Books in the Yale Egyptological Studies series

The document better known as the Ramesseum Dramatic Papyrus, was found in a late Middle Kingdom tomb in the Ramesseum necropolis, together with other manuscripts and artifacts, all primarily magico-medical in function. Discusses the occupation of the tomb owner based on an analysis of this exceptional find in its entirety. 16 col & 39 b/w illus.

The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah's 5th regnal year, the longest surviving continuous monumental text from Egypt, describes the combined Libyan and Sea People invasion of Egypt c.1208 BCE. This new study, the first complete commentary on this damaged text, begins with a translation of the text, accompanied by detailed notes.

Full colour, numerous charts and catalogues. Draws together information on all slab stelae emplacements, the history of their excavation, previous scholarly research, and comparative and interpretive chapters. Appendices incl. palaeographies of all hieroglyphs appearing on the stelae, and a collection of 'linen lists' that adorn the Giza stelae.

This new study, the first extensive commentary on the five liturgically connected hymns, features new translations with detailed notes. The book also considers dominant theological themes present in the texts, including the concept of "Amun within the Iris."

The second monograph devoted to the work of the Theban Desert Road Survey presents the major rock inscriptions of the northwestern Theban Desert and the western hinterlands of Qamula. The material includes six larger sites and several smaller collections and individual inscriptions and images.

A comprehensive examination of a Late Period hieratic papyrus in the Brooklyn Museum, a compilation of seventeen individual prophylactic texts whose anatomical focus is the ear. Many of the texts state that they are intended for the protection of the ears of a king named Psamtik, a historical figure who ruled Egypt in the seventh century BCE.

Ritual Landscape and Performance contains various articles discussing the use of ritual landscape from the Old to the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, by focusing on landscape archaeology of specific sites such as Saqqara, el-Bersheh, Abydos, Thebes, as well as Aniba in Nubia.

This new study is the first translation of the papyrus of Padikakem, with an extensive commentary. The complete early Ptolemaic manuscript from the Walters Art Museum contains two uncommon texts in hieratic. The study also thoroughly examines the development of grammar and paleography among the parallels.