URL(***)

-- vol. 4: W. M. Flinders Petrie, F. Ll. Griffith, Tanis, Part II: 1886 /

W. M. Flinders Petrie, Nebesheh (AM) and Defenneh (Tahpanhes).

With Chapters by A. S. Murray and F. Ll. Griffith, ukkk, 1888.

44 pp., 12 pls.; 116 pp., 51 pls. - pdf-file (20 MB)

URL (alternative: URL)

URL(*)

Vols. 2 and 4 as pdf-files in one zip-file (43 MB):

URL(**)

-- vol. 5: Edouard Naville, The Shrine of Saft el Henneh and the

Land of Goshen (1885), ukkk, 1887. - 26 pp., 9 pls., 2 maps -

pdf-file (3.3 MB)

URL

pdf-file (13 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 6: Ernest A. Gardner, Naukratis, Part II. With an Appendix by

F. Ll. Griffith, ukkk , 1888. vi, 92 pp., 24 pls. - pdf-file (11 MB)

URL

-- vol. 07: Edouard Naville, The Mound of the Jew and the City of

Onias. Belbeis, Samanood, Abusir, Tukh el Karmus. 1887. F. Ll.

Griffith, The Antiquities of Tell el Yahûdîyeh, and Miscellaneous Work

in Lower Egypt During the Years 1887-1888, ukkk, 1890. - VI,

76 pp., 1 frontispiece, 26 pls. - pdf-file (8.2 MB)

URL

pdf-file (22 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 8: Edouard Naville, Bubastis (1887 - 1889), ukkk, 1891.

v, 71 pp., 54 pls. - pdf-file (16 MB)

URL

pdf-file (33 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 9 [an extra memoir]:  F. Ll. Griffith, Two Hieroglyphic

Papyri from Tanis. (I). The Sign Papyrus (a Syllabary), by F. Ll.

Griffith. (II.) The Geographical Papyrus (an Almanack), by W. M. F.

Petrie. With remarks by Heinrich Brugsch.  ukkk, 1889. 25 pp.,

15 pls. - pdf-file (3.2 MB)

URL

pdf-file (normal: 8 MB; large: 25 MB)

URL(*)

pdf-file (3.4 MB)

URL

-- vol. 10: Edouard Naville, The Festival-hall of Osorkon II. in

the Great Temple of Bubastis (1887-1889), ukkk, 1892. vi,

40 pp., 1 frontispiece, 38 pls. - pdf-file (7.6 MB)

URL

-- vol. 11: Edouard Naville, Ahnas el Medineh (Heracleopolis

magna). With Chapters on Mendes, the Nome of Thoth, and

Leontopolis. And appendix on Byzantine Sculptures by T. Hayter

Lewis / J. J. Tylor, F. Ll. Griffith, The Tomb of Paheri at El Kab,

ukkk, 1894. 40 pp., 1 frontispiece, 17 pls.; vi, 34 pp., 10 pls. -

pdf-file (12 MB)

URL

pdf-file (31 MB)

URL (*)

Note: cp. Joseph John Tylor, Wall drawings and monuments of El Kab. The tomb

of Paheri, ukkk, 1895. [8], 23 pp., frontispice, 17 pls. - plates only [19

images] - URL (***)

-- vol. 12: Edouard Naville, The Temple of Deir el Bahari: Its Plan,

Its Founders, and Its First Explorers. Introductory Memoir, ukkk,

1894. vi, 31 pp., 14 pls. - pdf-file (5.9 MB)

URL

-- vol. 13: Edouard Naville, The Temple of Deir el Bahari. Part I:

The  North-Western End of the Upper Platform, ukkk, [1895].

15 pp., pls. I-XXIV - pdf-file (10 MB)

URL (*)

-- vol. 14: Edouard Naville, The Temple of Deir el Bahari. Part II:

The Ebony Shrine, Northern Half of the Middle Platform, ukkk,

[1896]. 18 pp..,  pls. XXV-LV - pdf-file (16 MB)

URL (*)

-- vol. 15: W. M. Flinders Petrie, Deshasheh 1897. With a Chapter

by F. Ll. Griffith, ukkk, 1898. viii, 52 pp., 1 frontispiece, 37 pls. -

pdf-file (10 MB)

URL [alternative: URL]

URL (*)

-- vol. 16: Edouard Naville, The Temple of Deir el Bahari. Part III:

End of Northern Half and Southern Half of the Middle Platform,

ukkk, [1898]. 22 pp., pls. LVI-LXXXVI - pdf-file (11 MB)

URL (*)

-- vol. 17: W. M. Flinders Petrie, Dendereh 1898. With Chapters

by F. Ll. Griffith, Dr. Gladstone and Oldfield Thomas, ukkk,

1900. vi, 74 pp., 1 frontispiece, 37 pls. - pdf-file (14 MB)

URL [alternative: URL]

URL (*)

Note:  W. M. Flinders Petrie, Dendereh 1898. Extra Plates, ukkk,

1900 (Special Publication of the Egypt Exploration Fund). -

pdf-file (12 MB)

URL

-- vol. 18: W. M. Flinders Petrie, The Royal Tombs of the First Dynasty.

1900. Part I. With Chapter by F. Ll. Griffith, ukkk, 1900. - 51 pp.,

frontispiece, 67 pls. - pdf-file (33 MB)

URL (*)

-- vol. 19: Edouard Naville, The Temple of Deir el Bahari. Part IV:

The Shrine of Hathor and the Southern Hall of Offerings, ukkk,

[1901]. 11 pp.,  pls. LXXXVII-CXVIII - pdf-file (9 MB)

URL (*)

-- vol. 20: W. M. Flinders Petrie, Diospolis Parva. The

Cemeteries of Abadiyeh and Hu 1898-9, ukkk, 1901. (With

Chapters by A. C. Mace) - 62 pp., frontispiece, 48 pls. -

pdf-file (10 MB)

URL

URL

-- vol. 21: W. M. Flinders Petrie, The Royal Tombs of the Earliest

Dynasties. 1901. Part II. With Chapter by F. Ll. Griffith, ukkk, 1901. -

VII, 60 pp., frontispiece (= pl. I), 63 pls. - pdf-file (33 MB)

URL (*)

Also (9.4 MB): URL

[also without extra pls.]

-- [vol. 21]: W. M. Flinders Petrie, The Royal Tombs of the Earliest

Dynasties. 1901. Part II. Extra Plates, ukkk, 1901. - 35 pls. -

pdf-file (8 MB)

URL (*)

This Special Extra Publication is a supplement (Extra Plates) of

EEF Memoirs vol. 21 with the same title.

