The Ancient Near East An Anthology of Texts and PicturesPDF电子书下载

Ⅰ．EGYPTIAN MYTHS AND TALES＆JOHN A．WILSON 1

The Memphite Theology of Creation 1

Deliverance of Mankind from Destruction 3

The Story of Sinuhe 5

The Story of Two Brothers 12

The Journey of Wen-Amon to Phoenicia 16

The Tradition of Seven Lean Years in Egypt 24

Ⅱ．MYTHS AND EPICS FROM MESOPOTAMIA 28

A SUMERIAN MYTH＆S．N．KRAMER 28

The Deluge 28

AKKADIAN MYTHS AND EPICS＆E．A．SPEISER 31

The Creation Epic 31

The Epic of Gilgamesh 40

A Cosmological Incantation：The Worm and the Toothache 75

Adapa 76

Descent of Ishtar to the Nether World 80

The Legend of Sargon 85

Ⅲ．A HITTITE MYTH＆ALBRECHT GOETZE 87

The Telepinus Myth 87

Ⅳ．UGARITIC MYTHS AND EPICS＆H．L．GINSBERG 92

Poems about Baal and Anath 92

The Tale of Aqhat 118

Ⅴ．LEGAL TEXTS 133

COLLECTIONS OF LAWS FROM MESOPOTAMIA 133

The Laws of Eshnunna＆ALBRECHT GOETZE 133

The Code of Hammurabi＆THEOPHILE J．MEEK 138

DOCUMENTS FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW 167

Mesopotamian Legal Documents＆THEOPHILE J．MEEK 167

Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine＆H．L．GINSBERG 170

Ⅵ．EGYPTIAN HISTORICAL TEXTS＆JOHN A．WILSON 173

The Expulsion of the Hyksos 173

Asiatic Campaign of Thut-mose Ⅲ 175

A Campaign of Seti I in Northern Palestine 182

The Report of a Frontier Official 183

A Syrian Interregnum 184

The War Against the Peoples of the Sea 185

The Megiddo Ivories 187

The Campaign of Sheshonk Ⅰ 187

Ⅶ．ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN HISTORICAL TEXTS＆A．LEO OPPENHEIM 188

Ashurnasirpal Ⅱ(883-859)：Expedition to the Lebanon 188

Shalmaneser Ⅲ(858-824)：The Fight Against the Aramean Coalition 188

Adad-nirari Ⅲ(810-783)：Expedition to Palestine 192

Tiglath-pileser Ⅲ(744-727)：Campaigns Against Syria and Palestine 193

Sargon Ⅱ(721-705)：The Fall of Samaria 195

Sennacherib(704-681)：The Siege of Jerusalem 199

Esarhaddon(680-669)：The Syro-Palestinian Campaign 201

Receipt of Tribute from Palestine 202

HISTORIOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTS 202

The Fall of Nineveh 202

The Fall of Jerusalem 203

The Fall of Babylon 203

Nebuchadnezzar Ⅱ(605-562) 205

Cyrus(557-529) 206

Ⅷ．PALESTINIAN INSCRIPTIONS＆W．F．ALBRIGHT 209

The Gezer Calendar 209

The Moabite Stone 209

The Ostraca of Samaria 211

The Siloam Inscription 212

The Lachish Ostraca 212

Ⅸ．CANAANITE AND ARAMAIC INSCRIPTIONS＆FRANZ ROSENTHAL 215

BUILDING INSCRIPTIONS 215

Yehimilk of Byblos 215

Azitawadda of Adana 215

Kilamuwa of Y＇dy-Sam＇al 217

Barrakab of Y＇dy-Sam＇al 218

CULTIC INSCRIPTIONS 219

Ben-Hadad of Damascus 219

Kilamuwa of Y＇dy-Sam＇al 219

Zakir of Hamat and Lu＇ath 219

Yehawmilk of Byblos 220

The Marseilles Tariff 221

The Carthage Tariff 223

Ⅹ．RITUALS AND HYMNS 225

EGYPTIAN EXECRATION TEXTS＆JOHN A．WILSON 225

The Execration of Asiatic Princes 225

EGYPTIAN HYMNS＆JOHN A．WILSON 226

The Hymn to the Aton 226

Hymn of Victory of Mer-ne-Ptah(The＂Israel Stela＂) 231

AN AKKADIAN HYMN＆FERRIS J．STEPHENS 231

Hymn to Ishtar 231

Ⅺ．WISDOM，PROPHECY，AND SONGS 234

EGYPTIAN INSTRUCTIONS＆JOHN A．WILSON 234

The Instruction of the Vizier Ptah-hotep 234

The Instruction of Amen-em-Opet 237

PROVERBS FROM MESOPOTAMIA＆ROBERT H．PFEIFFER 244

ARAMAIC PROVERBS AND PRECEPTS＆H．L．GINSBERG 245

The Words of Ahiqar 245

AKKADIAN OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE＆ROBERT H．PFEIFFER 250

A Pessimistic Dialogue between Master and Servant 250

EGYPTIAN PROPHECIES，SONGS，AND POEMS＆JOHN A．WILSON 252

The Prophecy of Nefer-rohu 252

Love Songs 257

In Praise of the City Ramses 258

Ⅻ．LETTERS 260

AKKADIAN LETTERS＆W．F．ALBRIGHT 260

The Mari Letters 260

The Amarna Letters 262

ARAMAIC LETTERS＆H．L．GINSBERG 278

Letters of the Jews in Elephantine 278

Index to Biblical References 283

Illustrations 285

Index and Glossary 374