PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
[This book] stands out as a superior work against all the competing texts ... the work is ideal for students and interested non-professionals. The texts are all translated into clear, accurate English. They are also thoroughly contextualized, both in categories as well as individually. This insistence on the historicity of the sources sets the book apart from the norm. The book also benefits from Harvey's extensive, almost encyclopedic, knowledge of inscriptions, which are used as important sources along with the literary excerpts. Finally, the many photos by the author himself augment the texts and are themselves analyzed as unique sources. Steven L. Tuck, Miami University, Ohio
