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The Teaching of Amenemhat I at Amara West: Egyptian literary culture in Upper Nu

Abstract:: Three copies of The Teaching of Amenemhat I have been found in excavations at Amara West, the Ramesside administrative centre for Upper Nubia (Kush). This paper presents these ostraca, the first evidence for literary classics being copied and read outside Egypt itself, and through considering the archaeological, historical and cultural contexts of Amara West, proposes a range of ancient responses to the literary text. Beyond attesting to the education of scribes through copying exercises, is the apparent predominance of this poetical text at Amara West at all significant? How would this particular poem have seemed in such a place?

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Parkinson, R., & Spencer, N. (2017). The Teaching of Amenemhat I at Amara West: Egyptian literary culture in Upper Nu. In M. Binder, N. Spencer, & A. Stevens (Eds.), Nubia in the New Kingdom: Lived Experience, Pharaonic Control and Indigenous Traditions. Peeters.

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Parkinson, R, and N Spencer. “The Teaching of Amenemhat I at Amara West: Egyptian Literary Culture in Upper Nu.” Nubia in the New Kingdom: Lived Experience, Pharaonic Control and Indigenous Traditions, edited by M Binder et al., Peeters, 2017. British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan.

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Parkinson, R, and N Spencer. 2017. “The Teaching of Amenemhat I at Amara West: Egyptian Literary Culture in Upper Nu.” In Nubia in the New Kingdom: Lived Experience, Pharaonic Control and Indigenous Traditions, edited by M Binder, N Spencer, and A Stevens. British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan. Peeters.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: HUMS
Department:: Oriental Studies Faculty
Oxford college:: Queens College
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Role:: Author, Editor

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Role:: Editor

Role:: Editor

Publisher:: Peeters
Host title:: Nubia in the New Kingdom: Lived Experience, Pharaonic Control and Indigenous Traditions
Series:: British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan
Place of publication:: leuven
Publication date:: 2017-07-06
ISBN:: 9789042932586

Keywords:: SBTMR
Pubs id:: pubs:857208
UUID:: uuid:7e028381-3b14-43b4-b7bb-c554e39bb039
Local pid:: pubs:857208
Source identifiers:: 857208
Deposit date:: 2018-06-14
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_7e0283813b1443b4b7bbc554e39bb039

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Copyright date:: 2017
Notes:: http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz.asp?nr=10043.

Licence:: Terms and Conditions of Use for Oxford University Research Archive

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