The Decoration on the Cult Chapel : Walls of the Old Kingdom Tombs at Giza A New Approach to their Interaction Index: No / by Leo Roeten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roeten, Leo.

Series:

Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; volume 70.

Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; volume 70

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology).

Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian.

Chapels--Decoration.

Tombs.

Jīzah (Egypt)--Antiquities.

Jīzah (Egypt).

Tombs--Egypt--Jīzah.

Chapels--Decoration--Egypt--Jīzah.

Chapels.

Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian--Egypt--Jīzah.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt--Jīzah.

Egypt--Jīzah.

Physical Description:

lix, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2014.

Summary:

In the Decoration on the Cult Chapel Walls of the Old Kingdom Tombs at Giza, Leo Rocten presents a method that evaluates the degree of interaction between the various decoration themes that are placed on the western wall of the cult chapels at the tombs of Giza Diagtains resulting from that method show that during the 5th dynasty the focus of the mode of food supply for the ka of the deceased changed from primarily active to primarily magical. On the other walls of the chapel this change not only led to the loss of some secondary cultic functions like the inviting and guiding functions but also to an increasing focus on scenes from the daily life of the tomb owner. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part one. The present study

Compilations

Architecture, decoration and interpretation

Preliminary considerations

The methods employed in the present study

The western wall of the cult chapel

The co-occurrence of (sub)themes on the western wall

The locations of the (sub)themes on the western wall

The relation between the (sub)themes on the western wall

The decoration of the false door

The chronological development of the cultic character of the false door and its parts : possible interactions between the false door and the western wall

The interactions between the decoration of the western wall and the false door : further considerations about the magical food supply

The results : analysis and correlation

The entrance jambs and entrance thicknesses

The northern wall of the chapel

The southern wall of the chapel

The eastern wall of the chapel

The interaction between (sub)themes on the various walls

Conclusions

Part two. Annex

Catalogues

Tables

Diagrams

Chronological orderings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004265455

9004265457

OCLC:

865452284