The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians (1927) - Page 19

III. FROM THE NEW KINGDOM

The New Kingdom was the age of Egypt's empire, featuring famous rulers like Thutmose III, Akhenaten, and Ramesses the Great.

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A. NARRATIVES—

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1. The Tale of the Two Brothers . . . . .	150
2. The Enchanted Prince . . . . . .	161 This story is also frequently called "The Doomed Prince."
3. King Apophis and Sekenenre . . . . .	165 original: "Apōphis." This text recounts the legendary spark of the war to expel the Hyksos from Egypt.
4. The Capture of Joppa . . . . . .	167 An ancient Egyptian tale of military trickery, where soldiers are smuggled into a city inside baskets.
5. Concerning Astarte . . . . . .	169 Astarte was a Canaanite goddess adopted into the Egyptian pantheon during the New Kingdom.
6. A Ghost Story . . . . . . .	170
7. Concerning a King and a Goddess . . . .	172
8. The Quarrel of the Body and the Head . . .	173
9. The Voyage of Unamūn . . . . . .	174 original: "Unamūn." More commonly known today as the "Report of Wenamun," it describes a priest's difficult journey to Lebanon to buy cedar wood.

B. THE SCHOOLS AND THEIR WRITINGS—
These texts were used by apprentice scribes to practice their writing and learn the values of the civil service.

1. Exhortations and Warnings to Schoolboys—

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Life at School . . . . . . .	189
Be diligent . . . . . . . .	189
The same . . . . . . . .	190
The same . . . . . . . .	190
Beer and the maiden . . . . . .	190
The schoolboy is put in chains original: "fetters" . . . . .	191
Be diligent . . . . . . . .	192
Do not be a farmer original: "husbandman" . . . . . .	193
Do not be a soldier . . . . . .	193
The same . . . . . . . .	194
Do not be a charioteer . . . . . .	195
Do not be a soldier, a priest, or a baker . . .	196
Be an official . . . . . . .	197
A fragment . . . . . . . .	198

2. Actual Letters as Models for Schoolboys—

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Pursuit of a runaway slave . . . . .	198
Order to carry out a piece of work . . . . .	199
Business of various sorts . . . . .	199
Request for assistance in a matter of taxation . .	200
Enquiries . . . . . . . .	201
Family letter . . . . . . .	201
Congratulations . . . . . . .	202
Reproof of a high official . . . . .	203
Boredom original: "Ennui" in a lonely place . . . . .	203
Longing for Memphis . . . . . .	205

3. Fictitious Model Letters—

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In praise of the new city called House-of-Ramesses .	206 House-of-Ramesses (Pi-Ramesses) was the grand capital built by Ramesses II in the eastern Nile Delta.
Letter of a governor to a subordinate original: "vassal" . . . . .	207
Equipment for a royal journey . . . . .	208
Equipment for the king . . . . . .	209
Equipment of a war-chariot . . . . .	211