The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant

Parkinson, R.B. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0900416602 / ISBN 13: 9780900416606

Published by Griffith Institute / Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK, 1991

About this Item

Scarce. This soft cover work is the standard edition for studying this famous tale. The book is 144 pages in length. This copy is unread and is in mint condition. Photographs are available.

Seller Inventory # 000730

Bibliographic Details

• 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: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

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.