Ancient Egyptian prisoner statues : fragments of the late Old Kingdom /

Ancient Egyptian prisoner statues : fragments of the late Old Kingdom /

"During the Old Kingdom, the ancient Egyptians constructed elaborately decorated mortuary monuments for their pharaohs. By the late Old Kingdom (ca. 2435-2153 BCE), these pyramid complexes began to contain a new and unique type of statue, the so-called prisoner statues. Despite being known to E...

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Main Author: Prakash, Tara (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Columbus, Georgia : Lockwood Press, 2022.

Series: Material and visual culture of ancient Egypt ; 8.

Subjects:

Sculpture, Egyptian.
Prisoners in art.
Ancient Egypt (region)

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Call Number: NB75 .P735 2022

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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Series page
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Supplementary Material
  • Abbreviations
  • Chronology
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: The Evolution of the Prisoner Statues during the Late Old Kingdom
  • Chapter 3: Expressiveness and Ethnicity: The Prisoner Statue Heads
  • Chapter 4: The Prisoner Statues and the Pyramid Complex
  • Chapter 5:The Treatment of the Prisoner Statues and the Question of Ritualized Destruction
  • Chapter 6: Conclusion
  • Appendix: The Unprovenanced Prisoner Statues
  • Bibliography.