The monuments of Seti I : epigraphic, historical, and art historical analysis / by Peter J. Brand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brand, Peter J. (Peter James), 1967-

Series:

Probleme der Ägyptologie 0169-9601 ; 16. Bd.

Probleme der Ägyptologie, 0169-9601 ; 16. Bd.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monuments.

Egypt--History--Nineteenth dynasty, ca. 1320-1200 B.C.

Egypt.

History.

Seti I, King of Egypt.

Seti.

Monuments--Egypt.

Egypt--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xlii, 446 pages, 108 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Methodological Approaches 1

1.2 Art Historical and Iconographical Criteria 3

1.2.1 The Relief Style in the Earliest Years of Seti I 3

1.2.2 Posture of the King's Figure 8

1.2.3 Standing Figures that Bow or Stoop 9

1.2.4 Functional Versus Honorific Bowing 10

1.2.5 Distribution of Bowing Figures Under Seti 13

1.2.6 Bowing Kings after Seti I 15

1.2.7 Kneeling Figures with Knees together 16

1.2.8 Kneeling Figures with Splayed Knees 17

1.2.9 Prostrate Figures 18

1.2.10 The Long Wig Associated with Seti I 19

1.3 Epigraphic Criteria 22

1.3.1 Alteration of Existing Reliefs 22

1.3.2 Cosmetic Adjustments 23

1.3.3 Major Alterations 23

1.3.4 Defacement 23

1.3.5 Damnatio Memoriae 24

1.3.6 Iconoclasm 24

1.3.7 Usurpation 25

1.4 Criteria for Dating Reliefs during the Early Nineteenth Dynasty 27

1.4.1 Raised and Sunk Relief of Seti I 27

1.4.2 Raised and Sunk Relief of Ramesses II 28

1.4.3 Variant Orthographies in the Cartouches of the First Three Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaohs 29

1.4.4 Ramesses I 29

1.4.5 Seti I 31

1.4.6 Ramesses II 34

1.4.7 Three Phases in Relief Decoration from the First Two Years of Ramesses II's Reign 36

1.4.8 Summary of the Criteria Used to Date Royal Reliefs During the First Three Decades of the Nineteenth Dynasty 37

1.4.9 Ramesses I 37

1.4.10 Seti I 37

1.4.11 Ramesses II 38

1.5 Mechanisms for Expressing the King's Divine Aspect in the Early Nineteenth Dynasty 38

1.5.1 Names of the King's Divine Aspect 40

1.5.2 Iconographic Attributes of the Deified King 43

Chapter 2 Catalog of Restorations, Alterations and Additions Made by Seti I to Existing Monuments 45

