The nobles of El-Qusiya in the sixth dynasty : a historical study / Miral Zakaria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lashien, Miral, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Macquarie University. Department of Ancient History.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nobility.

History.

Egypt--History--Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C.

Egypt.

Nobility--Egypt--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxxviii, 330 pages, 49 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Wallasey : Abercromby Press, [2017]

Summary:

The nobles of El-Qusiya were of Memphite origin and remained closely connected to the capital, with no evidence of a change in the ruling family from Khewenwekh (Pepy I) to Heni (end of Dynasty 6 or slightly later). Artists, particularly painters, were prominently depicted in the tombs of these nobles and appear in the company of the tomb owners on private occasions, bearing the title 'scribe/painter of the house of sacred records of the palace'. Wall scenes in the tombs of El-Qusiya are clearly inspired by the Memphite tombs of the mid-fifth Dynasty to the end of Pepy I's reign, such as those of Tjy, Metjetji, Ankhmahor and Mereruka, with El-Qusiya artists probably being trained at Memphis.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter I. Succession, chronology and family relationships of El-Qusiya nobility

Chapter II. Honorific, religious and administrative titles of El-Qusiya nobles

Chapter III. Artsists and artistic influence

Conclusions.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis -- Ph. D/ Macquarie University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Ancient History 2015.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxxiii) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780993092077

0993092071

OCLC:

990806580

Publisher Number:

99980078025