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The ancient Egyptian books of the earth /
"Collections of scenes and texts designated variously as the "Book of Earth," "Creation of the Solar Disc," and "Book of Aker" were inscribed on the walls of royal sarcophagus chambers throughout Egypt's Ramesside period (Dynasties 19-20). This material illust...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Tesis Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Ancient Egyptian |
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Atlanta, Ga. :
Lockwood Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Wilbour studies in Egypt and ancient western Asia ;
v. 1. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Collections of scenes and texts designated variously as the "Book of Earth," "Creation of the Solar Disc," and "Book of Aker" were inscribed on the walls of royal sarcophagus chambers throughout Egypt's Ramesside period (Dynasties 19-20). This material illustrated discrete episodes from the nocturnal voyage of the sun god, which functioned as a model for the resurrection of the deceased king. These earliest "Books of the Earth" employed mostly ad hoc arrangements of scenes, united by shared elements of iconography, an overarching, bipartite symmetry of composition, and their frequent pairing with representations of the double sky overhead. From the Twenty-First Dynasty and later, selections of programmatic tableaux were adapted for use in private mortuary contexts, often in conjunction with innovative or previously unattested annotations. The present study collects and analyzes all current known Book of the Earth material, including discussions of iconography, grammar, orthography, and architectural setting"--Back cover |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 568 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-555) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781937040253 1937040259 |