Historical and archaeological aspects of Egyptian funerary culture religious ideas and ritual practice in Middle Kingdom elite cemeteries / by Harco Willems.

Author/creator Willems, Harco
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
Descriptionix, 389 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), plans ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Coffin texts.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient--Egypt.
Cemeteries--Egypt. --History. --To 1500.
Tombs--Social aspects. --Egypt. --History. --To 1500.
Elite (Social sciences)--Egypt. --History. --To 1500.
Democratization--Egypt. --History. --To 1500.
Egypt--Antiquities.
Egypt--History. --Middle Kingdom, ca. 2180-ca. 1551 B.C.
Egypt--Religious life and customs.

Uniform titleTextes des sarcophages et la démocratie. English
SeriesCulture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; volume 73
Contents Nomarchal culture : political, administrative, social, and religious aspects -- A Middle Kingdom nomarchal cemetery : Dayr al-Barsha -- The coffin texts and democracy -- Conclusion: The rise and fall of the coffin texts -- Concordance to the sigla of coffin texts manuscripts and Middle Kingdom coffins.
Scope and content "Historical and Archaeological Aspects of Egyptian Funerary Culture, a thoroughly reworked translation of Les textes des sarcophages et la démocratie published in 2008, challenges the widespread idea that the 'royal' Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom after a process of 'democratisation' became, in the Middle Kingdom, accessible even to the average Egyptian in the form of the Coffin Texts. Rather they remained an element of elite funerary culture, and particularly so in the Upper Egyptian nomes. The author traces the emergence here of the so-called 'nomarchs' and their survival in the Middle Kingdom. The site of Dayr al-Barshā, currently under excavation, shows how nomarch cemeteries could even develop into large-scale processional landscapes intended for the cult of the local ruler. This book also provides an updated list of the hundreds of (mostly unpublished) Middle Kingdom coffins and proposes a new reference system for these"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 316-350) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014010878
ISBN9789004274983 (hardback : acid-free paper)

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