Lower Egypt 49

2.1 Tell el-Maskhuta, Hyksos Monument 49

2.2 Tell el-Basta, Lintel of Amenhotep II (BM 1103) 50

Memphis 52

2.3 Mit Rahineh, Stela of Amenhotep II (Cairo JdE 86763) 52

2.4 Giza, Sphinx Temple of Amenhotep II, Doorjambs of Seti I 53

2.5 Giza, Sphinx Temple of Amenhotep II, South-West Room, Jambs of Seti I 53

2.6 Abu Sir, Pyramid Complex of Sahure, Fragment From the New Kingdom Sakhmet Sanctuary 53

Middle Egypt 54

2.7 Batn el-Baqara, Speos Artemidos 54

Thebes/Karnak 56

2.8 Karnak, Fourth Pylon, North Tower, East Face, Doorjamb 56

2.9 Karnak, w3dyt-Hall, South Gate, North-East Doorjamb 57

2.10 Karnak, w3dyt-Hall, South Half, East Gate, West Jambs 57

2.11 Karnak, w3dyt-Hall, Obelisks "E" and "F" of Hatshepsut 59

2.12 Karnak, w3dyt-Hall, North Face of Gateway of Thutmose III Enshrouding the Northern Obelisk "E" of Hatshepsut 64

2.13 Karnak, w3dyt-Hall, East Wall, Between the Second and Third "Osiris Pillars" North of the North-East Doorway 64

2.14 Karnak, Court Between Fifth and Sixth Pylons, Enclosure of Thutmose III, East Gate, North and South Jambs 64

2.15 Karnak, Passage Through the Sixth Pylon, North Thickness 65

2.16 Karnak, Fragment from the Barque Shrine of Thutmose III 65

2.17 Karnak, Room XV, North-East Doorjamb 66

2.18 Karnak, Room XVI, Left Doorjamb 66

2.19 Karnak, Seventh Pylon, South Face, Jambs of Gateway 67

2.20 Karnak, Stela of Thutmose III (Cairo CG 34011) 67

2.21 Karnak, Eighth Pylon, North Face 68

East Tower 68

2.21.1 KG 104: Thutmose II Led by Weret-hekau to Hathor Making nyny, with Barque of Amen Carried by Priests Behind the King 68

2.21.2 KG 102: Seti I Before Amen with the Lesser Ennead 70

2.21.3 KG 103: Seti Offers Wine to Amen-Re & the Great Ennead 73

2.21.4 KG 105: Thutmose I Before the Theban Triad 75

2.21.5 KG 107: Barque of Amen Carried by Priests 76

2.21.6 KG 108: Seti I Led by Monthu 77

2.21.7 KG 109: Thutmose II Presented by Weret-hekau to Amen-Re and Khonsu, while Thoth Enumerates Regnal Years for the King 78

2.22 Karnak, Eighth Pylon, Facade 79

2.23 Karnak, Stela "R" of Amenhotep II, Eighth Pylon, Facade 80

2.24 Karnak, Stela "Q" of Amenhotep II, Eighth Pylon, Facade 80

2.25 Karnak, Edifice of Amenhotep II, Court of the Tenth Pylon 81

2.26 Karnak, Contra Temple of Amen-Re-Horakhty 82

2.27 Karnak, Contra Temple, Obelisk Fragments of Hatshepsut 83

2.28 Karnak, Ptah Temple, Stela of Thutmose III (Cairo CG 34013) 84

2.29 Karnak, Stela Fragment from Temple J 85

2.30 Karnak, Loose Block Usurped from Horemheb 85

2.31 Karnak, Gateway of Amenhotep III Restored by Seti I 86

2.32 Karnak, Reused Blocks from the Monthu Precinct 86

2.33 Karnak, Temple of Maat, First Hypostyle (=II) 87

2.34 Karnak North, So-called Gateway of Thutmose I 87

2.35 Karnak, Kamutef Chapel 88

Luxor Temple 88

2.36 Luxor, Stela of Thutmose IV, Year One 88

2.37 Luxor, Fragmentary Stela of Thutmose IV 89

2.38 Luxor, Colonnade Hall of Amenhotep III & Tutankhamen 89

2.38.1 Luxor, The Festival Procession of Opet Reliefs 90

2.38.2 Columns, Architraves, Upper Registers & Clerestory 91

Luxor, Solar Court of Amenhotep III 93

2.39 Solar Court, North Wall, Amenhotep III Led by Deities 93

2.40 Solar Court, East Wall, North End, Barque of Amen-Re 94

Luxor, Hypostyle Hall Adjoining the Solar Court 95

2.41 Solar Court, Hypostyle, East Interior Wall 95

Register I (=top) 95

2.42 (I.1) Amenhotep III with Offering-bearer Libating Before Amen and Amenet Making nyny 95

