The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians

by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge

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INDEX

A

• Aa, [159], [165]
• Āakheperenrā, [103], [144]
• Āakheperkarā, [142], [145]
• Āamu, [108], [128], [161], [163]
• Āapep, [48], [68]
• Āapepi, [254]
• Āataka, [114]
• Aat-Beqt, [151]
• Aatti, [141], [142]
• Abana, [140]
• Abhat, [136]
• Abtu Fish, [48]
• Abu, [73], [83], [86], [87], [128], [130], [132], [165]
• —products of, [85]
• Abydos, [44], [45], [47], [65], [99], [127], [138], [245], [246], [249]
• —valley of, [200]
• Acacia, [46], [61], [201]
• —and river, [202]
• —cut down, [203], [206]
• Acacias, the two, [205]
• Africanus, [98]
• Aged God, [15], [48]
• Ahnas al-Madīnah, [170]
• Āina, [113]
• Air-god, [16]
• —air supply, [43]
• Akert, [44], [46], [65], [115], [221]
• Akeru, [21]
• Akhet, [62], [64], [134], [151], [155]
• Aku, [156]
• Alasa, [194]
• Ale, [19]
• Alexander the Great, [71]
• —II, [250]
• Alexandria, [88]
• —Library of, [98]
• Al-Kab, [140], [143]
• Altar stands, [147]
• Am, [90]
• Amam, [128], [132], [133], [134]
• Am-as, [13]
• Amasis I, [140], [143]
• —the naval officer, [140 ff.]
• Amasis Pen-Nekheb, [143 ff.]
• Amen, [60], [67], [70], [93], [103], [104], [105], [111], [117], [146], [147], [185], [187], [188], [189], [193], [194], [216], [217], [219], [220], [247]
• —Father, [119]
• —of Sīwah, [71]
• Amenemhat I, [155], [162]
• —II, [155]
• —III, [99]
• Amen-hetep I, [142], [144]
• Ameni Amen-āa, [213]
• —Amenemhat, [135 ff.]
• Amen-ka-mutef, [218]
• Amen-Rā; [68], [76], [106], [110], [115], [145], [148], [164], [185], [186], [189], [190], [192], [193], [218], [219], [249], [250]
• —Hymn to, [214 ff.]
• Amen-shefit, [147]
• Amentamat, [186], [187], [192]
• Amentet, [46], [49], [50], [61], [149], [153], [164]
• Amenti, [248]
• Amenuserhat, [190]
• Ames sceptre, [215]
• Amhet, [49]
• Am-khent, [13]
• Ammaau, [134]
• Ammon, [67], [71]
• Ammuiansha, [157], [161]
• Amsu, [151]
• Amtes, [128]
• Amulets, [41], [43], [246]
• Am-urtet, [153]
• An, [45], [46], [63], [65]
• An instrument, [15]
• Anatomy, [252]
• Ancestor-god, [70]
• Anebuheq, [156]
• Ani; [216], [218]
• —Maxims of, [228]
• —papyrus of, [44], [45]
• Ānkh Psemthek, [88]
• Ānkh-taui, [151], [152]
• Ānkhu, [238]
• Anmutef, [20]
• Annals of Thothmes III, [104]
• Annana, [207]
• Anointing, [13]
• Anpu, [15], [69], [196], [197 ff.]
• Anqet, [85]
• Anrekh, [64]
• Anrutef, [47], [81]
• Ant Fish, [48]
• Āntchmer, [155]
• Antef, [137], [138]
• Antes, [46]
• Āntet Boat, [218]
• Anti, [142], [143]
• Antiu, [106], [109], [141]
• Āntti Boat, [222]
• Antuf, [242]
• Anu (Heliopolis), [15], [20], [24], [36], [37], [43], [45], [48], [61], [214], [217], [218], [220], [222]
• Anubis, [15], [33], [50], [60], [69], [149]
• Ape-gods, [49]
• Apes, [212]
• —spirits of dawn, [218]
• Apet, [29], [30], [32]
• Aphroditopolis, [128], [130]
• Apollinopolis, [78]
• Apts, [118], [143], [147], [148], [214], [215], [216], [217], [218]
• Apuur, [236], [239], [240]
• Aqen, [101]
• Aqert, [64]
• Ara, [132]
• Arabia, [93], [215]
• Aram Naharayim, [109]
• Archers (stars), [21]
• Arm rings, [23]
• Arniau, [154]
• Aroeris, [164]
• Arsu, [110]
• Arthet, [128], [131], [133]
• Artheth, [133]
• Asbatau, [112]
• Asemt, [142]
• Ashtoreth, [78]
• Asi, [108]
• Asia, [108]
• Asiatics, [108], [238]
• Asri, [170]
• Ass, eater of, [48]
• Assa, [4], [134], [135], [224]
• Asten, [2]
• Astronomy, [1]
• Aswān, [83], [131]
• Atef Crown, [54], [111], [115], [215]
• Atem, [61], [67]
• Aten, [61], [62]
• Athettaui, [166]
• Athi-taui, [117]
• Aukehek, [144]
• Aukert, [54]
• Aunab, [90]
• Ausares, [68]
• Avaris, [140], [141], [256]