-- vol. 22: W. M. Flinders Petrie, Abydos, Part I: 1902. With Chapter

by A. E. Weigall, ukkk, 1902. 60 pp., 80 pls. - pdf-file (13 MB)

URL (alternative: URL)

Also (37 MB): URL (*)

-- vol. 23: D. Randall-MacIver, A. C. Mace, El Amrah and Abydos,

1899-1901. With a Chapter by F. Ll. Griffith, ukkk, 1902. - X,

108 pp.,  60 pls. - pdf-file (15.2 MB)

URL

-- vol. 24: W. M. Flinders Petrie, Abydos, Part II: 1903. With Chapter

by A. E. Weigall, ukkk, 1903. viii, 56 pp., 64 pls. - pdf-file (33 MB)

URL (*)

Also (13 MB): URL

-- vol. 25: E. R. Ayrton, C. T. Currelly, A. E. P. Weigall, Abydos,

Part III: 1904. With a Chapter by A. H. Gardiner, ukkk, 1904

(Special Extra Publication [= vol. 25] of the Egypt Exploration Fund). -

VIII, 60 pp., 61 pls. - pdf-file (38 MB)

URL (*)

Also: URL

-- vol. 26: W. M. Flinders Petrie, Ehnasya 1904. With Chapter by

C. T. Currelly, ukkk, 1905. viii, 41 pp., 44 pls. - pdf-file (8.1 MB)

URL (alternatives: URL, URL)

-- vol. 27: Edouard Naville, The Temple of Deir el Bahari. Part V:

The Upper Court and Sanctuary, ukkk, [1906]. 12 pp.,

pls. CXIX-CL - pdf-file (12 MB)

URL (*)

-- vol. 28: Edouard Naville, The XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir el-Bahari,

Part I. With Chapters by H. R. Hall and E. R. Ayrton, ukkk, 1907.

viii, 75 pp., 31 pls. - pdf-file (11 MB)

URL

-- vol. 29: Edouard Naville, The Temple of Deir el Bahari. Part VI:

The Lower Terrace, Additions and Plans, ukkk, [1908]. vi, 31 pp.,

pls. CLI-CLXXIV - pdf-file (15 MB)

URL (*)

-- vol. 30: Edouard Naville, The XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir el-Bahari,

Part II. With Architectural Description by Somers Clarke, ukkk,

1910. 29 pp., 24 pls. - pdf-file (5.6 MB)

URL

-- vol. 31: Edward R. Ayrton, W. L. S. Loat, Pre-Dynastic Cemetery

at El Mahasna, ukkk, 1911. - VIII, 39 pp.,  38 pls. - pdf-file (7.7 MB)

URL

-- vol. 32: Edouard Naville, H. R. Hall, The XIth Dynasty Temple at

Deir el-Bahari, Part III. With an Appendix by C. T. Currelly, ukkk,

1913. 36 pp., 36 pls. - pdf-file (9.9 MB)

URL

-- vol. 33: Edouard Naville, The Cemeteries of Abydos, Part I: 1909 -

1910. The Mixed Cemetery and Gumm el-Ga'ab. With Chapters by

T. Eric Peet, H. R. Hall, and Kathleen Haddon, ukkk, 1914. - XII,

54 pp., 21 pls. - pdf-file (5.8 MB)

URL

-- vol. 34: Eric Peet, The Cemeteries of Abydos, Part II: 1911 - 1912,

ukkk, 1914. - XVI, 133 pp., 39 pls. - pdf-file (13.3 MB)

URL

-- vol. 35: T. Eric Peet, W. L. S. Loat, The Cemeteries of Abydos,

Part III: 1912 - 1913, ukkk, 1913. xi, 54 pp., 26 pls. - pdf-file (8.4 MB)

URL

-- vol. 36: A.H. Gardiner and T.E. Peet, The inscriptions of Sinai, ukkk

1917 - not available

-- vol. 37: G. A. Wainwright, Balabish, ukkk, 1920. - VI,

78 pp. : 25 pls. - pdf-file (9.1 MB)

URL

-- vol. 38: T.E. Peet, C.L. Woolley, B. Gunn, P.L.O. Guy and F.G. Newton,

The city of Akhenaten - Part I - Excavations of 1921 and 1922 at El-Amarneh

- ukkk, 1923 - not available

-- vol. 45: T.E. Peet, C.L. Woolley, 2d edition of "The inscriptions of

Sinai" [see vol. 36] augmented by Jaroslav Cerny, ukkk, 1952-1955, 2 vol.:

Part 1: Introduction and Plates, Part 2: Translations and Commentary - not available

Egypt Exploration Fund: Archaeological Survey of Egypt [EEF-ASE]

From the Internet Archive. Some supplementary or alternative versions

of "Ägyptologische Literatur - digital" of the University of  Heidelberg (*),

from Google Booksearch in the Internet Archive (**), or otherwise (***).

-- vol. 1: Percy E. Newberry, Beni Hasan, Part I, ukkk,

1893. - xii, 87 pp., 49 pls. - pdf-file (7.9 MB)

URL

pdf-file (11.4 MB)

URL

pdf-file (38 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 2: Percy E. Newberry, Beni Hasan,  Part II, ukkk,

1893. - 87 pp., 37 pls. - pdf-file (6.3 MB)

URL

pdf-file (10.6 MB)

URL

pdf-file (33 MB)

URL(*)

Also (59.4 MB, PDF): URL (***)[PDF]

-- vol. 3: Percy E. Newberry, El Bersheh, Part I (The Tomb of

Tehuti-Hetep). With Plan and Measurement of the Tomb by

G. Willoughby Fraser, ukkk, [1894]. - viii, 44 pp., 34 pls., pdf-file (9 MB)

URL

 pdf-file (24 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 4: F. L. Griffith, Percy E. Newberry, El Bersheh, Part II

(Nine Inscribed Tombs). With  Appendix, Plans and Measurements of the

Tombs by G. Willoughby Fraser,  ukkk, [1895]. - i, 70 pp., 23 pls., pdf-file (7.8 MB)

URL

pdf-file (7.7 MB)

URL

pdf-file (26 MB)

URL [wrong title] (*)

-- vol. 5: F. Ll. Griffith, Beni Hassan, Part III, ukkk. 1896.

