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A text written about the 9th-10 dyansty. The text is supposed to be a dialogue between a man's soul who tries to convince the man of not comitting suicide. Anybody have any more details about this story?
Posts: 8675 | From: Tukuler al~Takruri as Ardo since OCT2014 | Registered: Feb 2003
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I've got this story repeated in a couple books ... I can immediately put my fingers on:
"The Literature of Ancient Egypt", edited & with translations from William Kelly Simpson, R.O. Faulkner, Edward F. Wente Jr., William Kelly Simpson, Yale U Press (Part III, Instructions, Lamentations & Dialogues, titled "The Man Who Was Tired of Life", p. 201 - 210.)
"Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume 1: The Old and Middle Kingdoms", Miriam Lichtheim, U of California Press. (Part III, the Middle Kingdom, Section III, Didactic Literature, titled "Dispute between a man and his Ba, p. 163 - 169.)
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Arnold Lorpenio ... Is that name spelled correctly? It doesn't show up in any Google or book search over here, anyway.
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Found him ... wow! (He's listed as authoring 2 books ...) Wow - because the book would cost $313 Canadian which my currency converter translates to $1,470.37 Egyptian pounds, which means you either have a marvelous university library or ... do they have lotteries in Egypt?
I tend to wait for sales, and/or books with damaged covers, because a slightly torn jacket can net a 40% discount - which means more books! Have you ever checked out the site below? (They don't have everything all the time, but they're worth a monthly browse!) http://www.oxbowbooks.com/
Oops, hooked, gotta go browse now ...
Before I go, how reliable is the Egyptian mail service really?
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