Part of a collection on Studies in Egyptology, and originally published in 1988, this monograph looks at 'Rekhmara expedie les affiars du gouvernement' a text by Phillippe Virey which describes the organisation of the Egyptian State under the eighteenth Dynasty. It was later renamed as 'The Duties of the Vizier'.

G.P.F. Van Den Boorn

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, LIST OF FIGURES, INTRODUCTION EDITIONS, STUDIES AND TRANSLATIONS, CHAPTER 1. THE TEXT: TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY, CHAPTER 2. THE TEXT AS A COMPOSITION: NOTES ON LANGUAGE, STRUCTURE AND PATTERNING, CHAPTER 3. THE TEXT AS A SOURCE: THE ACTIVITIES OF A VIZIER, CHAPTER 4. THE TEXT IN PERSPECTIVE: DATE AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, CONCLUSION, APPENDIX, INDEXES, PLATES