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Inscriptions from Lisht : texts from burial chambers /
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The inscribed objects found in or associated with the burial chambers of Middle Kingdom officials and other individuals provide an important addition to our understanding and appreciation of ancient Egyptian funerary culture. These include the coffins and sarcophagi as well as canopic chests and jars, mummy masks, ivory wands, miniature coffins, and shawabtis. This volume incorporates all such inscribed material associated with more than one hundred burial chambers and graves found at Lisht North and Lisht South, two sites excavated by the Egyptian Expedition of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1907 until 1934 and from 1984 to 1991. Two kings, several members of the royal family, and many elite persons, as well as a community of middle-class people found their resting place in and around the royal pyramids at Lisht, which served as the principal cemetery for Egypt's capital during the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030-1650 B.C.). The material in the corpus published here represents a sequence of seven chronological phases at Lisht that range from the reigns of the kings Amenemhat I and Senwosret I through the late Dynasty XIII and the Second Intermediate Period. The inscribed texts presented in this corpus are transliterated and translated, and are accompanied by extensive drawings that meticulously detail these texts, as well as annotations to some previously published material. The lavishly illustrated volume includes heretofore unpublished photographs from the Department of Egyptian Art's archives. Each object described in Inscriptions from Lisht has been assigned a code referring to the primary individual associated with it, and its description includes transliterations of the deceased's name(s) and title(s). Because the location of an inscription on a coffin or sarcophagus is usually significant and because some of these include multiple texts, the author has designed a system of references that reflects the location on the object. Further, the catalogue of objects draws on Museum archives and also provides information concerning the findspot and current location of the object as well as relevant archival material and bibliography." --Provided by publisher
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Includes Director's Foreword. :
xi, 74 pages, 251 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9781588397164
The tomb of Senebtisi at Lisht /
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"Index of authorities cited" : pages 127-128.
Appendix : Notes on the mummy, by Dr. G. Elliott Smith, pages 119-120.
At head of title : The Metropolitan museum of art Egyptian expedition.
Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. :
xxii, 132 pages, 2 l : color front., Illustrations, xxxv plates (part color) ; 36 cm.
Middle kingdom tomb architecture at Lisht /
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99 pages, [170] pages of plates : illustrations ; 36 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
1588391949 (Metropolitan museum of Art ; hardcover)
9781588391940 (Metropolitan museum of Art ; hardcover)
0300123442 (Yale University Press ; hardcover)
9780300123449 (Yale University Press ; hardcover)
The pyramid complex of Amenemhat I at Lisht : the architecture /
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"The present volume appears together with "The Pyramid Complex of Amenemhat I at Lisht: The Reliefs, by Peter Jánosi." :
xv, 65 pages, 99 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 36 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages x-xi) and index. :
9781588396044
1588396045
The American discovery of ancient Egypt.
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"Preliminary versions of these essays were presented at a symposium organized by the American Research Center in Egypt, held... at New York University, October 24-25, 1992" -- Foreword.
Companion to the exhibition catalog The American discovery of ancient Egypt : Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1995. :
188 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
0810963132
Ancient Egypt transformed : the Middle Kingdom /
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The Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030-1700 B.C.), the second great era of ancient Egyptian culture, was a transformational period during which the artistic conventions, cultural principles, religious beliefs, and political systems formed during earlier dynasties were developed and reimagined. This comprehensive volume presents a detailed picture of the art and culture of the Middle Kingdom, arguably the least known of Egypt's three kingdoms yet a time of remarkable prosperity and unprecedented change. International specialists present new insights into how Middle Kingdom artists refined existing forms and iconography to make strikingly original architecture, statuary, tomb and temple relief decoration, and stele. Thematic sections explore art produced for different strata of Egyptian society, including the pharaoh, royal women, the elite, and the family, while other chapters provide insight into Egypt's expanding relations with foreign lands and the themes of Middle Kingdom literature. More than 250 objects from major collections around the world are sumptuously illustrated, many with new photography undertaken specifically for this catalogue.
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Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 12, 2015-January 24, 2016. :
xix, 379 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-367) and index. :
1588395642
9781588395641
Faience Figurines in Their Archaeological and Museological Contexts (Egypt, Nubia, and the Levant, 2100-1550 BC)
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This is the second of two volumes that explores the world of faience figurines in Egypt and the adjacent areas of the Levant and Nubia during the Middle Bronze Age (2100-1550 BC). Its companion volume is titled Miniature Forms as Transformative Thresholds (BMPES 7). This volume serves as a catalogue raisonne for faience figurines and provides a detailed analysis and description of over 1150 pieces along with their archaeological and museological contexts. The volume is accompanied by numerous drawings, photos, cards, archival material, graphs, tables, maps, and plans. The research is primarily based on material coming from documented archaeological contexts, with two main unpublished cores from Lisht and Byblos, but also includes material from more than 150 sites. The museological research focuses on three main collections: the Petrie Museum, the British Museum, and the Musee du Louvre, but also encompasses a total of 35 different museums in 33 different cities across Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia, Russia, and the USA, as well as private collections and public auctions. The volume covers not only faience figurines, but also provides a comprehensive study of the material dimension and culture of the late Middle Kingdom (1850-1650 BC), encompassing a diverse range of object groups, including a large corpus of pottery and stone vessels, as well as information on the people and society from that period
Historical and archaeological aspects of Egyptian funerary culture : religious ideas and ritual practice in Middle Kingdom elite cemeteries /
: ix, 389 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), plans ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-350) and index. : 9789004274983 (hardback : acid-free paper)