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 The lavishly illustrated volume includes heretofore unpublished photographs from the Department of Egyptian Art's archives.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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xi +74 pages; 251 black and white and color illustrations : illustrations (some color) ; 36 cm. :
Includes Director's Foreword. :
9781588397164
The chapters of coming forth by day : or, The Theban recension of the Book of the dead : the Egyptian hieroglyphic text /
: Reprint of the 1910 ed. published by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, London, which was issued as v. 28-30 of Books on Egypt and Chaldaea. : 3 volumes ; 19 cm. : 0404113036
Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs, and paintings /
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Vol. <8 > has title: Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, statues, reliefs, and paintings.
Vol. <8, pts. 1-3 >: by Jaromir Malik, assisted by Diane Magee and Elizabeth Miles.
Vol.2 reprinted in 1994, v.6 reprinted in 2002, v.1 pt.1 reprinted in 1994. :
v. : maps, diagrs., plans ; 28 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
0900416815 (v.1 pt.1)
0900416181 (v. 2)
0900416823 (v. 4)
090041667X (v. 8)
0900416238 (v. 3 pt.2)
Inscriptions from Alishar and vicinity /
: The material now presented includes Cappadocian, Sumerian, Hittite hieroglyphic, Greek and Arabic inscriptions. Of these by far the most numerous are the Cappadocian tests."--Pref. : xv, 84 pages, LXIII plates : 1 illustrations, maps, plates, plan ; 31 cm. : Bibliograbhy : pages xiii-xiv.
From single sign to pseudo-script : an ancient Egyptian system of workmen's identity marks /
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Writing is not the only notation system used in literate societies. Some visual communication systems are very similar to writing, but work differently. Identity marks are typical examples of such systems, and this book presents a particularly well-documented marking system used in Pharaonic Egypt as an exemplary case. From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script is the first book to fully discuss the nature and development of an ancient marking system, its historical background, and the fascinating story of its decipherment. Chapters on similar systems in other cultures and on semiotic theory help to distinguish between unique and universal features. Written by Egyptologist Ben Haring, the book addresses scholars interested in marking systems, writing, literacy, and the semiotics of visual communication.
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1 online resource (xvi, 291 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004357549 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.