THE REIGN OF RAMESSES IV

This book presents a compact and comprehensive history of the reign of Ramesses IV, who ruled Egypt at a point of transition between the last days of her greatness under Ramesses III and her political and economic decline under Ramesses IV's successors. To this end, all the main resources for our knowledge of this reign are drawn upon: major royal inscriptions and monuments, the hierarchy of the officials, papyri and ostraca. All aspects of the reign receive attention: the king's origins and family, his foreign contacts and expeditions, his attitude to the Egyptian gods, and the supporting officialdom. Key texts are included in modern translation.

A.J. Peden has several published papers to his credit (in Göttinger Miszellen, Orientalia, Chronique d'Égypte), and a volume of translations of the major inscriptions of the 20th Dynasty in a Swedish international series.

148pp. A5 (1994) 4 figs; 0 85668 622 0 pb $30 / £15

CONTENTS Abbreviations Preface Bibliography CHAPTERS1­8 Figures Index

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"The whole work is easy to follow..." "The notes to the text are detailed and up-to-date, for this work..." "...this valuable survey of Ramesses IV is made even more useful by its reasoned and effective approach, and simply on that basis I would recommend its orientation and structure for future historians.." JNES

"... I have no hesitation in recommending it as an admirable summary of the reign. Indeed, it could well serve as a model for works of similar scope, a genre with which Egyptology is fairly poorly served." Chronique d'Egypte

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