A letter of protest from the Old Kingdom

• Authors: Thorpe Susan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

There has been a considerable focus on ancient Egyptian letters due to the recognition of their importance as primary sources of social and historical knowledge. The personal correspondence from ancient Egypt exemplifies the extra knowledge such letters are able to provide. Their importance lies in their additional information regarding ancient Egyptian society – daily life, religious affairs, military achievements – in comparison with other types of visual and textual evidence. To illustrate this point the following study focuses on one of the few surviving letters from the Old Kingdom. It concerns a commander of troops’ com plaint in response to a communication from the chief justice and vizier ordering him to bring his battalion to receive their clothing.

Keywords

EN

sender; recipient; reason for writing; the problem; historical context; location

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Pražské egyptologické studie (Prague Egyptological Studies)
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 27
• Pages: 97-104

Contributors

author

Thorpe Susan

• Honorary Research Fellow, University of Auckland, New Zealand