42 pp., 10 pls. - pdf-file (4.4 MB)

URL [alternative: URL]

pdf-file (4.5 MB)

URL

pdf-file (9 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 6: F. Ll. Griffith, A Collection of Hieroglyphs. A

Contribution to the History of Egyptian Writing, ukkk, 1898.

xii, 74 pp., 9 pls. - pdf-file (8.1 MB)

URL

URL

pdf-file (7.7 MB)

URL

-- vol. 7: Howard Carter, M. W. Blackden, Percy Brown,

Percy Buckman, Beni Hassan, Part IV: Zoological and Other

Details, ukkk. 1900. 9 pp., 27 pls. - pdf-file (3.5 MB)

URL

URL

pdf-file (3.2 MB)

URL

pdf-file (8 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 8: N. de G. Davies, The Mastaba of Ptahhetep and Akhethetep

at  Saqqareh, Part I: The Chapel of Ptahhetep and the Hieroglyphs,

ukkk, 1900. viii, 42 pp., frontispice, 30 pls. - pfd-file (6 MB)

URL

pfd-file (7.4 MB)

URL

pdf-file (20 MB)

URL (*)

-- vol. 9: N. de G. Davies, The Mastaba of Ptahhetep and

Akhethetep at Saqqareh, Part II: The Mastaba. The Sculptures of

Akhethetep, ukkk, 1901. viii, 36 pp., frontispiece, 34 pls. -

pfd-file (9.3 MB)

URL [alternative: URL, URL]

pfd-file (10.2 MB)

URL

pdf-file (15 MB)

URL (*)

-- vol. 10: N. de G. Davies, The Rock Tombs of Sheikh Saïd,

ukkk, 1901. - xii, 46 pp., 1 frontispiece, 34 pls. - pdf-file (8.6 MB)

URL

pdf-file (9.1 MB)

URL

-- vol. 11: N. de G. Davies, The Rock Tombs of Deir el Gebrâwi,

Part I: Tomb of Aba and Smaller Tombs of the Southern Group,

ukkk, 1902. - vii, 41 pp., frontispiece, 26 pls. - pdf-file (8.6 MB)

URL

URL

pdf-file (7.6 MB)

URL

-- vol. 12: N. de G. Davies, The Rock Tombs of Deir el Gebrâwi,

Part II: Tomb of Zau and Tombs of the Northern Group, ukkk,

1902. - viii, 51 pp., frontispiece, 29 pls. - pdf-file (6.2 MB)

URL

URL

pdf-file (8.5 MB)

URL

-- vol. 13: N. de G. Davies, The Rock Tombs of Amarna, Part I:

The tomb of Meryra, ukkk 1903  - viii, 56 pp., 42 pls. - pdf-file (12.2 MB)

URL

-- vol. 14: N. de G. Davies, The Rock Tombs of el Amarna, Part II:

The Tombs of Panehesy and Meriara II, ukkk, 1905. viii, 48 pp.,

47 pls. - pdf-file (12 MB)

URL

URL

pdf-file (11.9 MB)

URL

-- vol. 15: . de G. Davies, The Rock Tombs of el Amarna,

Part III: The Tombs of Huya and Ahmes. With an Appendix on the

Greek Graffiti by Seymour de Ricci, ukkk, 1905. xi, 41 pp.,

40 pls. - pdf-file (6.7 MB)

URL

URL

pdf-file (9.8 MB)

URL

-- vol. 16: N. de G. Davies, The Rock Tombs of el Amarna,

Part IV: Tombs of Penthu, Mahu, and Others, ukkk, 1906. viii,

36 pp., 45 pls. - pdf-file (8.4 MB)

URL

URL

URL

pdf-file (9.4 MB)

URL

-- vol. 17: N. de G. Davies, The Rock Tombs of el Amarna,

Part V: Smaller Tombs and Boundary stelae, ukkk, 1908.

viii, 37 pp., 1 frontispiece, 44 pls. - pdf-file (8.8 MB)

URL

URL

URL

pdf-file (10.6 MB)

URL

-- vol. 18: N. de G. Davies, The Rock Tombs of el Amarna,

Part VI: Tombs of Parennefer, Tutu, and Aÿ, ukkk, 1908.

44 pp., 44 pls. - pdf-file (13 MB)

URL

URL

URL

pdf-file (14.6 MB)

URL

-- vol. 19: John Winter Crowfoot, The Island of Meroë / F. Ll. Griffith,

Meroitic Inscriptions. Pt. I. Sôba to Dangêl, ukkk, 1911. - viii,

94 pp., 35 pls. - pdf-file (12 MB)

URL

-- vol. 20: F. Ll. Griffith, Meroitic Inscriptions. Pt. II. Napata to Philae

and Miscellaneous, ukkk, 1912. - xv, 80 pp., 48 pls. - pdf-file

(16.8 MB)

URL

-- vol. 23: Aylward M. Blackman, The Rock Tombs of Meir, Part II:

The Tomb-Chapel of Senbi's Son Ukh-Hotp (B, No. 2) With Two

Appendixes on Hieroglyphs and Other Details in B, Nos. 1, 2, 4, ukkk,

1915. - xi, 46 pp., 35 pls. - pdf-file (9.8 MB)

URL

Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ägyptens [UGAÄ]

From the Internet Archive.

-- vol. 1: Kurt Sethe, Die Thronwirren unter den Nachfolgern

Königs Thutmosis' I., ihr Verlauf und ihre Bedeutung / Die

Prinzenliste von Medinet Habu und die Reihenfolge der ersten

Könige der zwanzigsten Dynastie, Leipzig, 1896. 129 pp. - pdf-file (33 MB)

URL

vols. 1-3 bound together - pdf-file (27 MB)

URL

-- vol. 2 (vols. 2.1-2.4): Kurt Sethe, Sesostris / James Henry Breasted, A new

chapter in the life of Thutmose III. / Kurt Sethe, Dodekaschoinos,

das Zwölfmeilenland an der Grenze von Aegypten und Nubien /

Kurt Sethe,  Imhotep, der Asklepios der Aegypter, ein vergötterter

Mensch aus der Zeit des Königs Djoser / Register zu Bd. I u. II,

Leipzig, 1900-1902. 133 pp.

vols. 1-3 bound together - pdf-file (27 MB)

URL

-- vol. 3: Kurt Sethe, Beiträge zur ältesten Geschichte Ägyptens: 1.

Die Horusdiener / 2. Die auf den Denkmälern er ältesten geschichtlichen

Dynastieen vorkommenden Könige / 3. Die Einrichtung des Steines

von Palermo / 4. Die Entwicklung der Jahresdatierung bei den alten

Ägyptern (mit einem Beitrag von Prof. Dr. Eduard Meyer) / 5. Die

Chronologie der älteren ägyptischen Geschichte, kontrolliert durch

Wasserstandsangaben und andere Nachrichten über Ereignisse,

die von den Jahreszeiten abhängen / 6. Menes und die Gründung

von Memphis / Register, Leipzig, 1905. 147 pp., 2 pls. - pdf-file (31 MB)

URL

vols. 1-3 bound together - pdf-file (27 MB)

URL

-- vol. 4.1: Heinrich Schäfer, Die altägyptischen Prunkgefässe

mit aufgesetzten Randverzierungen : ein Beitrag zur Geschichte

der Goldschmiedekunst, Leipzig, 1903 -

not available

-- vol. 4.2: Heinrich Schäfer, Die Mysterien des Osiris in

Abydos unter König Sesostris III. nach dem Denkstein des

Oberschatzmeisters I-cher-nofret im Berliner Museum,

Leipzig, 1904 -

not available

-- vol. 4.3: Alan Henderson Gardiner, The inscription of Mes : a

contribution to the study of Egyptian juridical procedure,

Leipzig, 1905 -

not available

-- vol. 5.1: Ludwig Borchardt, Zur Baugeschichte des Amonstempels

von Karnak, Leipzig, 1905 -

not available

-- vol. 5.2: Kurt Sethe, Die Einsetzung des Veziers unter der 18.