2.43 (I.2) Amenhotep III Offering Milk to Amen 96

2.44 (I.3) Amenhotep III Slays an Oryx Before Amen 96

2.45 (I.4) Amenhotep III Pours Ointment Over Amen 96

Register II (=middle) 96

2.46 (II.1) Amenhotep III with Mace & hk3-scepter Before Amen 96

2.47 (II.2) Amenhotep III Before Amen with Foundation-ritual Text 97

2.48 (II.3) Amenhotep III Before Amen with Litany 97

2.49 (II.4) Amenhotep III Before Amen Consecrating Offerings 97

Register III (=bottom) 98

2.50 (III.1) Amenhotep III Driving the four Calves Before Amen 98

2.51 (III.2) Amenhotep III Consecrating mrt-boxes Before Amen 98

2.52 (III.3) Amenhotep III Erecting the shnt-pole for Amen 98

2.53 (III.4) Amenhotep III Embraced by Seated Amen 99

2.54 Subregister Fecundity Figures 99

2.55 East Doorway Lintel: Amenhotep III with Fecundity Figures Offers Flowers to Amen 100

2.56 Pilaster Adjoining the North-East Corner of the Hypostyle 100

North Face 100

2.57 (I) Amenhotep III Receiving Life from Monthu 100

2.58 (II) Amenhotep III and Amen Holding Hands 100

2.59 (III) Amenhotep III with Mut Extending a Menat 100

East Face 101

2.60 (I) Amenhotep III Receiving Life from Amen 101

2.61 (II) Amenhotep III with Weret-Hekau Extending a Menat 101

2.62 (III) Amenhotep III Embracing Amen-Kamutef 101

2.63 West Gateway, East Jambs 101

2.64 Luxor Temple Summary 102

Thebes/West Bank 103

Memorial Temple of Amenhotep III 103

2.65 Thebes West, Stela of Amenhotep III (Cairo CG 34026) 103

2.66 Thebes West, Stela of Amenhotep III (Cairo CG 34025) 103

2.67 Thebes West, Blocks from Merenptah's Memorial Temple 104

Memorial Temple of Thutmose III 105

2.68 Thebes West, Stela Thutmose III (Cairo CG 34015) 105

2.69 Medamud, Lintel Fragment (Inv. 4980) 106

2.70 Tod, Barque Station of Thutmose III 106

2.71 Tod, Block of Thutmose IV 107

2.72 El-Kab, Desert Temple of Amenhotep III 107

2.73 Elephantine 108

2.74 Elephantine, Destroyed Peripteral Temple of Amenhotep III 108

2.75 Elephantine, Temple of Satet 109

2.75.1 Thutmose III Before Amen (Louvre B73, E 12921bis 0) 109

2.75.2 Thutmose III Embracing Amen-Re 110

2.75.3 Amen-Re Accompanied by Khnum and Satet 111

2.75.4 King Before a Goddess 112

2.75.5 Seti I and Satet Before Amen-Re and Mut 112

Nubia 113

2.76 Amada, Eighteenth Dynasty Temple 113

2.77 Sesebi, Temple of Akhenaten, Usurped by Seti I 114

Chapter 3 Catalog of the Monuments of Seti I 119

Western Asia 120

3.1 Kadesh, (Tell Nebi Mendu), Stela of Seti I (Aleppo 384) 120

3.2 Tyre, Rhetorical Stela of Seti I 122

3.3 Tell es-Shihab, Stela Fragment of Seti I (Istanbul 10942) 123

3.4 Beth Shan, Larger Stela of Seti I (Jerusalem S.

884) 124

3.5 Beth Shan, Smaller Stela of Seti I (Jerusalem S.885A/B) 125

Sinai 125

3.6 Serabit el-Khadim, Stela of Ashahebused, Year Eight (No. 247) 125

3.7 Serabit el-Khadim, Stela of Ashahebused with Seti I and Ramesses II (No. 250) 126

3.8 Serabit el-Khadim, Relief Fragment of Seti I (No. 249) 127

Lower Egypt 128

3.9 Qantara, Monument of Seti I for Ramesses I 128

3.10 Khatana-Qantir, Industrial/Military Site 129

3.11 Khatana-Qantir, Faience Inlays of Palace Doors of Seti I 131

3.12 Khatana-Qantir, Barque Socle of Seth (Former Vienna) 132

3.13 Tell Birka, Block of Seti I 132

3.14 Kom Sheik Raziq, 2 Blocks (Doorjambs) 133

3.15 El-Mineiar, Block of Seti I 133

Heliopolis 133

3.16 Heliopolis, Flaminian Obelisk 133

3.17 Heliopolis, Granite Obelisk Fragments of Seti I (Inv. 3012) 134

3.18 Heliopolis, Sandstone Obelisk Fragments of Seti I (Inv. 2001 & 2026 A/B, 2500) 135

3.19 Heliopolis, Sandstone Doorjamb (Alexandria 420) 136

3.20 Heliopolis, Offering Table for Atum-Khepri (Cairo CG 23090) 136

3.21 Heliopolis, Offering Table for Horus-in-the-Great- Mansion (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek E. 115/AEIN 44/A 742) 138

