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Title

The nobles of El-Qusiya in the sixth dynasty : a historical study / Miral Zakaria.

Author

Lashien, Miral

Publication

• Wallasey [England] : Abercromby Press, [2017]
• ©2017

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Additional Authors

Macquarie University. Department of Ancient History.

Description

xxxviii, 330 pages, [49] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 26 cm

Summary

The nobles of El-Qusiya were of Memphite origin and remained closely connected to the capital, with no evidence of a change in the ruling family from Khewenwekh (Pepy I) to Heni (end of Dynasty 6 or slightly later). Artists, particularly painters, were prominently depicted in the tombs of these nobles and appear in the company of the tomb owners on private occasions, bearing the title 'scribe/painter of the house of sacred records of the palace'. Wall scenes in the tombs of El-Qusiya are clearly inspired by the Memphite tombs of the mid-fifth Dynasty to the end of Pepy I's reign, such as those of Tjy, Metjetji, Ankhmahor and Mereruka, with El-Qusiya artists probably being trained at Memphis.

Subject

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

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Based on the author's thesis -- Ph. D/ Macquarie University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Ancient History 2015.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxxiii) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Chapter I. Succession, chronology and family relationships of El-Qusiya nobility -- Chapter II. Honorific, religious and administrative titles of El-Qusiya nobles -- Chapter III. Artsists and artistic influence -- Conclusions.

ISBN

• 9780993092077
• 0993092071

OCLC

• 990806580
• SCSB-11030161

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library