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The ancient Egyptian books of the earth / by Joshua Aaron Roberson.
Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection BL2450.F8 R63 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberson, Joshua Aaron.
- Series:
- Wilbour studies in Egypt and ancient western Asia ; v. 1.
- Wilbour studies in Egypt and ancient western Asia ; vol. 1
- Language:
- Egyptian
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt--Sources.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Egypt--Religion.
- Egypt.
- Religion.
- Architecture, Ancient--Egypt.
- Architecture, Ancient.
- Tombs--Egypt.
- Tombs.
- Egyptian language.
- Egypt--History--Twentieth dynasty, 1200-ca. 1070 B.C.
- History.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 568 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta : Lockwood Press for Brown University, [2012]
- Language Note:
- Includes heiroglyphic texts, and their transliteration and translation.
- Notes:
- Revision of the author's doctoral dissertation -- University of Pennsylvania, 2007.
- "Collections of scenes and texts designated variously as the "Book of Earth," "Creation of the Solar Disc," and "Book of Aker" were inscribed on the walls of royal sarcophagus chambers throughout Egypt's Ramesside period (Dynasties 19-20). This material illustrated discrete episodes from the nocturnal voyage of the sun god, which functioned as a model for the resurrection of the deceased king. These earliest "Books of the Earth" employed mostly ad hoc arrangements of scenes, united by shared elements of iconography, an overarching, bipartite symmetry of composition, and their frequent pairing with representations of the double sky overhead. From the Twenty-First Dynasty and later, selections of programmatic tableaux were adapted for use in private mortuary contexts, often in conjunction with innovative or previously unattested annotations. The present study collects and analyzes all current known Book of the Earth material, including discussions of iconography, grammar, orthography, and architectural setting" -- back cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-555) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1937040003
- 9781937040000
- OCLC:
- 779607888
- Publisher Number:
- 99949188119
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