3.22 Heliopolis, Grottaferrata Statue Fragment of Seti I 139

3.23 Heliopolis, Lintel of Seti I (Former Brussels E. 407) 140

3.24 Heliopolis, Fragmentary Naos of Seti I 141

3.25 Heliopolis, Naos Fragment of Seti I (Berlin 16782) 141

3.26 Heliopolis, Octagonal Pillar of Seti I (Berlin 2888) 141

3.27 Heliopolis, Block of Seti I (Alexandria 26290) 142

3.28 Heliopolis, Obelisk Socle Block of Seti I (Inv. 2260 & 2431) 142

3.29 Tell el-Yahudia, Temple-Model (Brooklyn 49.183 [66.229]) 143

3.30 Heliopolis, Fragment with Decoration of Seti I 145

3.31 Heliopolis, Block of Seti I 145

Memphis 146

3.32 Memphis, Temple of Seti I 146

3.33 Memphis, Statue of Atum (Cairo CG 1293; SR 13676) 147

3.34 Memphis, Lintel of Seti I 147

3.35 Mit Rahineh, Ptah Chapel of Seti I 147

3.36 Memphis, Lintel of Seti I (Pennsylvania E. 13573) 149

3.37 Mit Rahineh, Cornice of Seti I 149

3.38 Saqqara, Stela for Renenwetet (Leiden V.16 Inv. #AP 61) 150

3.39 Saqqara, Relief of Amenwahsu and Tia (Chicago OI 10507) 151

3.40 Giza, Stela of Hatiay (Cairo JdE 72269) 151

3.41 Giza, Huntsman Stela of Seti I (Cairo JdE 72269) 152

3.42 Fayum, Seti I Boundary Stela, Year Two (Cairo CG 34502) 153

Upper Egypt 153

3.43 Kom el-Lufi (Minya), Seti I Boundary Stela, Year One (Brooklyn 69.116.1) 153

3.44 Hermopolis, Decree of Seti I 154

3.45 Hermopolis, Fragment of a Doorjamb 154

3.46 Girga, Building Cramp of Seti I 154

Abydos 155

3.47 Abydos, Temple of Seti I 155

3.47.1 Outer Courts and Pylons 155

3.47.2 The Portico in the Second Court 156

3.47.3 First Hypostyle Hall 157

3.47.4 Second Hypostyle Hall 158

3.47.5 The Seven Chapels and Osiris Suite 160

3.47.6 South Wing of the Temple 161

3.47.7 Layout of Decoration in Paint 161

3.47.8 Reliefs in the South Wing Finished by Seti I 162

3.47.9 Work in the South Wing Completed After Seti's Death by Ramesses II 164

3.47.10 Reliefs in the South Wing Completed by Merenptah 167

3.47.11 Temenos Wall, Palace and Magazines 168

3.47.12 Conclusions: The State of the Temple at Seti's Death 169

3.48 Abydos, Seti Temple, Statue of Seti I (Vienna AS 5910) 170

3.49 Abydos, Seti Temple, Statue of Seti I (Dallas Museum of Art 1984.50) 171

3.50 Abydos, Seti Temple, Statue of Seti I (New York MMA 22.2.21) 172

3.51 Abydos, Seti Temple, Statue Fragment of Seti I (Sorrento, Museo Correale di Terranova 74) 172

3.52 Abydos, Seti Temple, Altar Pedestal of Seti I (Cairo JdE 4743) 173

3.53 Abydos, Osireion 174

3.54 Abydos, Chapel of Ramesses I 178

3.55 Abydos, Ramesses I Chapel, Offering Table for Ramesses I 181

3.56 Abydos, Ramesses I Chapel, Osiride Statue of Ramesses I (Cairo: JdE 89525; SR 15522) 181

3.57 Abydos, Ramesses I Chapel, Dedicatory Stela 182

Uncertain Provenance within Abydos 183

3.58 Abydos, Statuette of Seti I (Cairo CG 751) 183

3.59 Abydos, Statue Fragment of Seti I (Dewsbury Museum) 184