Dynastie : Inschrift im Grabe des Rech-mi-rec zu Schech Abd el

Gurna - Leipzig, 1909 -

not available

-- vol. 5.3 : Kurt Sethe, Zur altägyptischen Sage vom Sonnenauge,

das in der Fremde war, Leipzig, 1912. -

not available

-- vol. 6:  Friedrich Vogelsang, Kommentar zu den Klagen des Bauern,

Leipzig, 1913 -

not available

-- vol. 7.1: Konrad Hoffmann, Die theophoren Personennamen des älteren

Ägyptens, Leipzig, 1915 -

not available

-- vol. 7.2: Hans Bonnet, Die ägyptische Tracht bis zum Ende des Neuen

Reiches, Leipzig, 1917 -

not available

-- vol. 8: C. H. Johl, Altägyptische Webestühle und Brettchenweberei

in Altägypten, Leipzig, 1924. VIII, 70 pp. 7 pls.

vols. 8-9 bound together - pdf-file (17 MB)

URL

-- vol. 9: Rudolf Anthes, Die Felseninschriften von Hatnub nach

den Aufnahmen Georg Möllers, Leipzig, 1928. 120 pp., 33 pls.

vols. 8-9 bound together - pdf-file (17 MB)

URL

-- vol. 10.1: Kurt Sethe, Dramatische Texte zu altägyptischen

Mysterienspielen, I: Das "Denkmal memphitischer Theologie".

Der Schabakostein des Britischen Museums, Leipzig, 1928.

80 pp. - pdf-file (7.1 MB)

URL

-- vol. 10.2: Kurt Sethe, Dramatische Texte zu altägyptischen

Mysterienspielen, II: Der dramatische Ramesseum-papyros : Ein

Speil zur Thronbesteigung des Königs, Leipzig, 1928.

not available

-- vol. 11: Jakob Polotsky, Zu den Inschriften der 11. Dynastie,

Leipzig, 1929. - VIII, 71 pp. - pdf-file (6 MB)

URL

-- vol. 12: Kurt Sethe, Vom Bilde zum Buchstaben. Die

Entstehungsgeschichte der Schrift. Mit einem Beitrag von

Siegfried Schott, Leipzig, 1939. VII, 84 pp., 2 pls. -

pdf-file (7.1 MB)

URL

-- vol. 13: Eberhard Otto, Beiträge zur Geschichte der

Stierkulte in Aegypten, Leipzig, 1938. 60 pp. -

pdf-file (4 MB)

URL

-- vol. 14: Wolfgang Helck, Der Einfluss der Militärführer in der 18.

ägyptischen Dynastie, Leipzig, 1939. 87 pp. -

not available

-- vol. 15: Siegfried Schott, Mythe und Mythenbildung

im alten Ägypten, Leipzig, 1945. XIV, 136 pp., 4 pls. -

pdf-file (13 MB)

URL

URL[PDF]

-- vols. 16-17: not available

-- vol. 18: Wolfgang Helck, Untersuchungen zu Manetho und den ägyptischen

Königslisten, Berlin, 1956. -

not available

Bibliothèque égyptologique

Bibliothèque égyptologique comprenant les oeuvres des égyptologues français

dispersées dans divers Recueils et qui non pas encore été réunies jusqu'à ce jour.

From the Gallica Collection, complemented by the Internet Archive (*) and

University of Heidelberg (**).

-- vol. 1: G. Maspero, Études de mythologie et d'archéologie

égyptiennes, I, Paris, 1893. - X, 415 pp., 1 pl. - pdf-file (16.5 MB)

URL

pdf-file (90 MB)

URL(**)

-- vol. 2: G. Maspero, Études de mythologie et d'archéologie

égyptiennes, II, Paris, 1893. - 480 pp. - pdf-file (19.7 MB)

URL

 pdf-file (109 MB)

URL(**)

-- vol. 3: Maxence de Rochemonteix, Oeuvres diverses, Paris,

1894. - xxxix, 463 pp., 1 portrait, 15 pls. - pdf-file (18 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 4: Théodule Devéria, Mémoires et fragments, I, Paris,

1896. 382  pp. - pdf-file (19 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 5: Théodule Devéria, Mémoires et fragments, II, Paris, 1897 -

394 pp., 11 pls. - pdf-file (11.8 MB)

URL

-- vol. 6: Prosper Jollois, Journal d'un ingénieur attaché à l'expédition

d'Égypte 1798 - 1802, Paris, 1904. Not online.

-- vol. 7: G. Maspero, Études de mythologie et d'archéologie

égyptiennes, III, Paris, 1898. - 436 pp. - pdf-file (17.7 MB)

URL

pdf-file (86 MB)

URL(**)

-- vol. 8: G. Maspero, Études de mythologie et d'archéologie

égyptiennes, IV, Paris, 1900. - 466 pp., 2 pls. - pdf-file (17.5 MB)

URL

pdf-file (85 MB)

URL(**)

-- vol. 9: F. Chabas, Oeuvres diverses, I, Paris, 1899. - CLII,

318  pp., 3 pls. - pdf-file (15 MB)

URL

-- vol. 10: F. Chabas, Oeuvres diverses, II, Paris, 1902. -

460 pp., 6 pls. - pdf-file (15.6 MB)

URL

URL(*)

-- vol. 11: F. Chabas, Oeuvres diverses, III, Paris, 1903. -

478 pp., 4 pls. - pdf-file (20.8 MB)

URL

URL(*)

-- vol. 12: F. Chabas, Oeuvres diverses, IV, Paris, 1905. - 454 pp. -

pdf-file (18 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 13: F. Chabas, Oeuvres diverses, V, Paris, 1909. - 498 pp.,

11 pls. - pdf-file (15.2 MB)

URL

-- vol. 14: Not published.

-- vol. 15: Auguste Baillet, Oeuvres diverses, I, Paris, 1905. - XXXII,

406 pp., 1 pl. - pdf-file (13.8 MB)

URL

URL(*)

-- vol. 16: Auguste Baillet, Oeuvres diverses, II, Paris, 1905. -

131 pp. - pdf-file (3.4 MB)

URL

-- vol. 17: P.-J. de Horrack, Oeuvres diverses, Paris, 1907. -

LXVIII, 170 pp., 13 pls. - pdf-file (8.5 MB)

URL

-- vol. 18: Auguste Mariette, Oeuvres diverses, I, Paris, 1904.

