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Tables of Contents for The Tale of Sinuhe and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems, 1940-1640 Bc
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
3
Note on the Translations
xii
3
Select Bibliography
xv
16
Chronology
xxxi
2
Map
xxxiii
INTRODUCTION
1
20
TALES
21
110
1 The Tale of Sinuhe
21
33
2 The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant
54
35
3 The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor
89
13
4 The Tale of King Cheops' Court
102
29
DISCOURSES
131
72
5 The Words of Neferti
131
13
6 The Words of Khakheperreseneb
144
7
7 The Dialogue of a Man and his Soul
151
15
8 The Dialogue of Ipuur and the Lord of All
166
37
TEACHINGS
203
84
9 The Teaching of King Amenemhat
203
9
10 The Teaching for King Merikare
212
23
11 The `Loyalist' Teaching
235
11
12 The Teaching of the Vizier Ptahhotep
246
27
13 The Teaching of Khety
273
14
PHRASES AND FRAGMENTS
287
10
14 Phrases and Fragments
287
10
Glossary
297