The Tekenu and ancient Egyptian funerary ritual /
Attested from the Fifth Dynasty until, and including, the Saite Period, the Tekenu is a puzzling icon depicted within funerary scenes in the tombs of some ancient Egyptian nobles. In this work four distinct types of Tekenu are identified and classified and then a Corpus Catalogue is formed.
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Language: English
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Summertown, Oxford :
Archaeopress Publishing Ltd.,
2019.
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Archaeopress Egyptology ;
23.
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Call Number: DT62.T6
| Summary: | Attested from the Fifth Dynasty until, and including, the Saite Period, the Tekenu is a puzzling icon depicted within funerary scenes in the tombs of some ancient Egyptian nobles. In this work four distinct types of Tekenu are identified and classified and then a Corpus Catalogue is formed. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2019. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781789691832 (ebook) : |