LITERATURE OF

EGYPT
ANCIENT EGYPT

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 ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
LITERATURE
- was written in the Egyptian language from
ancient Egypt's pharaonic period until the end
of Roman domination. It represents the oldest
corpus of Egyptian literature. Along with
Sumerian literature, it is considered the
world's earliest literature

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 WRITING IMPLEMENTS AND
MATERIALS
- Egyptian literature was produced on a variety of media. Along
with the chisel, necessary for making inscriptions on stone, the
chief writing tool of ancient Egypt was the reed pen, a reed
fashioned into a stem with a bruised, brush-like end. It is
thought that papyrus rolls were moderately expensive
commercial items, since many are palimpsests, manuscripts that
have had their original contents erased to make room for new
written works. It also explains the frequent use of ostraca and
limestone flakes as writing media for shorter written works.

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BOOK OF
THE DEAD

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 Book of the “ HAVING A BOOK OF
Dead THE DEAD IN ONE'S

- is a collection of spells which TOMB WOULD BE THE

enable the soul of the deceased to EQUIVALENT OF A
navigate the afterlife. The famous
STUDENT IN THE MODERN
title was given the work by
western scholars; the actual title DAY GETTING THEIR
would translate as The Book of HANDS ON ALL THE TEST
Coming Forth by Day or Spells for
ANSWERS THEY WOULD
Going Forth by Day and a more
apt translation to English would EVER NEED. “
be The Egyptian Book of Life.

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ANCIENT
STORIES

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 TALES AND STORIES
- Narrative tales and stories are most often found on
papyri, but partial and sometimes complete texts are
found on ostraca. For example, Sinuhe is found on five
papyri composed during the Twelfth and Thirteenth
dynasties.[106] This text was later copied numerous times
on ostraca during the Nineteenth and Twentieth dynasties,
with one ostraca containing the complete text on both
sides

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THE TALE OF THE
TWO BROTHERS
 THE TWO BROTHERS
- The Tale of Two Brothers is an ancient Egyptian story that
dates from the reign of Seti II, who ruled from 1200 to
1194 BC during the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom. The
story is preserved on the Papyrus D'Orbiney, which is
currently preserved in the British Museum

The story centers around two brothers: Anpu (Anubis),

who is married, and the younger Bata. The brothers work
together, farming land and raising cattle. One day, Anpu's
wife attempts to seduce Bata.

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 THE TALE OF
SETNA AND THE
MAGIC BOOK
 THE TALE OF SETNA AND THE
MAGIC BOOK
- Setna Takes the Book

He challenges the prince to a game of draughts.

pharaoh tells Setna to bring the book back to the tomb &
its rightful owners but he ignores this advice & spends his
time reading from IT to anyone who will listen. They play
three games, and Setna loses each time.

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 PRIVATE
LETTERS,
MODEL
LETTERS, AND
EPISTLES

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 PRIVATE LETTERS, MODEL
LETTERS, AND EPISTLES

• - The ancient Egyptian model letters and

epistles are grouped into a single literary
genre. Papyrus rolls sealed with mud stamps
were used for long-distance letters, while
ostraca were frequently used to write shorter,
non-confidential letters sent to recipients
located nearby. Private letters could be used as
epistolary model letters for schoolboys to copy,
including letters written by their teachers or
their families.

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