3.60 Abydos, "Portal Temple" 184

3.61 Abydos, Lintel of Seti I (Cairo JdE 32091) 185

3.62 Abydos, Sphinx Fragment of Seti I (Pennsylvania E. 12469) 186

3.63 Abydos, Relief Fragment of Seti I (British Museum EA 609) 186

3.64 Abydos, Stela of Miya 187

3.65 Abydos, Relief of Seti I (Ny Carlsberg AEIN 42/A 730) 187

3.66 Coptos, Base of a Sphinx of Seti I 188

3.67 Nagada, Offering Table for Seth (New York MMA 22.2.22) 188

3.68 Medamud, Statue Base, Ramesses I & Seti I (IFAO CAVES 42) 190

3.69 Medamud, Reused Blocks of Seti I 191

Thebes/Karnak 192

3.70 Karnak, The Great Hypostyle Hall 192

3.70.1 Extent of the Decoration of the Hall under Seti I 193

3.70.2 Previous Theories on the Date of the Hall 197

3.70.3 Chronology of the Decoration and Epigraphic Evidence for the Date of the Hall 201

3.70.4 Summary and Conclusions: Chronology of the Decoration of the Hall under Seti I 216

Karnak Stelae of Seti I 219

3.71 Karnak, Alabaster Stela, Year One (Cairo CG 34501) 219

3.72 Karnak, Ptah Temple Stela of Seti I, Year One 221

3.73 Karnak, Fragmentary Stela of Seti I (?) 221

3.74 Karnak, Blocks Reused in the Temple of Khonsu 221

Karnak Statuary of Seti I 222

3.75 Karnak, Alabaster Statue of Seti I (Cairo CG 42139) 222

3.76 Karnak, Group Statue of Amen, Mut & Seti I (Cairo CG 39210 + 927) 223

3.77 Karnak, Group Statue of Amen & Mut (Cairo CG 39211) 224

3.78 Karnak, Group Statue of Amen & Mut (Cairo CG 39212) 225

3.79 Karnak, Statue Head of Amen 226

3.80 Karnak, Sphinx in the Name of Seti I (Late Period?) 226

3.81 Karnak, Statue Base of Seti I 227

3.82 Karnak, Precinct of Monthu, Sm3-T3wy Stela of Seti I 227

3.83 Karnak, Precinct of Monthu, Bases of Colossi of Seti I 227

Thebes/West Bank 228

3.84 Gurnah, Memorial Temple of Seti I 228

3.84.1 Architectural Conception 228

3.84.2 Building History 233

3.84.3 Description and Chronology of the Observable Phases in the Decorative Program 234

3.84.4 Summary of the Chronology of Relief Decoration at Gurnah Temple under Seti I and Ramesses II 246

3.85 Gurnah, Four Votive Stelae of Seti I from the Temple 249

3.86 Ramesseum, Double Temple of Seti I 249

3.87 Deir el-Medina, Jamb of Seti I (Turin 6005) 250

3.88 Deir el-Medina, Stela Naming Seti I & Ramesses I (no. 122) 250

3.89 Deir el-Medina, Stela of Seti I (no. 422) 251

3.90 Deir el-Medina, Stela of Seti I (Turin 50090 [former 1466]) 251

3.91 Deir el-Medina, Fragment of an Altar-stand 251

3.92 Deir el-Medina, Cornice of a Doorpost 252

3.93 Deir el-Medina, Relief with Barque of Hathor (no. 237) 252

3.94 Deir el-Medina, Hathor Temple 252

3.95 Deir el-Medina, Hathor Temple, Altar-stand (no. 303) 253

3.96 Deir el-Medina, Hathor Temple, Altar-stand (no. 304) 253

3.97 Deir el-Medina, Hathor Temple, Fragmentary Libation Basin for Hathor (Cairo JdE 72010) 253

3.98 Deir el-Medina, Hathor Temple, Stela of Seti I (no. 414) 253

