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Daily Life in Ancient Egyptian Personal Correspondence
Representations and inscriptions on tomb and temple walls and individual stelae have provided considerable knowledge of ancient Egyptian daily life, religious custom and military achievements. However, as visual or eulogistic textual evidence they are unable to provide the insight into the people themselves, their personalities and the events and issues they were concerned with, insight which can be found in personal correspondence. Daily Life in Ancient Egyptian Personal Correspondence addresses a selection of letters from the Old Kingdom up to and including the Twenty-first Dynasty. Under the topic headings of problems and issues, daily life, religious matters, military and police matters, it will show the insight they provide regarding aspects of belief, relationships, custom and behaviour, evidencing the distinctiveness of the data such personal correspondence can provide as a primary source of daily life in ancient Egypt – the extra dimension.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Problems and issues
Letter 1
Letter 2
Letter 3
Letter 4
Domestic issues and responsibility
Letter 5
Letter 6
Provisioning
Letter 7
Letter 8
Personal and familial issues
Letter 9
Letter 10
Letter 11
Letter 12
Summary
Daily Life
Building work and labour
Letter 1
Letter 2
Husbandry
Letter 3
Letter 4
Letter 5
Provisions
Letter 6
Letter 7
Personal topics
Letter 8
Letter 9
Letter 10
Raw materials
Letter 11
Letters 12 and 13
Summary
Religious matters
Religious duties, festivals, and a divine offering problem
Letter 1
Letter 2
Letter 3
Letter 4
Letter 5
The ‘God’s Father Priests of “He of the Camp”’
Letter 6
Letter 7
Letter 8
Letter 9
Letter 10
Letter 11
Letter 12
Letter 13
Summary
Military and police matters
Military duties and responsibility
Letters 1, 2 and 3
Letter 4
Letter 5
Letter 6
An assassination plot
Letter 7
Letter 8
Letter 9
Summary
Further analysis
Aspects of agricultural organisation and natural resources
Religious aspects
Aspects of feelings and emotion
The role of women
Delivery
Writers and recipients
Aspects regarding distinctiveness of data
Conclusion
Appendix
Letters within collections
Letters from a specific period
Letters grouped by topic
Letters grouped by same sender and/or recipient
Letters studied with respect to specific aspects of structure and focus
In other categories of correspondence
References
Table of Contents
Introduction
Problems and issues
Letter 1
Letter 2
Letter 3
Letter 4
Domestic issues and responsibility
Letter 5
Letter 6
Provisioning
Letter 7
Letter 8
Personal and familial issues
Letter 9
Letter 10
Letter 11
Letter 12
Summary
Daily Life
Building work and labour
Letter 1
Letter 2
Husbandry
Letter 3
Letter 4
Letter 5
Provisions
Letter 6
Letter 7
Personal topics
Letter 8
Letter 9
Letter 10
Raw materials
Letter 11
Letters 12 and 13
Summary
Religious matters
Religious duties, festivals, and a divine offering problem
Letter 1
Letter 2
Letter 3
Letter 4
Letter 5
The ‘God’s Father Priests of “He of the Camp”’
Letter 6
Letter 7
Letter 8
Letter 9
Letter 10
Letter 11
Letter 12
Letter 13
Summary
Military and police matters
Military duties and responsibility
Letters 1, 2 and 3
Letter 4
Letter 5
Letter 6
An assassination plot
Letter 7
Letter 8
Letter 9
Summary
Further analysis
Aspects of agricultural organisation and natural resources
Religious aspects
Aspects of feelings and emotion
The role of women
Delivery
Writers and recipients
Aspects regarding distinctiveness of data
Conclusion
Appendix
Letters within collections
Letters from a specific period
Letters grouped by topic
Letters grouped by same sender and/or recipient
Letters studied with respect to specific aspects of structure and focus
In other categories of correspondence
References
136 pages, Paperback
Published March 16, 2021
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