B

• Baba, [53]
• Badhilu, [185]
• Baiufrā, [27], [29]
• Balance; [23], [54]
• —heaven weighed in; [47]
• —keeper of, [50]
• —of Truth, [247]
• Bandlets, [16], [23]
• Baqanau, [112]
• Barber, [251]
• Barley, [34], [45]
• Bata, [196], [197], [204], [205]
• Baurtet, [134], [135]
• Beautiful Face, [218], [220]
• Beer, [203]
• —drinking of, [229]
• —of Hathor, [73]
• Bees, [251]
• Beetle, sacred, [91]
• Befen, [88]
• Befent, [89]
• Behutet, [82]
• Bekhten, Princess of, [92 ff.]
• Benben Stone, [216], [217]
• Beni-hasan, [135]
• Bentresht, [93], [95]
• Benu bird, [43], [45], [91]
• Bequests, [254]
• Betti, [56]
• Betu incense, [28]
• Birds, sacred, [52]
• Black Fiends, [68]
• Blacks, [128], [129]
• —character of, [102]
• —edict against, [101], [102]
• —hand of, [110]
• Blacksmiths, [78], [81], [251]
• Blasphemy, [53], [72]
• Blood in beer, [73]
• —of Isis, [56]
• Boat, magical, [43]
• —of Amen, [191]
• —of Amen-Rā, [185], [193]
• Boat of Millions of Years, [77], [91], [92]
• —of Rā; [123]
• — two Boats of Rā, [123]
• —of Rā-Harmakhis, [78]
• —of the Sun, [234], [246]
• Book, Am Tuat, [244]
• —boxes, [7]
• —"May my name," [250]
• —of Āapep, [250]
• —of Breathings, [40], [59 ff.]
• —of Gates, [246]
• —of knowing how Rā, [68]
• —of making splendid, [64 ff.]
• —of Opening the Mouth, [13], [38]
• —of overthrowing Āapepi, [67 ff.]
• —of Proverbs, [224]
• —of Psalms, [241]
• —of slaying the Hippopotamus, [78]
• —of the Dead; [4], [6], [29], [37 ff.], [41]
• — the Recensions of, [39 ff.]
• — summary of Chapters of, [42 ff.]
• — Græco-Roman Books, [59 ff.]
• — hieratic, [4]
• — hieroglyphic, [40]
• —of the Two Ways, [244]
• —of Traversing Eternity, [40], [61]
• —of Wisdom, [224]
• Books, [2]
• —magical, [30]
• —of Thoth, [2]
• — study of, [230]
• Bread cakes, [45]
• Bronze, [238]
• Brugsch, Dr. H., [9]
• Builder, [251]
• Bull, the ship, [140]
• —skin of, [14]
• Bulls, sacrifice of, [15]
• Burial, [232]
• Bushel, [52]
• Busiris, [39], [44], [46], [61]
• Buto, [92]
• Byblos, [186], [187], [195], [238]
• Byssus, [191], [243]

C

• Cairo, [4], [15], [169]
• Cake for journey, [17]
• Cakes, [19]
• Calf, sucking, [14]
• Canopus, [112]
• Caravans, [119]
• Carnelian, [238]
• Cataract, first, [73], [83], [116]
• Cedar, oil of, [18]
• —wood of, [185]
• Champollion, J.F., [37], [92]
• Charcoal, [6]
• Charms, [41]
• Chattering, [229]
• Cheops, [25], [27]
• Children of Horus, [220]
• Christianity in Egypt, [39]
• Christians, Egyptian, [7], [68]
• Circuit of Great Circuit, [109]
• City of Amen, [220]
• —Eternity, [161]
• Cleopatra, [183]
• Coffins, inscribed, [4]
• Collar, [16]
• —amulet of, [43]
• Coming forth by day, [43]
• Company of gods, the great, [218]
• Conspiracy, [254]
• Copper, [114]
• —sulphate of, [6]
• Coptos, [113], [136]
• Copts, [7], [68]
• Cord for land measuring, [85]
• Cord-master, [22]
• Cow-goddess, [73], [74]
• Cow, the celestial, [74]
• Creation, story of, [67 ff.]
• Crocodile-god, [175]
• Crocodile of W.E.S. and N., [57]
• —waxen, [25-7]
• —seizes a servant, [35], [36]
• —transformation into, [43]
• —spells against, [42]
• Crocodilopolis, [124]
• Crown, the Double, [80]
• —the Red, [23]
• —the White, [23], [215], [216]
• Crusher of bones, [53]
• Cush, [102], [142]
• Cymbals, [33]
• Cyprus, [108], [194]

D

• Dance, [134]
• Dancing women, [33]
• Darkness, [68]
• Daughters of Nile-god, [220]
• Day, [17]
• —right eye of Rā, [220]
• Days, lucky and unlucky, [253]
• Dead hand, [224], [244]
• —the blessed, [244]
• Death, [234]
• —god of, [14], [43], [154]
• —messenger of, [229]
• —the second, [43], [44]
• Decapitation, [43]
• Deceit, [46], [47]
• Deeds, good, [230]
• Dekans, the Thirty-Six, [46], [62]
• Delta, [39], [44], [57], [77], [79], [81], [82], [92], [102], [105], [117], [128], [237], [245], [254]
• Demotic writing, [1]
• Dēr al-Baharī, [146]
• Destiny, [220]
• Dhir, [185], [186]
• Diligence, [227]
• Diocletian, [97]
• Disk, [165], [200]
• Dissection, [252]
• Documents, legal, [7]
• Dog-god, [15]
• Dog-star, [20], [24]
• D'Orbiney, [196]
• Double, the, [11], [16]
• Drafts, [7]
• Drunkard, [228], [229]
• Dwarf, [91]
• —dancing, [133]
• Dyer,[252]