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Violence in the service of order : the religious framework for sanctioned killing in Ancient Egypt
- Title
- Violence in the service of order : the religious framework for sanctioned killing in Ancient Egypt / Kerry Muhlestein.
- Author
- Muhlestein, Kerry
- Publication
- Oxford : Archaeopress, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | AA963 B7684 no.2299 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 101 p. : ill.; 30 cm.
- Series Statement
- BAR international series ; 2299
- Uniform Title
- BAR international series ; 2299.
- Subjects
- Note
- Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)?--University of California, Los Angeles, 2003.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- The act of killing: an introduction -- Death by Narmer and others: the Archaic period -- Slaying under the Aegis of the God-King: the Old Kingdom -- Sanctioned killing in the time between: the First Intermediate Period -- Death by drowning, burning, and flaying: the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period -- The slayings of the great pharaohs: Dynasty 18 -- Instances of intrigue: the Ramesside Era -- The constancy of killing amidst anarchy: Dynasties 21, 22, 25, and 26 -- A time to kill: the appropriateness of violence -- Foreigners and Isfet -- Violent myth in the ritual of return -- Those who are about to die, we abhor you.
- ISBN
- 9781407308760 (pbk.)
- 1407308769 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- ocn773426139
- 773426139
- SCSB-5620098
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries