The Duties Of The Vizier: Civil Administration in the Early New Kingdom / Edition 1

by G. P. F. Van Den Boorn

Overview

Part of a collection on Studies in Egyptology, and originally published in 1988, this monograph looks at 'Rekhmara expedie les affiars du gouvernement' a text by Phillippe Virey which describes the organisation of the Egyptian State under the eighteenth Dynasty. It was later renamed as 'The Duties of the Vizier'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780710303301
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/04/1988
Series:	Studies in Egyptology
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, LIST OF FIGURES, INTRODUCTION EDITIONS, STUDIES AND TRANSLATIONS, CHAPTER 1. THE TEXT: TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY, CHAPTER 2. THE TEXT AS A COMPOSITION: NOTES ON LANGUAGE, STRUCTURE AND PATTERNING, CHAPTER 3. THE TEXT AS A SOURCE: THE ACTIVITIES OF A VIZIER, CHAPTER 4. THE TEXT IN PERSPECTIVE: DATE AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, CONCLUSION, APPENDIX, INDEXES, PLATES