Scarce. This soft cover work is the standard edition for studying this famous tale. The book is 144 pages in length. Our copy is unread. It has been signed by Professor Parkinson. The cover is slightly age toned. Photographs are available upon request. "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".

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Title: The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant
Publisher: Griffith Institute / Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Publication Date: 1991
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0900416602
ISBN 13: 9780900416606
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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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.

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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.

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A large collection of privately owned publications, mostly relating to ancient Egypt (all periods), Nubia, and the surrounding areas, which have been gathered together over the course of the last fifty years. Books range from second-hand in good condition to extremely rare, with a number of recently acquired brand new volumes. Over the years I have also procured a selection of withdrawn university library books. The collection further includes a significant number of scholarly journals and popular magazines about the ancient world. Please browse the titles currently available. Additional works are still being added. There are hundreds more yet to be listed. If you should have any questions about any of these offerings, please feel free to inquire. Emails are attempted to be answered in an expeditious manner. Your purchases are always carefully wrapped and shipped promptly. The books come from a smoke-free household. Photographs are available to those seriously interested.

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