Historical and archaeological aspects of Egyptian funerary culture : religious ideas and ritual practice in Middle Kingdom elite cemeteries / by Harco Willems.
Historical and archaeological aspects of Egyptian funerary culture :
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9789004274990 (electronic book)
9789004274983 (print)
9789004274983 (print)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/0638
Yazar
Tekbiçim Eser Adı
Textes des sarcophages et la démocratie. English
Yayın Bilgisi
Leiden : Brill, 2014.
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource (pages)
Dizi
Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; v. 73
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Includes bibliographical references and index.
İçindekiler Notu
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Nomarchal Culture: Political, Administrative, Social, and Religious Aspects -- 2 A Middle Kingdom Nomarchal Cemetery: Dayr al-Barshā -- 3 The Coffin Texts and Democracy -- Concordance to the Sigla of Coffin Texts Manuscripts and Middle Kingdom Coffins -- Bibliography -- Plates -- Index.
Özet, vb.
Historical and Archaeological Aspects of Egyptian Funerary Culture , a thoroughly reworked translation of Les textes des sarcophages et la démocratie published in 2008, challenges the widespread idea that the “royal” Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom after a process of “democratisation” became, in the Middle Kingdom, accessible even to the average Egyptian in the form of the Coffin Texts. Rather they remained an element of elite funerary culture, and particularly so in the Upper Egyptian nomes. The author traces the emergence here of the so-called “nomarchs” and their survival in the Middle Kingdom. The site of Dayr al-Barshā, currently under excavation, shows how nomarch cemeteries could even develop into large-scale processional landscapes intended for the cult of the local ruler. This book also provides an updated list of the hundreds of (mostly unpublished) Middle Kingdom coffins and proposes a new reference system for these.
Konu
Coffin texts.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient __ Egypt.
Cemeteries __ Egypt __ History __ To 1500.
Tombs __ Social aspects __ History __ Egypt __ To 1500.
Elite (Social sciences) __ Egypt __ History __ To 1500.
Democratization __ Egypt __ History __ To 1500.
Egypt __ Antiquities.
Egypt __ History __ Middle Kingdom, ca. 2180-ca. 1551 B.C.
Egypt __ Religious life and customs.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient __ Egypt.
Cemeteries __ Egypt __ History __ To 1500.
Tombs __ Social aspects __ History __ Egypt __ To 1500.
Elite (Social sciences) __ Egypt __ History __ To 1500.
Democratization __ Egypt __ History __ To 1500.
Egypt __ Antiquities.
Egypt __ History __ Middle Kingdom, ca. 2180-ca. 1551 B.C.
Egypt __ Religious life and customs.