URL(*)

pdf-file (95 MB)

URL(**)

 -- vol. 19: Not published.

-- vol. 20: Not published.

-- vol. 21: Emmanuel de Rougé, Oeuvres diverses, I, Paris, 1907. -

CLVI, 334 pp., 3 pls. - pdf-file (19.8 MB)

URL

URL(*)

-- vol. 22: Emmanuel de Rougé, Oeuvres diverses, vol. 2, Paris, 1908. -  

URL(*)

-- vol. 23: Emmanuel de Rougé, Oeuvres diverses, III, Paris, 1910. -

466 pp., 5 pls. - pdf-file (17 MB)

URL

-- vol. 24: Emmanuel de Rougé, Oeuvres diverses, IV, Paris, 1911.

Not online.

-- vol. 25: Emmanuel de Rougé, Oeuvres diverses, V, Paris, 1914. -

460 pp. - pdf-file (17.6 MB)

URL

-- vol. 26: Emmanuel de Rougé, Oeuvres diverses, VI, Paris, 1918. -

422 pp., 11 pls. - pdf-file (18.1 MB)

URL

-- vol. 27: G. Maspero, Études de mythologie et d'archéologie

égyptiennes, V, Paris, 1911. - 468 pp., 6 pls. - pdf-file (17.1 MB)

URL

pdf-file (79 MB)

URL(**)

-- vol. 28: G. Maspero, Études de mythologie et d'archéologie

égyptiennes, VI, Paris, 1912. - 496 pp., 1 pl. - pdf-file (18 MB)

URL

pdf-file (85 MB)

URL(**)

-- vol. 29: G. Maspero, Études de mythologie et d'archéologie

égyptiennes, VII, Paris, 1913. - 383 pp., 3 pls. - pdf-file (13.7 MB)

URL

pdf-file (65 MB)

URL(**)

-- vol. 30: Lettres de Champollion le Jeune recueillies et annotées

par H. Hartleben, I: Lettres écrites d'Italie, Paris, 1909. - IX,

445 pp., 2 pls. - pdf-file (20.6 MB)

URL

-- vol. 31: Lettres et journaux de Champollion recueillis et

annotés par H. Hartleben, II: Lettres et journaux écrits pendant

le voyage d'Égypte, Paris, 1909. - VIII, 490 pp., 5 pls. -

pdf-file (21.7 MB)

URL

-- vol. 32: Not published.

-- vol. 33: Not published.

-- vol. 34: E. Lefébure, Oeuvres diverses, I, Paris, 1910. -

XCI, 372  pp., 2 pls. - pdf-file (17.2 MB)

URL

-- vol. 35: E. Lefébure, Oeuvres diverses, II, Paris, 1912. -

490  pp., 1 pl. - pdf-file (17.6 MB)

URL

-- vol. 36: E. Lefébure, Oeuvres diverses, III, Paris, 1915. -

424 pp. - pdf-file (16.1 MB)

URL

-- vol. 37: Not published.

-- vol. 38: Not published.

-- vol. 39: Not published.

-- vol. 40: G. Maspero, Études de mythologie et d'archéologie

égyptiennes, VIII, Paris, 1916. - 424 pp., 2 pls. - pdf-file (15.7 MB)

URL

pdf-file (68 MB)

URL(**)

-- Note: BE vols. 1, 2, 7, 8, 27, 28, 29, 40 are G. Maspero, Études de mythologie et d'archéologie

égyptiennes, vols. I - VIII (1893-1916).

Hieroglyphic Texts from Egyptian Stelae, &c., in the

British Museum [HTBM]

From the "Brunner Digital Collection" of the Macquarie University,

complemented (*) by the Internet Archive and others (**).

-- Part 1, ukkk, 1911. 20 pp., 56 pls. - pdf-file (9.9 MB; B/W: 3.7 MB)

URL(*)

URL(**)

-- Part 1, 2nd ed., ukkk, 1961. 50 pp., 42 pls.

URL

Idem (other source) - pdf-file (7.5 MB)

URL(*)

-- Part 2, ukkk, 1912. 13 pp. 50 pls.

URL

Idem (other source) - pdf-file (5.2 MB; B/W: 4.2 MB)

URL(*)

-- Part 3, ukkk, 1912. 13 pp., 50 pls.

URL

-- Part 4, ukkk, 1913. 14 pp., 50 pls.

URL

Idem (other source) - pdf-file (5.1 MB)

URL(*)

Idem (other source) - pdf-file (5.1 MB; B/W: 4.6 MB)

URL(*)

-- Part 5, ukkk, 1915. 15 pp., 50 pls.

URL

Idem (other source) - pdf-file (4.7 MB; B/W: 3.5 MB)

URL(*)

-- Part 6, ukkk, 1922. 12 pp., 50 pls.

URL

Idem (other source) - pdf-file (5.7 MB, B/W: 4.6 MB)

URL(*)

Idem (other source) - pdf-file (5.2 MB)

URL(*)

-- Part 7, ukkk, 1925. 15 pp., 50 pls.

URL

-- Part 8, ukkk, 1939. 58 pp., 50 pls.

URL

-- Part 9, ukkk, 1970. vi, 71 pp., 102 pls.

URL

-- Part 10, ukkk, 1982. 46 pp., 100 pls.

URL

-- Part 11, ukkk, 1987: not available.

-- Part 12, ukkk, 1993. 32 pp., 103 pls.

URL

Les Temples immergés de la Nubie [TemplImm]

From the Internet Archive.

-- Henri Gauthier, Le temple de Kalabchah, premier fascicule,

Le Caire, 1911. - 168 pp., 64 pls. - pdf-file (22 MB)

URL

-- Henri Gauthier, Le temple de Kalabchah, second fascicule,

Le Caire, 1911. - lv, pp. 169-349,  57 pls. - pdf-file (23 MB)

URL

-- Henri Gauthier, Le temple de Kalabchah, tome second (planches)

[= troisième fascicule], Le Caire, 1914. - pp. 350,  8 col. pls.

-- Henri Gauthier, Le temple de Kalabchah, quatrième fascicule,

Le Caire, 1927. - 8 col. pls.

fascs. 3 and 4 bound together - pdf-file (3.6 MB)

URL

-- Günther Roeder, Debod bis Bab Kalabsche, Tome premier,

Le Caire, 1911. - xxviii, 232 pp. - pdf-file (17 MB)

URL

-- Günther Roeder, Debod bis Bab Kalabsche, Tome second,

Le Caire, 1911. - 139 pls. - pdf-file (23 MB)

URL

-- Gaston Maspero, Rapports relatifs à la consolidation des temples,

2 vols., Le Caire, 1911.

