Love songs of the New Kingdom.
By: Translated from the ancient Egyptian by John L. Foster. Illustrated with hieroglyphs drawn by the translator and with paintings from Egyptian tombs by Nina M. Davies.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1974
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Love poetry, Egyptian -- Translations into English.; Love songs -- Egypt -- Texts.
Table of contents: title: Some rather lively lines (Papyrus Chester Beatty I); title: Songs inscribed on an earthen vessel (Cairo ostracon 25218); title: Songs of the garden (Papyrus Harris 500); title: Songs of great heart's ease (Papyrus Chester Beatty I); title: Songs from a faded papyrus (Papyrus Harris 500); title: Stanzaic love song (Papyrus Chester Beatty I); title: Songs of the orchard (Papyrus Turin 1966); title: Songs of the birdcatcher's daughter (Papyrus Harris 500)