Decree of Sais : the stelae of Thonis-Heracleion and Naukratis /

Decree of Sais : the stelae of Thonis-Heracleion and Naukratis /

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Main Author: Bomhard, Anne-Sophie von (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Oxford : Oxford Centre for Maritime Archeology, 2012.

Series: Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology monograph ; 7.
OCMA ; 7.

Subjects:

Underwater archaeology > Egypt
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt.
Naucratis (Extinct city)

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Call Number: DT73 .A4 U25 v.7

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Table of Contents:
  • 1.
  • The discovery of the stelae of Naukratis and Thonis-Heracleion
  • The Naukratis Stele
  • The Thonis-Heracleion Stele
  • 2.
  • Description of the monuments,scenes and captions in the Lunette
  • Dimensions
  • General aspect
  • Scenes and captions in the Lunette
  • The epithets of Neith
  • 3.
  • The arrangement of texts and figures of the Decree, symbolism and orientatio
  • The horizontal setup: the hierarchy of registers
  • The vertical setup: the axis and the position of the cardinal points
  • 4.
  • The Decree
  • The connected translation
  • Translation notes by column
  • Discussion
  • 5.
  • Corrections and hammerings
  • Corrections
  • Hammerings