Tome premier: Texte. - XXIII, 215 pp. - pdf-file (15 MB) [scan is of low contrast]

URL

Tome second: Planches. - 169 pls., 9 maps - pdf-file (25.4 MB)

URL

-- Friedrich Zucker, Debod bis Bab Kalabsche, Tome troisième,

Le Caire, 1912. - 169 pp. - pdf-file (12 MB)

URL

-- Henri Gauthier, Le temple de Ouadi es-Sebouâ, Tome

premier (Texte), Le Caire, 1912. - xliii, 248 pp. - pdf-file (19 MB)

URL

-- Aylward M. Blackman, The Temple of Derr, Le Caire, 1913. -

131 pp., 71 pls. - pdf-file (18 MB)

URL

-- Henri Gauthier, Le temple d'Amada, premier fascicule,

Le Caire, 1913. - xxxii, 208 pp., 36 pls., 1 plan - pdf-file (17 MB)

URL

-- Henri Gauthier, Le temple d'Amada, deuxième fascicule,

Le Caire, 1926. - 6 col. pls. - pdf-file (2.3 MB)

URL

-- Aylward  M. Blackman, The Temple of Bîgeh, Le Caire,

1915. - vii, 72 pp., 43 pls. - pdf-file (12 MB)

URL (alternative: URL)

-- Gaston Maspero, Documents sur l'état ancien des monuments,

vol. 1, fascicle 2, Le Caire, 1920. - viii, 8 pp., pls. XIII-XXXV -

pdf-file (3.3 MB)

URL

Theodore M. Davis' Excavations: Bibân el Molûk [-]

From the Internet Archive.

-- Howard Carter, Percy E. Newberry, The Tomb of Thoutmôsis IV.

With an Essay on the King's Life and Monuments by Gaston Maspero,

and a Paper on the Physical Characters of the Mummy of Thoutmôsis IV.

by G. Elliot Smith, Westminster, 1904. - xlv, 150 pp., 30 pls. - pdf-file (14 MB)

URL

[See also: Howard Carter, Percy E. Newberry, The Tomb of Thoutmôsis IV,

Westminster, 1904 - URL]

-- Theodore M. Davis, The Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou, ukkk,

1907. Notes on Iouiya and Touiyou by Gaston Maspero. Description

of the Objects Found in the Tomb by Percy E. Newberry. Illustrations

of the Objects by Howard Carter. - xxx, 48 pp. : 44 pls., 1 plan -

pdf-file (7.9 MB)

URL

-- Theodore M. Davis, The Tomb of Siphtah, the Monkey Tomb

and the Gold Tomb, ukkk, 1908. The Discovery of the Tombs

by Theodore M. Davis. King Siptah and Queen Tauosrît by Gaston

Maspero. The Excavations of 1905-1907 by Edward Ayrton.

Catalogue of the Objects Discovered by Geroge Daressy. Illustrations

in Colour by E. Harold Jones. - xxix, 46 pp., 1 frontispiece,

26 pls., 3 plans - pdf-file (6.5 MB)

URL

-- Édouard Naville, The Funeral Papyrus of Iouiya, ukkk,

1908. - viii, 20 pp., 34 pls. - pdf-file (7.9 MB)

URL

-- Theodore M. Davis (ed.), The Tomb of Queen Tîyi, ukkk,

1910. - XXIV, 45 pp., 1 frontispiece, 35 pls. - pdf-file (6.7 MB)

URL

Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia [-]

University of Pennsylvania, Publications of the Egyptian Department

of the University Museum. Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia.

8 volumes. From the Internet Archive.

-- vol. 1: D. Randall-MacIver, C. Leonard Woolley, Areika. With a

Chapter on Meroitic Inscriptions by F. Ll. Griffith, Oxford, 1909. -

56 pp., 43 pls. - pdf-file (7.6 MB)

URL

-- vol. 2: Geoffrey S. Mileham, Churches in Lower Nubia,

Philadelphia, 1910. - xv, 56 pp., 39 pls. - pdf-file (7.6 B)

URL

-- vol. 3: C. Leonard Woolley, D. Randall-MacIver, Karanòg.

The Romano-Nubian Cemetery. Text, Philadelphia, 1910. -

x, 286 pp., 4 pls. - pdf-file (17 MB)

URL

-- vol. 4: C. Leonard Woolley, D. Randall-MacIver, Karanòg.

The Romano-Nubian Cemetery. Plates, Philadelphia, 1910. -

not available

-- vol. 5: C. Leonard Woolley, Karanòg. The Town,

Philadelphia, 1911. - xiii, 51 pp., 30 pls. - pdf-file (6.1 MB)

URL

-- vol. 6: F. Ll. Griffith, Karanòg. The Meroitic Inscriptions of

Shablûl and Karanòg, Philadelphia, 1911. - viii, 181 pp.,

30 pls. - pdf-file (78 MB)

URL

-- vol. 7: D. Randall-MacIver, C. Leonard Woolley,

Buhen. Text, Philadelphia, 1911. - x, 243 pp. - pdf-file (14 MB)

URL

idem (other source) - pdf-file (20 MB)

URL

-- vol. 8: D. Randall-MacIver, C. Leonard Woolley,

Buhen. Plates, Philadelphia, 1911 - 96 plates, 7 plans -

not available

Mémoires publiés par les membres de la Mission

archéologique française au Caire [MMAF]

From Gallica, supplemented by the Internet Archive (*), the

Edfu Library (**), the University of Heidelberg (***), and Digimom (****).

-- vol. 1, fascicle 1, Paris, 1884

Urbain Bouriant, Deux jours de fouilles à Tell el Amarna, pp. 1-22

Victor Loret, Le tombeau de l'am-xent Amen-hotep, pp. 23-32, 3 pls.

Urbain Bouriant, L'église copte du tombeau de Déga, pp. 33-50, 2 pls.

Victor Loret, La stèle de l'am-xent Amen-hotep, pp. 51-54

H. Dulac, Quatre contes aAmwes en dialecte cairote, pp. 55-112

Victor Loret, La tombe de Khâ-m-hâ, pp. 113-132, 4 pls.

vol. 1, fasc.1-2, bound together. - 366 pp., 20 pls - pdf-file (127 MB)

URL(****)

-- vol. 1, fascicle 2, Paris, 1885

Gaston Maspero, Trois années de fouilles dans les tombeaux de

Thèbes et de Memphis, pp. 133-242, 11 pls.

Urbain Bouriant, Les papyrus d'Akhmim (Fragments de manuscrits

en dialectes bachmouriques et thébain), pp. 243-304

Victor Loret, Quelques documents relatifs à la littérature et à la

musique populaires de la Haute-Égypte, pp. 305-366

vol. 1, fasc.1-2, bound together. - 366 pp., 20 pls - pdf-file (127 MB)

URL(****)

-- vol. 1, fascicle 3, Paris, 1887

Urbain Bouriant, Rapport au Ministre de l'Instruction Publique

sur une mission dans la Haute-Égypte (1884-1885), pp. 367-408

P. Ravaisse, Essai sur l'Histoire et sur la Topographie du Caire

d'après Makrîzî, pp. 408-480, 4 pls.

