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The Tekenu and ancient Egyptian funerary ritual / Glennise West.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- West, Glennise, author.
- Series:
- Archaeopress Egyptology ; 23.
- Archaeopress Egyptology ; 23
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt--History--To 1500.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- History.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
- Place of Publication:
- Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Attested from the Fifth Dynasty until, and including, the Saite Period, the Tekenu is a puzzling icon depicted within funerary scenes in the tombs of some ancient Egyptian nobles. In this work four distinct types of Tekenu are identified and classified and then a Corpus Catalogue is formed.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 22, 2019).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781789691832
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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