Research Catalog

Title

The art of describing : the world of tomb decoration as visual culture of the Old Kingdom : studies in honour of Yvonne Harpur / edited by Peter Jánosi and Hana Vymazalová.

Publication

• Prague : Charles University, Faculty of Arts, 2018.
• ©2018

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Additional Authors

• Harpur, Yvonne,
• Jánosi, Peter,
• Vymazalová, Hana,

Description

307 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans; 28 x 21 cm

Alternative Title

World of tomb decoration as visual culture of the Old Kingdom : studies in honour of Yvonne Harpur

Subject

• 2686-2181 B.C
• Egypt > History > Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C
• Egypt
• Tombs > Decoration
• Tombs > History. > Egypt

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• In English, with two contributions in German.

Contents

Yvonne M. Harpur: an appreciation / Geoffrey T. Martin -- The Serdab-Statue of Ty in focus / Paolo Scremin -- Im Bemühen um musikalische Perfektion. Zu ausgewählten Musikszenen des Alten Reiches / Hartwig Altenmüller -- The afterlife existence captured in stone. The Sixth Dynasty false door stela of Inti in the social and religious context / Miroslav Bárta and Veronika Dulíková -- Nicht-königliche Felsstatuen des Alten Reiches in Giza / Edith Bernhauer -- A late Old Kingdom stele of uncertain provenance / Edward Brovarski -- The false door of Irrti from Saqqara / Kahled Daoud -- The rock-cut tombs of Meresankh III (G 7530sub) and her family in the late Fourth and early Fifth Dynasties: the decorative programmes in the Eastern Cemetery (G 7000), Quarry Cemetery west of Khafra's Pyramid, and the Khufu-Khafra Quarry at Giza / Laurel Flentye -- Notes on the tomb of Nfr-t̲z at Giza / Zahi Hawass -- Some aspects of Middle Kingdom agriculture - basketry products and their utilisation as represented in art / L'ubica Hudáková -- The decorated burial chamber of Ppy-ʻnḫ St̲w at South Saqqara. Some preliminary observations / Peter Jánosi and Hana Vymazalová -- The earliest attested pehou list in the Old Kingdom / Mohamed Ismail Khaled -- Union with God: a coronation scene (?) from the pyramid complex of Djedkare / Mohamed Megahed -- A "school" of Kagemni's master? / Karol Myśliwiec -- "Rhythm is it!" Special motif as part of wine making scenes / Gabriele Pieke -- Some rare scenes in the tomb of Rashepses at Saqqara / Hany El-Tayeb.

ISBN

• 9788073087708
• 8073087707

LCCN

2019300966

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries