R.A. Caminos, A Tale of Woe.
110 pp; 34 x 25.5 cm; 13 pls; ISBN 0 900416 09 2; 1977; cloth.
£16.00.
The Tale of Woe is the earliest known literary composition
which uses as imaginary letter as a vehicle for a fictional
narrative. It gives an unparalleled account of all the ills of
an Egyptian rural community under misrule.
This new edition reproduces the hieratic text with
transcriptions, a translation, a philological commentary,
literary evaluation of the story, and full general, Egyptian,
Coptic and Greek indexes.
Plate 3.
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