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The life of Meresamun : a temple singer in ancient Egypt / edited by Emily Teeter and Janet H. Johnson.
- Title
- The life of Meresamun : a temple singer in ancient Egypt / edited by Emily Teeter and Janet H. Johnson.
- Publication
- Chicago, Ill. : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DT68.2 .L54 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 135 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 30 cm.
- Summary
- Focuses on the life of a priestess-musician in Egypt in about the year 800 BC.
- Series Statement
- Oriental Institute Museum publications ; no. 29
- Uniform Title
- Oriental Institute Museum publications ; no. 29.
- Alternative Title
- Meresamun
- Subject
- Meresamun, active approximately 800 B.C > Exhibitions
- Temple of Amon (Karnak, Egypt) > Exhibitions
- To 1500
- Women and religion > Karnak > History > To 1500 > Exhibitions
- Women singers > Karnak > Exhibitions
- Karnak (Egypt) > Religious life and customs > Exhibitions
- Karnak (Egypt) > Social life and customs > Exhibitions
- Egypt > Social life and customs > To 332 B.C. > Exhibitions
- Genre/Form
- Katalog.
- Note
- Catalog of the exhibit "The life of Meresamun : a temple singer in Ancient Egypt," held at the Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago, Feb. 10-Dec. 6, 2009.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-126) and indexes.
- Language (note)
- Text in English; on t.p., in Egyptian hieroglyphics: Meresamun.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword / Gil J. Stein -- Preface / Geoff Emberling -- Meresamun's Egypt / Emily Teeter -- Inside the temple : the role and function of temple singers / Emily Teeter -- Ritual music / Emily Teeter -- Ritual objects / Emily Teeter -- Oracles / Emily Teeter -- Animal cults and animal mummies / Elise V. MacArthur -- Meresamun's life outside the temple / Emily Teeter -- Home furnishings -- Household cults / Emily Teeter -- Fertility and birth rituals / Elise V. MacArthur -- Social, economic, and legal rights of women in Egypt / Janet H. Johnson -- Women and their employment / Magaera Lorenz -- Radiological report on the mummy of Meresamun / Michael Vannier.
- ISBN
- 1885923600
- 9781885923608
- OCLC
- 302061213
- SCSB-10288159
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library