Philippe Virey, Étude sur un parchemin rapporté de Thèbes,

pp. 481-510, 4 pls.

vol. 1, fasc. 3-4  bound together - pp. 367-788, 35 pls. - pdf-file (23.5 MB)

URL(****)

-- vol. 1, fascicule 4: G. Maspero, Les momies royales de Déir

el-Baharî, Paris (1889), pp.  511-787, 27 pls.

URL

vol. 1, fasc. 3-4  bound together - pp. 367-788, 35 pls. - pdf-file (23.5 MB)

URL(****)

-- vol. 2: G. [sic; Eugène] Lefébure, Les hypogées royaux de

Thèbes, première division: Le tombeau de Séti Ier. Publié

in-extenso. Avec la collaboration de MM. U. Bouriant et

V. Loret ... et avec le concours de M. Édouard Naville, Paris,

1886. - 30 pp., 135 pls., 1 plan - [handwritten annotations

by an unknown author]

URL

pdf-file (59 MB)

URL(***)

-- vol. 3, fascicule 1: E. Lefébure, Les hypogées royaux de Thèbes,

seconde division: Notice des hypogées, Paris, 1889. - ix, 191 pp.,

74 pls.

vol. 3 fasc. 1, 2, 3, and 4 bound together - pdf-file (115 MB)

URL

-- vol. 3, fascicule 2: E. Lefébure, Les hypogées royaux de Thèbes,

troisième division: Tombeau de Ramsès IV, Paris, 1889. - viii pp.,

42 pls.

vol. 3 fasc. 2, 3, and 4 bound together  - pdf-file (47.8 MB)

URL

vol. 3 fasc. 1, 2, 3, and 4 bound together - pdf-file (115 MB)

URL

-- vol. 3, fascicule 3: Al. Gayet, Les monuments coptes du Musée de Boulaq,

Paris, 1889. - pp. 1-30, 93 pls. - pdf-file (12.9 MB)

URL(*)

vol. 3 fasc. 2, 3, and 4 bound together  - pdf-file (47.8 MB)

URL

vol. 3 fasc. 1, 2, 3, and 4 bound together - pdf-file (115 MB)

URL

-- vol. 3, fascicule 4:

P. Ravaisse, Essai sur l'histoire et sur la topographie du Caire d'après

Makrîzî: Palais des Khalifes fatimites, Paris 1890. - pp. 31-115, 2 maps

Al. Gayet, Supplément aux Monuments coptes du Musée de Boulaq -

pp. 117-119, 5 pls.

vol. 3 fasc. 2, 3, and 4 bound together  - pdf-file (47.8 MB)

URL

vol. 3 fasc. 1, 2, 3, and 4 bound together - pdf-file (115 MB)

URL

-- vol. 4: E. Amélineau, Monuments pour servir à l'histoire

de l'Égypte chrétienne aux IVe et Ve siècles, 2 fascicules,

Paris, 1888

Premier Fascicule: xciv, 480 pp.

URL

Deuxième Fascicule: pp. 483-840

URL

Fasc. 1 and 2 combined:

URL(*)

-- vol. 5, fascicule 1: Ph. Virey, Le tombeau de Rekhmara, préfet de

Thèbes sous la XVIIIe dynastie, Paris, 1889. - 194 pp., 44 pls. -

pdf-file (37 MB)

URL

-- vol. 5, fascicule 2: Ph. Virey, Sept tombeaux thébains de la XVIIIe

dynastie, Paris, 1891. -pp. 197-380 pp., 5 pls. - pdf-file (27.6 MB)

URL

-- vol. 5, fascicule 3: G. Bénédite, Le tombeau de la reine Thiti,

pp. 381-412; U. Bouriant, Le tombeau de Hsrmh:abi, pp. 413-434;

G. Maspero, Le Tombeau de Montouhikhopshouf, pp. 435-468; G. Maspero,

Le tombeau de Nakbti, pp. 469-485; E. Chassinat, Note sur une porte

du tombeau de Harmhabi, conservée au Musée du Louvre, pp. 486-488;

G. Bénédite, Le tombeau de Néferhorpou, fils d'Amenemanît, pp. 489-540,

Paris, 1894 - pdf-file (47.2 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 5, fascicule 4: Vincent Scheil, Tombeaux Thébains de Mai,

des graveurs, Rateserkasenb, Pâri, Djanni, Apoui, Montou-m-hat,

Aba, Paris, 1894, 9 pls. - pdf-file (1.6 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 6, fascicule 1: Gaston Maspero, Fragments de la version

thébaine de l'Ancien testament - Fragments de manuscrits

copte-thébains provenant de la bibliothèque du deir Amba-Shenoudah,

Paris, 1892, 160 pp. - pdf-file (21.4 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 6, fascicule 2: Gaston Maspero, Fragments de la version

thébaine de l'ancien testament; FR. Vincent Scheil, Tablettes

d'El-Amarna; Paul Casanova, Une sphère céleste de l'an 684 de

l'hégire. Notice sur les stèles aAmwes appartenant à la mission

du Caire, Paris, 1892, pp. 161-336 - pdf-file (13.1 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 6, fascicule 3: Catalogue des pièces de verre des époques

bizantines et aAmwe de la collection Fouquet. Les derniers Fâtimides.

Karâkouch. L'historien ibn 'Abd Adh-Dhâhir, Paris, 1893, pp. 337-505 -

pdf-file (12.4 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 6, fascicule 4: Histoire et Description de la Citadelle du

Caire, Part. 1, Paris, 1897, pp. 519-618, 16 pls. - pdf-file (17.8 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 6, fascicule 5: Histoire et Description de la Citadelle du

Caire, Part. 2, Paris, 1897, pp. 619-781, 17 pls. - pdf-file (17.5 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 7: J. Bourgoin, Précis de l'art aAmwe et matériaux pour

servir à la théorie et à la technique des arts de l'Orient musulman,

Paris, 1892.

I L'architecture: 16 pp., 90 pls.

URL

II Les applications: II, 22 pp., 58 pls.

URL

-- vol. 8, fascicule 1: Urbain Bouriant, La bibliothèque du Deir-Amba

Shenoudi Deuxième partie Acte du concile d'Ephèse Texte copte publié et

traduit par Urbain Bouriant, Paris, 1892, 143 pp. - pdf-file (31.9 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 8, fascicule 2: Urbain Bouriant, L'éloge de l'Apa Victor, fils

de Romanos Texte copte-thébain; Georges Daressy, Recueil de cones

funéraires, Paris, 1892, pp. 145-352 - pdf-file (26.6 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 8, fascicule 3: Jacques de Morgan, Urbain Bouriant and Georges

Legrain, Les carrières de Ptolémaïs, Georges Daressy, La grande

colonnade du temple de Louxor, Paris, 1894, pp. 353-391, 16 pls. -

pdf-file (9.1 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 9, fascicule 1: Jules Baillet, Le papyrus mathématique d'Akhmin,

89 pp. , 7 pls ; Urbain Bouriant, Fragments grecs du livre d'Enoch,

pp. 91-147, Paris, 1892 - pdf-file (29.7 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 9, fascicule 2: Vincent Scheil, Deux traités de Philon Traités

réédités, d'après un papyrus du VIe siècle environ, VII, pp. 151-216,

4 pls., Paris, 1892 - pdf-file (20.2 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 9, fascicule 3: M. Adolphe Lods, Reproduction en héliogravure

du manuscrit d'Enoch et des écrits attribués à Saint-Pierre, pp. 217-335,

24 pls., Paris, 1892 - pdf-file (12.9 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 10: [Maxence de] Rochemonteix, Le temple d'Edfou publié

_in extenso_ par le Marquis de Rochemonteix, première partie,

Paris, 1892-1897. - XX, 614 pp., 46 pls., 16 color plates.  - pdf-file

(151.5 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 11, premier fascicule: Marquis [Maxence] de Rochemonteix, Le

temple d'Edfou. Publié _in extenso_ d'après les estampages et les copies

par Émile Chassinat, Paris, 1897. - IV, pp. 9-80, p., 7 pls. XLa,d-h,

VLIIa-b. - pdf-file (16.8 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 11, Émile Chassinat, Le temple d'Edfou. Publié _in extenso_

d'après les estampages recueillis par le Marquis de Rochemonteix, Tome

second, Le Caire, 1918. - IV, pp. 1-8, 81-314. - pdf-file (54.0 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 11,  troisième fascicule: Émile Chassinat, Le temple d'Edfou.

Publié _in extenso_ d'après les estampages recueillis par le Marquis de

Rochemonteix, Tome second, Le Caire, 1920. - IV, pl. XXVIIa-XLVc -

pdf-file (4.8 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 12, 1er fascicule: Dominique Mallet, Les premiers établissements

des Grecs en Égypte (VIIe et VIe siècles), Paris , 1893. - VI, 499 pp.

URL

-- vol. 13, fasc. 1: Georges Bénédite, Le temple de Philæ,

Paris, 1893. - pp. 1-72, pl. I-XXVI - pdf-file (18.5 M)

URL(*)

-- vol. 13, fasc. 2: Georges Bénédite, Le temple de Philæ,

Paris, 1895. - pp. 73-152, pl. XXVII-LXV - pdf-file (16.3 M)

URL(*)

[fasc. 1 and 2 combined, 1 plan missing]: URL

-- vol. 14 - was never published

-- vol. 15: Al. Gayet, Le temple de Louxor, 1er Fascicule:

Constructions d'Aménophis III. Cour d'Aménophis, Salle hypostyle,

Salle des Offertoires, Salle du _Lever_ et Sanctuaire des Maut,

Paris, 1894. - iv, 124 pp., 75 pls.

URL

-- vol. 16 - was never published

-- vol. 17, fascicule 1: Maqrizi, Description topographique et historique

de l'Égypte, 1ère et 2ème partie, traduit en français par U. Bouriant,

Paris, 1895-1900 –  I : 1895 (XIV-370 p.),  II : 1900 (p.371-748):

URL

URL(*)

-- vol. 18: not available

-- vol. 19: Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum aAmwicarum,

Première partie: Égypte – fascicule premier : Max van Berchem,

Le Caire – fascicule deux : Gaston Wiet, Égypte –  Paris, 1894

URL(*)

-- vol. 20: Émile Chassinat, Le temple d'Edfou, Tome troisième,

Paris, 1928

not available [has been republished - URL]

-- vol. 21: Émile Chassinat, Le temple d'Edfou, Tome quatrième, Paris

not available [has been republished - URL]

-- vol. 22: Émile Chassinat, Le temple d'Edfou, Tome cinquième,

Paris, 1930. XVI, 420 pp. - a collection of 4 pdf-files (in all: 114 MB)

URL(**)

URL(**)

URL(**)

URL(**)

-- vol. 23: Émile Chassinat, Le temple d'Edfou, Tome sixième, Paris,

1931. - VII, 362 pp. - pdf-file (58.2 MB)

URL(*)

-- vol. 24: Émile Chassinat, Le temple d'Edfou, Tome septième,

Paris, 1932. VIII, 354 pp. - a collection of 5 pdf-files (in all: 90 MB)

URL(**)

URL(**)

URL(**)

URL(**)

URL(**)

-- vol. 25: Émile Chassinat, Le temple d'Edfou, Tome huitième, Paris,

1933. - XVI, 298 pp. - pdf-file (46.3 MB)

URL(*)

-- vols. 26-31: Émile Chassinat, Le temple d'Edfou, Tomes IX - XIV,

Paris 1928-1934

not available [have partly been republished - for sale at URL]

-- vols. 32: Émile Chassinat, Le temple d'Edfou, Tomes XV,

Paris 1985

not available

Mémoires publiés par les membres de l'Institut français

d'archéologie orientale du Caire [MIFAO]

From the Internet Archive, supplemented with Gallica (*).

-- vol. 1: Vincent Scheil, - Une saison de fouilles à Sippar,

Le Caire, 1902 - iv, 143 pp., 6 pls. - pdf-file (25.6 MB)

URL

-- vol. 2: Emile Vernier, La bijouterie et la joaillerie

égyptiennes, Le Caire, 1907 - vii, 156 pp., 25 pls. –

pdf-file (21.6 MB)

URL

-- vol. 3: Takî ad Dîn Ahmad Maqrizi, Livre des admonitions

et de l'observation pour l'histoire des quartiers et des

monuments ou Description historique et topographique de

l'Egypte. 3e partie, traduit par Paul Casanova, Le Caire,

1906 [For Part 1 and 2, see MMAF vol. 17] - iv, 328 pp. -

pdf-file (55.5 MB)

URL

URL(*)

-- vol. 4

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• Hieroglyphic index to Faulkner’s dictionary : A handy sheet to help you find signs in Faulkner’s lexicon, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian. Prepared by Marc Line
  
• Thomas George Allen, Occurrence of Pyramid Texts Cross Indexed with Other Mortuary Texts (Univ of Chicago SAOC 27, 1950)
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• Pyramid Texts; English translations by Samuel A. B. Mercer (1952)
  
• Leuven Online Index of Ptolemaic and Roman Hieroglyphic Texts
  
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• SBL, Writings from the Ancient World (includes Egyptian texts)
  
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