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Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume II: The New Kingdom

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Divinity Atlas. "Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume II: The New Kingdom." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/ancient-egyptian-literature-volume-ii-the-new-kingdom.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume II: The New Kingdom. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/ancient-egyptian-literature-volume-ii-the-new-kingdom

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@misc{divinityatlas-ancient-egyptian-literature-volume-ii-th,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume II: The New Kingdom},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/ancient-egyptian-literature-volume-ii-the-new-kingdom},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Miriam Lichtheim was a specialist Egyptologist and translator, and this volume, the second of her three volume standard anthology, presents her own scholarly translations of New Kingdom texts including the Great Hymn to the Aten, the Osiris hymn on the stela of Amenmose and the Leiden hymns to Amun, each with her own commentary on date and provenance drawn directly from the hieroglyphic sources. That direct philological translation and dating work is the volume's real evidentiary basis. Use it for the content, date and provenance of these New Kingdom Egyptian religious texts as this standard scholarly anthology presents them; a claim about Old or Middle Kingdom material needs the companion volume covering that earlier period.

Facts

Assessment

Reliability Tier

Miriam Lichtheim's scholarly translation of New Kingdom Egyptian texts including the Great Hymn to the Aten and hymns to Amun, with commentary on date and provenance, published by University of California Press.

Notes

Translations of the Great Hymn to the Aten, the Osiris hymn on the stela of Amenmose and the Leiden hymns to Amun, with commentary on date and provenance.

Citation

Author

Miriam Lichtheim

Publisher

University of California Press

Publication Year

1976

URL

https://search.worldcat.org/title/778435126

Source Type

academic monograph

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Amun

This source names Amun directly: "of Amenmose and the Leiden hymns to Amun, each with her own commentary on date and provenance drawn directly from the hieroglyphic sources."

Source Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume II: The New KingdomMiriam Lichtheim

Osiris

This source names Osiris directly: "the Great Hymn to the Aten, the Osiris hymn on the stela of Amenmose and the Leiden hymns to Amun, each with her own commentary on date and provenance drawn directly from the hieroglyphic sources."

Source Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume II: The New KingdomMiriam Lichtheim

Claims Backed By This Source (121 claims)

This source backs 121 claims across the atlas. As facts: 79 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 15 holds, 2 connected. Plus 23 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 41 claims: 26 well-attested, 9 holds, 6 general references.
Articles, 28 claims: 22 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 connected, 3 general references.
Other Writings, 12 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Deities, 11 claims: 6 well-attested, 5 general references.
Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
Prayers, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.
Cultures, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Historical Periods, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Historical Figures, 2 claims: 2 general references.
Sacred Sites, 1 claims: 1 general references.
Scriptures & Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.