Research Catalog

Title

Writing, violence, and the military : images of literacy in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (1550-1295 BCE) / Niv Allon.

Author

Allon, Niv

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2019.

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Details

Description

xi, 193 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm

Summary

'Writing, Violence, and the Military' takes representations of reading and writing in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (ca. 1550-1295 BCE) as its point of departure, asking how patrons of art conceptualized literacy and how in turn they positioned themselves with respect to it. Exploring statuary and tomb art through the prism of self-representation and group formation, it makes three claims. Firstly, that the elite of this period held a variety of notions regarding literacy, among which violence and memory are most prominent. Secondly, that among the Eighteenth Dynasty elite, literacy found its strongest advocates among men whose careers brought them to engage with the military, either as military officials or as civil administrators who accompanied the army beyond the borders of Egypt. Finally, that Haremhab - the General in Chief who later ascended the throne - voiced unique views regarding literacy that arose from his career as an elite military official, and thus from his social world. 0Consequently, images of reading and writing allow us to study literacy with regard to those who commissioned them, and to consider these patrons' roles in changing conceptualizations. Throughout their different formulations, these representations call for a discussion on literacy in relation to self-representation and to art's role in society. They also invite us to reconsider our own approach to literacy and its significance in ancient times.

Subject

• Horemheb, King of Egypt
• 1570-1320 B.C
• Generals > Egypt > Antiquities
• Literacy > Egypt > Antiquities
• Literacy > Military aspects > Antiquities. > Egypt
• Literacy > Social aspects > Antiquities. > Egypt
• Egypt > History > Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C
• Egypt

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-189) and index.

Call Number

JFD 20-749

ISBN

• 9780198841623
• 0198841620
• 9780192578709 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019930208

OCLC

1110438958

Author

Allon, Niv, author.

Title

Writing, violence, and the military : images of literacy in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (1550-1295 BCE) / Niv Allon.

Publisher

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-189) and index.

Chronological Term

1570-1320 B.C.

Research Call Number

JFD 20-749