Sacred Texts Ancient Near East Records of the Past Egypt

Records of the Past, 2nd series, Vol. III

ed. by A. H. Sayce

[1890]

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This entry in the Records of the Past series includes the Precepts of Ptah-Hotep, the 'oldest book in the world,' the Hymn to the Nile, and the India House inscription of Nebuchadrezzer.

Title Page
Preface
Table of Contents
Equivalents Of The Hebrew Letters In The Transliteration Of Assyrian Names Mentioned In These Volumes
The Assyrian and Egyptian Calendars

The Precepts of Ptah-Hotep

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The Daughter of the Prince of Bakhtan and the Spirit that Possessed Her

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Hymn to the Nile

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Letters to Egypt from Babylonia, Assyria, and Syria, in the Fifteenth Century B.C.

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I.—Letter of Assur-yuballidh, King of Assyria, to Amenophis IV, King of Egypt
II.—Letter of Burna-buryas, King of Babylonia, to Amenophis IV of Egypt
III.—Letter of Burna-buryas to Amenophis IV
IV.—Letter from Aziru to his Brother Khâi
V.—Letter from Aziru to his Father Dûdu
VI.—Letter from Rib-Addu to the King of Egypt
VII.—Letters from Dusratta, King of Mitanni, to Amenophis III
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IX.—Letter of Dusratta to Amenophis IV
X.—Letter of Dusratta to Amenophis III
XI.—Letter of Dusratta to Amenophis IV

Ancient Babylonian Agricultural Precepts

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The India House Inscription of Nebuchadrezzar the Great

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Contract-Tablets Relating to Belshazzar

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The Kings of Ararat
The Kings of Persia
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