Urkunden des ægyptischen Altertums
series of editions of Ancient Egyptian texts
Urkunden des ægyptischen Altertums is a series of editions of Ancient Egyptian texts, published between 1903–1961.
The series comprises eight volumes:
I. Urkunden des Alten Reichs (Old Kingdom)
II. Hieroglyphische Urkunden der Griechisch-Römischen Zeit (Greek and Roman periods)
III. Urkunden der Älteren Athiopenkönige (Nubian Dynasty), ed. Heinrich Schäfer 1905 [1]
IV. Urkunden der 18. Dynastie (18th Dynasty), ed. Hans Wolfgang Helck 1955–1958
V. Religiöse Urkunden (religious texts)
VI. Urkunden Mythologischen Inhalts (mythological texts)
VII. Urkunden des Mittleren Reiches (Middle Kingdom)
VIII. Historisch-biographische Urkunden der Zeit zwischen AR u. MR. (First Intermediate Period)
Urkunden der 18. Dynastie
Urkunden der 18. Dynastie is a collection of hieroglyphic texts from the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, as compiled by German scholar Kurt Heinrich Sethe. This was part of Urkunden des ægyptischen Altertums.
Urkunden der 18.
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