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Title

Sacred space and sacred function in ancient Thebes / edited by Peter F. Dorman and Betsy M. Bryan.

Publication

Chicago, Ill. : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2007.

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Additional Authors

• Dorman, Peter, 1948-
• Bryan, Betsy Morrell.
• Theban Workshop.

Description

xxiii, 192 pages : illustrations; 30 cm.

Series Statement

• Studies in ancient oriental civilization ; no. 61
• Occasional proceedings of the Theban Workshop

Uniform Title

• Studies in ancient oriental civilization ; no. 61.
• Occasional proceedings of the Theban Workshop.

Subject

• Sacred space > Thebes (Extinct city)
• Rites and ceremonies > Thebes (Extinct city)
• Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city) > Religion

Note

• "The present volume represents the first of what is expected to be an occasional series of publications deriving from papers presented at meetings of the Theban Workshop, a forum jointly initiated and sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago"--P. xiii.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. Egyptology and the evaluation of the sites of Western Thebes / Mohammed el-Bialy -- 2. Thebes : origins of a ritual landscape / Martina Ullmann -- 3. Archaeological and textual evidence for the function of the "botanical garden" of Karnak in the initiation ritual / Dimitri Laboury -- 4. Pharaonic building inscriptions and temple decoration / Silke Grallert -- 5. Veils, votives, and marginalia : the use of sacred space at Karnak and Luxor / Peter Brand -- 6. The terminology of sacred space in ptolemaic inscriptions from Thebes / J. Brett McClain -- 7. Intersection of ritual space and ritual representation : pyramid texts in eighteenth dynasty Theban Tombs / Harold M. Hays and William Schenck -- 8. Chamber Ja in Royal Tombs in the Valley of the Kings / Catharine H. Roehrig -- 9. Use, reuse, and abuse of "sacred space" : observations from Dra Abu al-Naga / Boyo G. Ockinga -- 10. Christian use of pharaonic space in Western Thebes / Heike Behlmer -- 11. Feasts, fertility, and fear : Qurnawi spirituality in the ancient Theban landscape / Kees van der Spek.

ISBN

• 9781885923462 (alk. paper)
• 1885923465 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2006941012
• 99821128218

OCLC

• 144764160
• ocn144764160
• SCSB-5360481

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Columbia University Libraries