3.99 Deir el-Medina, Relief of Ameneminet (JdE 43591) 254

3.100 Deir el-Medina, Relief Naming Seti I (Turin N. 50081) 254

3.101 Medinet Habu, Head of Amen Statue (Port Said Museum P. 4035 = former Cairo temp. no. 23.8.22.4) 255

3.102 Medinet Habu, Statue of Amenhotep I as Amen (Port Said Museum P.

4020 [= former Cairo CG 1244]) 255

3.103 Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Seti I (KV 17) 256

Uncertain Provenance within Thebes 259

3.104 Thebes, Stela Fragment of Seti I (British Museum EA 1665) 259

3.105 Thebes, Fragments of a Theban Votive Temple Model 260

3.106 Thebes, Statue of Seti I and Amen (Louvre A 130) 260

3.107 El-Kab, Lion Figure (Cairo JdE 89120) 261

3.108 El-Kab, Reused Blocks of Seti I (Column Drums) 261

3.109 Hierakonpolis, Statue Base Fragment of Seti I 261

3.110 Gebel Silsila East, Rock Stela, Year Six 262

3.111 Gebel Silsila East, Rock Stela of Hapi 263

3.112 Gebel Silsila West, Rhetorical Stela of Seti I 264

3.113 Gebel Silsila West, Hapi Shrine of Seti I 265

3.114 Edfu, Stela of Seti I to Hathor (Edinburgh RMS 1907.632) 265

3.115 Elephantine, "Nilometer" Stela of Seti I 266

3.116 Elephantine, Relief Fragment of Seti I 267

3.117 Elephantine, Wall Relief of Seti I Offering to Khnum 268

3.118 Elephantine, Fragments of Three Sandstone Doorways 268

3.119 Elephantine, Grafitto of Seti I & Crown Prince Ramesses 269

3.120 Aswan, Smaller Stela of Seti I, Year Nine 271

3.121 Aswan, Larger Stela of Seti I, Year Nine 274

3.122 Aswan, Obelisk Fragment of Seti I 276

3.123 Philae, Block of Seti I 277

Deserts Outside Egypt 278

3.124 Wadi Hammamat, Rock Stela of Seti I (no. 94) 278

3.125 Wadi Hammamat, Rock Stela of Seti I (no. 213) 278

3.126 Wadi Hammamat, Rock Stela of Seti I (no. 214) 278

3.127 Kanais, Temple of Seti I 279

3.128 Kanais, Stela of Anena and Nebseny 281

3.129 Kanais, Rock Stela of Panub 282

3.130 Kurkur Oasis, Boundary Stela, Year Four 283

Nubia 284

3.131 Beit el-Wali, Block of Seti I 284

3.132 El-Dakka, Blocks of Seti I 284

3.133 Kuban, Installation of Seti I in the Fortress of Kuban 284

3.134 Sayala, Stela Fragment of Seti I, Year Three 285

3.135 Amada, Kiosk Fragments 285

3.136 Qasr Ibrim, Rock Stela of Seti I with Viceroy of Kush Amenemopet 286

3.137 Faras, Block of Seti I 286

3.138 Aksha, Satellite Buildings of Seti I in the Temple Complex 286

3.139 Aksha, Block with Kneeling Captive 288

3.140 Aksha, Block Fragment with Cartouche of Seti I 288

3.141 Buhen, Larger Stela of Seti I, Year One (British Museum EA 1189) 288

3.142 Buhen, Smaller Stela of Seti I, Year One (Pennsylvania University Museum E. 10988) 289

3.143 Amara West, Town Enclosure Wall 290

3.144 Amara West, Stela of Seti I, Year Eight (Brooklyn 39.424) 291

3.145 Amara West, Stela Fragment of Seti I (Khartoum 3063) 291

3.146 Amara West, Block of Seti from the "Governor's Palace" 292

