The performative structure : ritualizing the pyramid of Pepy I /

The performative structure : ritualizing the pyramid of Pepy I /

In The Performative Structure: Ritualizing the Pyramid of Pepy I , Nils Billing investigates the ancient Egyptian pyramid complex as a performative structure, ritualized through the operative faculty inherent in monumental architecture, text, and image. The main body of research is given over to an...

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Main Author: Billing, Nils.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2018.

Series: Harvard Egyptological Studies 4.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353275.

Subjects:

Pepi > I, > King of Egypt, > active 24th century B.C.-23rd century B.C. > Tomb.
Pyramid of Pepi I (Ṣaqqārah, Egypt)
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Egypt.
Inscriptions, Egyptian > Egypt > Ṣaqqārah.
Ṣaqqārah (Egypt) > Antiquities.

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Call Number: BL2450.F8 B55 2018

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505 0 0 |a Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Motto -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Performative Structure -- Iconicity and Monumentality -- Image and Architecture-Ritualizing the Pyramid Complex in the Old Kingdom -- Monumentalizing the Beyond-The Pyramid -- The Pyramid of Pepy I -- The Sarcophagus Chamber (P/F) -- The Passage (P/F-A) -- The Antechamber (P/A) -- The Corridor (P/C) -- The Vestibule (P/V) -- The Ascending Passage (P/D) -- The Performative Structure -- Figures -- Plans: Thematic Distribution of Texts in the Pyramid of Pepy I -- Back Matter -- Bibliography. 
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