The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant (Paperback)

R.B. Parkinson

ISBN 10: 0900416602 / ISBN 13: 9780900416606

Published by Griffith Institute, Oxford, 2005

About this Item

Paperback. This is one of the masterpieces from the golden age of Egyptian literature in the Middle Kingdom. Although the Tale has been much studied and quoted, there has never been a full parallel edition of the manuscripts. This volume fills that gap and provides a standard text to serve as a basis for future research. For the edition of the Egyptian text, Richard Parkinson has collated the transcriptions with the original papyri in Berlin and London, and proposes a number of new and improved readings. The textual notes supply facsimiles of problematic passages, offer restorations for damaged sections, and record the variant readings of previous scholars. The introduction describes the four manuscripts and discusses their date and provenance. Richard Parkinson constructs the first stemma for the textual tradition of the Tale, as well as presenting a history and bibliography of previous studies. It is a revised reprint, with corrections. Presents one of the masterpieces from the golden age of Egyptian literature in the Middle Kingdom. This volume provides a text to serve as a basis for future research. It supplies facsimiles of problematic passages, offers restorations for damaged sections, and records the variant readings of previous scholars. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant (Paperback)
• Publisher: Griffith Institute, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: Egyptian (Ancient)
• ISBN 10: 0900416602
• ISBN 13: 9780900416606
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This is one of the great texts from the golden age of Egyptian literature in the Middle Kingdom. Although the tale has been much studied and quoted, there has never been a full parallel edition of the manuscripts. This volume, though not a translation, provides a standard text to serve as a basis for further research. Parkinson has collated the transciptions with the original papyri in Berlin and London, and proposes a number of new and improved readings. The introduction describes the manuscripts and discusses their date and provenance.

About the Author

Richard Parkinson is Lady Wallis Budge Research Fellow in Egyptology at the University College Oxford and Special Assistant in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum in London.