3.147 Sai, Fragmentary Stela of Seti I (MAF F.25.11+) 292

3.148 Gebel Dosha, Stela of Seti I & the Viceroy Amenemopet 293

3.149 Sesebi, Block of Seti I 293

3.150 Sesebi, Precinct Wall of Sun Temple 293

3.151 Sesebi, Block of Seti I 293

3.152 Nauri, Stela of Seti I, Year Four 294

3.153 Gebel Barkal, Fragmentary Stela of Seti I, Year Eleven (Khartoum 1856) 296

3.154 Gebel Barkal, Hall of Appearances (Wsht h'w) of Seti I 297

3.155 Obelisk Shaft Fragment of Seti I from Heliopolis (No. 747) 298

3.156 Memphite (?) Relief of Seti I (New York MMA L. 1996.46) 298

3.157 Inscribed Fragment (Statue Platform?) of Seti I (Heidelberg 924) From Karnak (?) 299

3.158 Fragmentary Relief (Stela?) of Seti I from Karnak 299

Chapter 4 Studies on the Historical Implications of Seti I's Monuments 300

4.1 The Internal Chronology of Seti I's Reign 300

4.2 Accession Dates of the First Three Ramessides 300

4.2.1 The Accession date of Ramesses I 300

4.2.2 The Accession date of Seti I 301

4.2.3 The Accession date of Ramesses II 302

4.3 The Length of Seti I's Reign 305

4.4 A Reassessment of the Hypothetical Coregencies of the Early Nineteenth Dynasty 309

4.5 The Hypothetical Coregency of Ramesses I and Seti I 310

4.6 The Hypothetical Coregency of Seti I with Ramesses II 312

4.6.1 Scholarship on the Coregency 312

4.6.2 The Abydos Dedicatory Inscription and the Kuban Stela of Ramesses II as Evidence for a Coregency 314

4.6.3 Survey of Monuments Touching on the Hypothetical Coregency of Seti I and Ramesses II 316

4.7 Royal Succession and Dynastic Policy 333

4.8 The Ancestry & Pre-Royal Careers of Ramesses I & Seti I 336

4.9 Ramesses I's Ancestors in his Abydos Chapel 341

4.10 Royal Family under Ramesses I and Seti I 343

4.10.1 Queen Sitre, Mother of Seti I 344

4.10.2 Queen Tuya, Wife of Seti I 345

4.10.3 Princess Tia, Daughter of Seti I 345

4.10.4 The Royal Family's Role under Seti I & Ramesses II 346

Chapter 5 The Building Program of Seti I 350

5.2 Western Asia and Sinai 350

5.3 Lower Egypt 350

5.4 Memphis 351

5.5 Heliopolis 353

5.6 Abydos 355

5.7 Thebes 358

5.8 Upper Egypt 361

5.9 The Deserts outside Egypt 362

5.10 Nubia 363

Chapter 6 Studies on the Reign of Seti I 366

6.1 Historiography of Seti I Reign 366

6.1.1 The Rediscovery of Seti I in the Nineteenth Century 366

6.1.2 Seti I in Twentieth Century Scholarship 368

6.1.3 Political Temperament of the Reign 370

6.1.4 Seti I's War Record 372

6.1.5 Seti "the Pious" 372

6.1.6 Art of Seti I 374

6.2 Synthesis: Aspects of the Reign of Seti I 376

6.2.1 Horemheb and Ramesses I 376

6.2.2 The Accession of Seti I 380

6.2.3 Seti and the Age of Personal Piety 382

6.2.4 Service to the Gods 383

6.2.5 Seti I & the Royal Cult in the Early Nineteenth Dynasty 384.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [395]-427) and index.

ISBN:

9004117709

OCLC:

44764049