Overview
The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah's 5th regnal year, the longest surviving continuous monumental text from Egypt, describes the combined Libyan and Sea People invasion of Egypt c.1208 BCE. This new study, the first complete commentary on this long but unfortunately damaged text, begins with a translation of the text, accompanied by detailed notes. The study considers specific military aspects of the inscription alongside its religious background. A grammatical analysis of the Great Karnak Inscription also sheds new light on the grammar of Ramesside monumental texts.
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Author: Colleen Manassa
Publisher: Yale Egyptological Institute
Imprint: Yale Egyptological Institute
Volume: v. 5
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 25.00cm
Weight: 0.475kg
ISBN: 9780974002507
ISBN 10: 097400250
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 31 December 2004
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'...a very useful study of a highly important historical text, largely neglected hitherto.' (K A Kitchen, Book List 2005) '...should be of interest to anyone studying issues relating to international relations of the period, aspects of military conflict in the later New Kingdom, or the monumental grammar of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties [...] The welcome inclusion of the complete hieroglyphic text should be of great use to anyone wishing to study the content and grammar of this inscription for themselves.' (Joshua Roberson, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. XL2005)
'...a very useful study of a highly important historical text, largely neglected hitherto.' (K A Kitchen, Book List 2005) '...should be of interest to anyone studying issues relating to international relations of the period, aspects of military conflict in the later New Kingdom, or the monumental grammar of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties [...] The welcome inclusion of the complete hieroglyphic text should be of great use to anyone wishing to study the content and grammar of this inscription for themselves.' (Joshua Roberson, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. XL2005)
...a very useful study of a highly important historical text, largely neglected hitherto. K A Kitchen, Book List (2005) ...should be of interest to anyone studying issues relating to international relations of the period, aspects of military conflict in the later New Kingdom, or the monumental grammar of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties [...] The welcome inclusion of the complete hieroglyphic text should be of great use to anyone wishing to study the content and grammar of this inscription for themselves. Joshua Roberson, Journal of the American Research Centre in Egypt, Vol. XL (2005)
...a very useful study of a highly important historical text, largely neglected hitherto. K A Kitchen, Book List (2005) ...should be of interest to anyone studying issues relating to international relations of the period, aspects of military conflict in the later New Kingdom, or the monumental grammar of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties[...] The welcome inclusion of the complete hieroglyphic text should be of great use to anyone wishing to study the content and grammar of this inscription for themselves. Joshua Robertson, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. XL (2005)
