The Teaching of Amenemhat I at Amara West: Egyptian literary culture in Upper Nu
Three copies of The Teaching of Amenemhat I have been found in excavations at Amara West, the Ramesside administrative centre for Upper Nubia (Kush). This paper presents these ostraca, the first evidence for literary classics being copied and read outside Egypt itself, and through considering the ar...
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| description | Three copies of The Teaching of Amenemhat I have been found in excavations at Amara West, the Ramesside administrative centre for Upper Nubia (Kush). This paper presents these ostraca, the first evidence for literary classics being copied and read outside Egypt itself, and through considering the archaeological, historical and cultural contexts of Amara West, proposes a range of ancient responses to the literary text. Beyond attesting to the education of scribes through copying exercises, is the apparent predominance of this poetical text at Amara West at all significant? How would this particular poem have seemed in such a place? |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:7e028381-3b14-43b4-b7bb-c554e39bb0392022-03-26T21:07:27ZThe Teaching of Amenemhat I at Amara West: Egyptian literary culture in Upper NuBook sectionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248uuid:7e028381-3b14-43b4-b7bb-c554e39bb039Symplectic Elements at OxfordPeeters2017Parkinson, RSpencer, NBinder, MSpencer, NStevens, AThree copies of The Teaching of Amenemhat I have been found in excavations at Amara West, the Ramesside administrative centre for Upper Nubia (Kush). This paper presents these ostraca, the first evidence for literary classics being copied and read outside Egypt itself, and through considering the archaeological, historical and cultural contexts of Amara West, proposes a range of ancient responses to the literary text. Beyond attesting to the education of scribes through copying exercises, is the apparent predominance of this poetical text at Amara West at all significant? How would this particular poem have seemed in such a place? |
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