Art as ritual engagement in the funerary programme of Watetkhethor at Saqqara, c. 2345 BC / Barbara O'Neill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Neill, Barbara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt--Ṣaqqārah.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt--Ṣaqqārah--History--To 1500.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Art and society--Egypt--History--To 1500.

Art and society.

Art and religion--Egypt--History--To 1500.

Art and religion.

Ṣaqqārah (Egypt)--Antiquities.

Ṣaqqārah (Egypt).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (62 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

Art as Ritual Engagement is examined through a case study of feminised funerary representation in the repertoire of Watetkhethor, an elite woman interred in the mastaba tomb of her spouse, Mereruka, at Saqqara, c.2345-2181 BCE.

Contents:

Cover

About Access Archaeology

Title Page

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List of Figures

Figure 1: Officials about to be punished, tomb of Mereruka (Kanawati and Swinton, 2018: 28). That Teti’s efforts ultimately ended in failure is suggested through the possibility that he may have been murdered by his bodyguards sometime between the eleven

Figure 2: Image of Mereruka. Interior, looking west; mastaba of Mereruka, Saqqara (photo credit: J. Gayle, used with permission).

Figure 3: Left to Right, Meryteti, Watetkhethor and Ibenebu, Watetkhethor’s Chamber B1 (Kanawati and Abder-Raziq, 2008: Plate 16).

Figure 4: The mastaba of Mereruka at Saqqara (Duell,1938: Plate 3b).

Figure 5: plan of the internal layout in the tomb of Mereruka, sections A, indicating sections dedicated to Watetkhethor, sections B, and to their son, Meryteti, sections (Cooke, 2020:44, figure 1.18).

Figure 6: Watetkhethor, as depicted on the north wall of Mereruka’s tomb, Room A13, Figure 5 (Duell, 1938: II, Plate 160).

Figure 7: Watetkhethor, positioned to the left/front of Mereruka with his mother on his right, behind in image, (Duell 1938: II: Plate 159).

Figure 8: (Duell, 1938: Plate 4).

Figure 10: A triadic arrangement, chamber A6, east wall (Duell,1938: 1, Plate 23).

Figure 9: Chamber A6, north wall (Duell, 1938: Plate 48c).

Figure 11: (Duell, 1938: 1, Plate 48d).

Figure 12: Chamber A8, south wall (Duell, 1938: Plate 57).

Figure 13: Chamber A10 (Duell,1938: Plate 91).

Figure 14 (Duell, 1938:1, Plate 94).

Figure 15: (Duell, 1938: 1, Plate 42).

Figure 16: Plan of Watetkhethor’s chambers within the tomb of Mereruka (Kanawati and Abder-Raziq, 2008: Plate 3, 53b).

Figure 17: B1, pillared hall, south wall (Kanawati, and Abder-Raziq, 2008: Plate 3, 53b).

Figure 18: Stairway area leading to tomb-roof via a door that opened from the inside (Kanawati and Abder-Raziq, 2008: Plate 53).

Figure 19a, left: Serdab room, B3, east wall (Kanawati and Abder-Raziq, 2008: Plate 32).

Figure 19b right (Kanawati and Abder-Raziq, 2008: Plate 32).

Figure 20: Burial chapel, B5, west wall recess, north sidewall (Kanawati and Abder-Raziq, 2008, Plate 43).

Figure 21: Burial chapel, B5, west wall recess, south sidewall (Kanawati and Abder-Raziq, 2008: Plate 40).

Figure 22: Palanquin Scene, chapel, B5, north wall (Kanawati and Abder-Raziq, 2008: Plate 47, annotated B. O’Neill).

Figure 23: Burial chapel, B5, north wall, detail (Duell, 1938: Plate 47). Generated by AI.

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Print version: O'Neill, Barbara Art As Ritual Engagement in the Funerary Programme of Watetkhethor at Saqqara, C. 2345 BC

ISBN:

9781803275543

1803275545

OCLC:

1391093467