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Author Foster, John L. (John Lawrence), 1930-2011.

Title Love songs of the New Kingdom. / Translated from the ancient Egyptian by John L. Foster. Illustrated with hieroglyphs drawn by the translator and with paintings from Egyptian tombs by Nina M. Davies.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, [1974]

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  PJ1945 .F6    Available  ---
Description xix, 120 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Some rather lively lines (Papyrus Chester Beatty I)--Songs inscribed on an earthen vessel (Cairo ostracon 25218)--Songs of the garden (Papyrus Harris 500)--Songs of great heart's ease (Papyrus Chester Beatty I)--Songs from a faded papyrus (Papyrus Harris 500)--Stanzaic love song (Papyrus Chester Beatty I)--Songs of the orchard (Papyrus Turin 1966)--Songs of the birdcatcher's daughter (Papyrus Harris 500)
Subject Love poetry, Egyptian -- Translations into English.
Love poetry, Egyptian.
Love poetry, English.
Love poetry, English.
Love songs -- Egypt -- Texts.
Love songs.
Egypt.
Genre/Form Texts.
ISBN 068413781X