Amarna city of Akhenaten and Nefertiti : Nefertiti as Pharaoh / Julia Sampson and H. S. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sampson, Julia, author.

Smith, H. S. (Harry Sidney), author.

Series:

Oxbow Classics in Egyptology Series

Oxbow Classics in Egyptology Series ; Volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt--History--Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxbow Books, [2023]

Summary:

Tell el-Amarna is the modern name for the ancient Egyptian city of Akhenaten, situated in a bay of hills formed by the cliffs of the eastern desert about halfway between Cairo and Luxor. The city was founded in the 14th century BC by the Pharaoh Akhenaten to be a royal palace for himself and his wife Nefertiti, the capital of all Egypt and the center of the state cult of the Sun God in the form of Aten (sun disc), which became an obsession of the Pharoah. The city contained temples, palaces, state buildings and great private mansions, but was abandoned by Akhenaten's successor, his son Tutenkhamen, and the city was demolished, never to be re-inhabited. This volume presents a detailed, illustrated catalog of the many statues, statuettes, reliefs, inlays and inscriptions recorded and collected by Flinders Petrie, together with glass and faience objects and moulds. Part II provides a summary of developments in royal names and titles with a discussion on research into names and evidence of royal status.

Contents:

Cover

Book Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Plates

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Addenda and Corrigenda to Part I

Preface to the 2023 Edition

Publisher's Preface

Introduction by H. S. Smith

The Significance of the Collection by the Author

Part I

Statues and Statuettes

Head of Akhenaten (Plate 1)

Head of Nefertiti (Plates 2, 3, 4 and I)

Royal Trio (Plates 5a, 5b, and diagrams 6, 7)

Nefertiti or a 'princess' figure (Plates 8a and 8b, and 9)

Fragment of a 'princess' figure, sandstone (Plate 10)

Fragment of a 'princess' figure quartzite (Plate 11)

Figure from a perfume holder (Plates 12a and 12b)

Bust from a royal statue (Plates 13a, 13b)

Mouth and chin from a colossal statue (Plate 14)

Red Jasper ankle and heel (Plate II)

A lion's head (Plate 15)

Back of Tutankhamen's Throne (14b)

Note on Monkey Statuettes

Two monkey statuettes (Plate 16)

Three monkey statuettes (Plate 17)

Reliefs

Early Amarna relief of Nefertiti (Plate 18)

Nefertiti in her tall crown (Plate 19)

Royal figures on a palace balustrade (Plate 20)

Figure of Nefertiti from Memphis (Plate 21)

Sitamen from Thebes (Plate 22)

Profile of Akhenaten (Plate 23)

A Queen offers libation to the Aten (Plate 24)

A libation offering to the Aten (Plate 25)

An early Amarna portrait of a princess (Plate 26)

A princess from a central palace column (Plate 27)

Two offering bearers (Plate 28)

Figure from the tomb of Ay (Plate 29)

A Food Carrier (Plate 30)

Foreigners on a limestone balustrade (Plates 31 and 32)

Profile of a man (Plate 33)

Two profiles on a trial piece (Plate 34)

Sculptor's studies of hands (Plate 35)

The varied carving of hieroglyphs (Plate 36)

Ink sketch of a stalking baboon (Plate 37)

Inlays.

Two royal inlays with round-edge carving (Plates 38 and 39)

A royal inlay portrait (Plate 40)

Non-royal head for inlay (Plate 41)

An 'Amarna' princess from Thebes (Plate IV)

Tutankhamen Ivory (Plate 42)

Stone inlays (Plate 44)

Glass

Amarna princesses-red moulded glass (Plate V)

Six objects of 'Amarna' glass (Plate 45(i) and (ii))

Faience and Moulds

Note on Faience

Animal amulets and rings (Plate 46i-iv)

Royal and religious faience amulets (Plate 47i-ii)

Faience seals (Plate 48i-iii)

Fragments of faience tiles and inlays (Plate VI)

Fragments of faience tiles from pool scenes (Plate VII) 90 Note on moulds

Moulds with relevant faience objects (Plate VIII)

Moulds of royal and religious symbols (Plate 49)

Moulds for a crown, a seal and figures of gods (Plate 50)

Inscriptions

Limestone scarab of Amenophis IV (Plate 51a, 51b)

Queen Ty's seal (Plate 52)

A carving of part of the early Aten name (Plate 53)

The intermediate form of the Aten name (Plate 54a, 54b)

The coregency stela of Akhenaten and his successor (Plate 55a, 55b)

Part II

I. Preface to Part II

II. Summary of Developments in Royal Names and Titles Figs. 1 - 9

III. More Key Pieces

1 Nefertiti's names and titles (Plates 56 &amp

57)

2 The names of Akhenaten's coregent and successor (Plate 58

Figs. 10-11)

3 Crowns (Plate 59)

4 Kiya (Figs. 12-13) (Plate 60)

IV Past Theories and Later Information

V New Direction and Impetus Given to Research

VI Research and Discoveries in the 1970's

1 Nefertiti's status (Figs. 15-16

p. 127)

2 Meritaten's name and status (Fig. 7)

3 Queens who ruled in ancient Egypt

4 The use of the names Nefernefruaten and Smenkhkare (Fig. 17)

5 Evidence of Nefertiti's kingship

Conclusions

Index of Numbers

General Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

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Includes indexes.

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ISBN:

9798888570272

OCLC:

1395182967