Art as ritual engagement in the funerary programme of Watetkhethor at Saqqara, c. 2345 BC /

Art as ritual engagement in the funerary programme of Watetkhethor at Saqqara, c. 2345 BC /

Art as ritual engagement is examined through a case study of feminised funerary representation in the repertoire of Watetkhethor, an elite woman interred in the mastaba tomb of her spouse, Mereruka, at Saqqara, c.2345-2181 BCE.

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Main Author: O'Neill, Barbara (Egyptologist) (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2023.

Series: Access archaeology.

Subjects:

Mereruka > Death and burial.
Watetkhethor > Death and burial.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Ṣaqqārah.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Egypt > Ṣaqqārah > History > To 1500.
Art and society > Egypt > History > To 1500.
Art and religion > Egypt > History > To 1500.
Ṣaqqārah (Egypt) > Antiquities.

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Call Number: DT73.S3

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Summary:Art as ritual engagement is examined through a case study of feminised funerary representation in the repertoire of Watetkhethor, an elite woman interred in the mastaba tomb of her spouse, Mereruka, at Saqqara, c.2345-2181 BCE.
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2023.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 62 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781803275543 (PDF ebook) :
Access:Open access.