Memphis. Herakleopolis. Theben

With "Memphis - Herakleopolis - Thebes," Wolfgang Schenkel presents a complete collection of inscriptions from the so-called First Intermediate Period of Egypt and the 11th Dynasty. The texts, which are otherwise published only sporadically, are organized into a loose grouping that intentionally avoids a too narrow classification within a hypothetical historical framework. The cataloged texts are all provided with bibliographic references and, unless they are limited to the simplest form, translated. The book serves as a quick reference for the text corpus and facilitates an overview of the content and significance of the inscriptions. Translation proposals and differing interpretations from existing works are briefly justified, although a comprehensive commentary is deliberately not included. In this way, a compendium is created that allows the texts to speak for themselves without strict interpretative guidance.