The art of describing : the world of tomb decoration as visual culture of the Old Kingdom : studies in honour of Yvonne Harpur / edited by Peter Jánosi and Hana VymazalovaÌ&#x0081.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Harpur, Yvonne, honouree.

Jánosi, Peter, editor.

Vymazalová, Hana, editor.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Tombs--Decoration.

History.

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

Egypt.

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

Tombs.

Tombs--Decoration--Egypt--History.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

307 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 28 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Prague : Charles University, Faculty of Arts, 2018.

Language Note:

In English, with two contributions in German.

Contents:

Yvonne M. Harpur: an appreciation / Geoffrey T. Martin

The Serdab-Statue of Ty in focus / Paolo Scremin

Im Bemühen um musikalische Perfektion. Zu ausgewählten Musikszenen des Alten Reiches / Hartwig Altenmüller

The afterlife existence captured in stone. The Sixth Dynasty false door stela of Inti in the social and religious context / Miroslav Bárta and Veronika Dulíková

Nicht-königliche Felsstatuen des Alten Reiches in Giza / Edith Bernhauer

A late Old Kingdom stele of uncertain provenance / Edward Brovarski

The false door of Irrti from Saqqara / Kahled Daoud

The rock-cut tombs of Meresankh III (G 7530sub) and her family in the late Fourth and early Fifth Dynasties: the decorative programmes in the Eastern Cemetery (G 7000), Quarry Cemetery west of Khafra's Pydramid, and the Khufu-Khafra Quarry at Giza / Laurel Flentye

Notes on the tomb of Nfr-t̲z at Giza / Zahi Hawass

Some aspects of Middle Kingdom agriculture - basketry products and their utilisation as represented in art / L'ubica Hudáková

The decorated burial chamber of Ppy-ʻnḫ St̲w at South Saqqara. Some preliminary observations / Peter Jánosi and Hana Vymazalová

The earliest attested pehou list in the Old Kingdom / Mohamed Ismail Khaled

Union with God: a coronation scene (?) from the pyramid complex of Djedkare / Mohamed Megahed

A "school" of Kagemni's master? / Karol Myśliwiec

"Rhythm is it!" Special motif as part of wine making scenes / Gabriele Pieke

Some rare scenes in the tomb of Rashepses at Saqqara / Hany El-Tayeb.

Notes:

Partial (preliminary) level record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9788073087708

8073087707

OCLC:

1066256434

Publisher Number:

99980298450