''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 In ancient Egyptian history, the Old Kingdom is the period spanning c. 2700–2200 BC. It is also known as the "Age of the Pyramids" or the "Age of the Pyramid Builders", as it encompasses the reigns of the great pyramid-builders of the Fourth ...

) * II. Hieroglyphische Urkunden der Griechisch-Römischen Zeit ( Greek and

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: * Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lett ...

periods) * III. Urkunden der Älteren Athiopenkönige ( Nubian Dynasty), ed. Heinrich Schäfer 190

* 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 The First Intermediate Period, described as a 'dark period' in ancient Egyptian history, spanned approximately 125 years, c. 2181–2055 BC, after the end of the Old Kingdom. It comprises the Seventh (although this is mostly considered spuriou ...

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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 Kurt Heinrich Sethe (30 September 1869 – 6 July 1934) was a noted German Egyptologist and philologist from Berlin. He was a student of Adolf Erman. Sethe collected numerous texts from Egypt during his visits there and edited the '' Urkunde ...

. This was part of Urkunden des ægyptischen Altertums. Urkunden der 18. Dynastie represents 1226 pages of handwritten hieroglyphic texts (16

fascicle Fascicle or ''fasciculus'' may refer to: Anatomy and histology * Muscle fascicle, a bundle of skeletal muscle fibers * Nerve fascicle, a bundle of axons (nerve fibers) ** Superior longitudinal fasciculus *** Arcuate fasciculus ** Gracile fasc ...

s), being the longest part in the Urkunden series, and contains all the records of the 18th Dynasty through most of the reign of Thutmosis III. This was later followed in 1955–1958 by fascicles 17–22 by Hans Wolfgang Helck, who completed the series through the reigns of Amenhotep II to that of

Horemheb Horemheb, also spelled Horemhab or Haremhab ( egy, ḥr-m-ḥb, meaning " Horus is in Jubilation") was the last pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC). He ruled for at least 14 years between 1319 BC and 1292 BC. ...

. Helck also translated all of the Egyptian texts into German, which was published separately. An English translation of the German translations of fascicles 17–19 is published as ''Egyptian Historical Records of the Later Eighteenth Dynasty'' by Barbara Cumming.

Fascicles

Urkunden IV is divided into 22 ''hefte'' (fascicles). *1: Time of the

Hyksos Hyksos (; Egyptian '' ḥqꜣ(w)- ḫꜣswt'', Egyptological pronunciation: ''hekau khasut'', "ruler(s) of foreign lands") is a term which, in modern Egyptology, designates the kings of the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt (fl. c. 1650–1550 BC). T ...

and their earliest successors *2: Time of Kings Thutmosis I and II *3: Beginning of The Government of Thutmosis III and the Birth of Hatshepsut *4: Time of Hatshepsut *5: Time of Hatshepsut *6: Contemporary with Hatshepsut *7: Contemporary with Hatshepsut *8: Time of Thutmosis III *9-10: Time of Thutmosis III *11: Time of Thutmosis III *12: Time of Thutmosis III and Amenhotep II *13-16: Time of Thutmosis III *17: Historische Inschriften Thutmosis’ III. und Amenophis’ II. *18: Biographische Inschriften von Zeitgenossen Thutmosis’ III. und Amenophis’ II. *19: Historische Inschriften Thutmosis’ IV. und biographische Inschriften seiner Zeitgenossen *20: Historische Inschriften Amenophis’ III. *21: Inschriften von Zeitgenossen Amenophis’ III. *22: Inschriften Amenophis III. bis Haremheb und ihrer Zeitgenossen

Availability

All of the Urkunden series has been out of print for a very long time, and since the number of people who can read Egyptian is quite small, not many were printed. Obtaining a print version of any one of the four bound volumes of Urkunden IV can be quite expensive. However, since fascicles 1–16 are in the

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, Urkunden IV, as well as the other volumes of Urkunden des ægyptischen Altertums, are available online free of cost at numerous libraries.

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