Eide Tormod, Hägg Tomas, Pierce Richard Holton, Török László (Eds.). Fontes Historiae Nubiorum: textual sources for the history of the middle Nile region between the eighth century BC and the sixth century AD: Volume 1: From the eighth to the mid-fifth century BC

University of Bergen, Department of Classics, 1994. — 343 p.Fontes Historiae Nubiorum is a research project that started in 1991. It aims at making available the textual sources for the history of the Middle Nile Region between the eighth century BC and the sixth century AD. The texts are presented in their respective original languages (Old Egyptian, Demotic, Meroitic, Greek, Coptic and Latin) as well as in new English translations, and each is accompanied by an historical commentary. The translations are framed by philological introductions and notes intended to place the individual texts into their wider literary context and to substantiate the translators' interpretation of difficult passages. The commentary following the translations presents historical analyses and provides information about the historical context. Ample space has been given to bibliographical references.