Research Catalog

Title

A categorisation and examination of Egyptian ships and boats from the rise of the Old to the end of the Middle Kingdoms / Michael Allen Stephens.

Author

Stephens, Michael Allen.

Publication

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2012.

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Details

Description

vi, 220 pages : illustrations; 30 cm.

Series Statement

BAR international series ; 2358

Uniform Title

BAR international series ; 2358.

Alternative Title

Categorization and examination of Egyptian ships and boats fromt he rise olf the Old to the end of the Middle Kingdoms

Subject

• 2686-2181 B.C
• Ships, Wooden > Egypt > History > Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C
• Ships, Wooden > Egypt > History > Middle Kingdom, ca. 2180-ca. 1551 B.C
• Shipbuilding > Egypt > History > Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C
• Shipbuilding > Egypt > History > Middle Kingdom, ca. 2180-ca. 1551 B.C
• Boats and boating > Egypt > History > Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C
• Boats and boating > Egypt > History > Middle Kingdom, ca. 2180-ca. 1551 B.C
• Antiquities
• Boats and boating
• Shipbuilding
• Ships, Wooden
• Boot
• Schiff
• Darstellung
• Ships, Wooden > Egypt > History > To 1500
• Shipbuilding > Egypt > History > To 1500
• Boats and boating > Egypt > History > To 1500
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt
• Egypt > Antiquities
• Egypt
• Ägypten
• Ägypten (Altertum)
• Egypt > History > Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C
• Egypt > History > Middle Kingdom, ca. 2180-ca. 1551 B.C

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-123).

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Evidence -- 2.Categorizations -- 2.1.Earlier categorization systems for Ancient Egyptian Ships and Boats -- 2.1.1.Grasser -- 2.1.2.Reisner -- 2.1.3.Boreux -- 2.1.4.Tooley -- 2.1.5.Merriman -- 2.2.Proposed expanding of the reference and categorization systems of Reisner and Boreux -- 2.3.The Reisner hull categories -- 2.3.1.Those considered during this research project -- 2.3.2.Why some Reisner categories are not discussed in this work -- 2.3.3.The dating of the Reisner categories -- 2.4.The ETH Series of hull types -- 2.5.The Reisner hull types, by category and sub -- category -- 2.5.1.Type I -- 2.5.2.Type II -- 2.5.3.Type III -- 2.5.4.Type IV -- 2.5.5.Type V -- 2.6.The ETH forms, by category and sub category -- 2.6.1.ETH 1 -- 2.6.2.ETH 2 -- 2.6.3.ETH 3 -- 2.6.4.ETH 4 -- 2.6.5.ETH 5 -- 2.6.6.ETH 6 -- 2.6.7.ETH 7 -- 2.6.8.ETH 8 -- 2.6.9.ETH 9 -- 2.6.10.ETH 10 -- 2.6.11.ETH 11 -- 2.6.12.ETH 12 -- 2.7.Summary and Dating -- 3.Deck Houses, Canopies and Deck Fittings -- 3.1.Deck shapes -- 3.2.Covering Materials -- 3.3.Deck Houses and Canopy Frames -- 3.3.1.Type A. Free standing frames, positioned in the stern -- 3.3.2.Type B. Vertical sided, with cambered top -- 3.3.3.Type C. Rectangular timber or fabric/matting covered -- 3.3.4.Type D -- 3.3.5.Type E Round topped shelters -- 3.3.6.Type F. Cargo stowage facilities -- 3.3.7.Type G. Free standing, for sacerdotal purposes -- 3.3.8.Type H. Baldachins -- 3.3.9.Type I. Awnings -- 3.3.10.Type J. Secondary awnings -- 3.3.11.Deck Railings -- 3.4.Stern rails -- 3.5.Side rails -- 3.6.Summary -- 4.Ancillary Deck Fittings and Their Uses -- 4.1.Steerage and helm -- 4.1.1.Rudder shapes -- 4.1.2.Rudder construction -- 4.1.3.Loom shapes -- 4.1.4.Depictions of rudders in use -- 4.1.5.Rudder posts -- 4.1.6.Embellishment of the rudders -- 4.1.7.Rudder configurations -- 4.2.Mast stowage and mast rests -- 4.3.Mast trunks -- 4.4.Gangplanks -- 4.5.Rowing and paddling -- 4.6.Summary -- 5.Towing and punting -- 5.1.Towing by boats -- 5.2.Towing by combined means -- 5.3.Towing from ashore -- 5.4.Punting -- 5.5.Summary -- 6.Masts and Standing Rigging -- 6.1.Bipod Mast -- 6.1.1.The bipod masthead -- 6.1.2.Stepping and retaining the bipod -- 6.1.3.Lowering the mast -- 6.2.Hull length to mast height -- 6.3.Standing rigging -- 6.4.The tripod -- 6.5.The pole mast -- 6.5.1.Construction of the pole mast -- 6.5.2.Pole masthead -- 6.5.3.Mast foot -- 6.5.4.Securing the pole mast -- 6.5.5.Mast position -- 6.5.6.Ancillary mast fittings -- 6.5.7.Construction of the mast shoe -- 6.5.8.Standing rigging -- 6.6.Summary -- 7.Sails and Rigging -- 7.1.Yards and booms -- 7.1.1.The yard of the Old and Middle Kingdoms -- 7.1.2.The boom -- 7.1.3.Yard and boom combinations -- 7.1.4.Yard/Boom proportions -- 7.2.Sail construction -- 7.2.1.Sail shape -- 7.2.2.Securing the sail to the yard and boom -- 7.3.Raising the yard -- 7.4.Topping Lifts and Secondary Topping Lifts -- 7.4.1.Topping Lifts -- 7.4.2.Secondary topping lifts -- 7.4.3.Supporting the boom -- 7.4.4.Securing the boom -- 7.4.5.A sacred form of running rigging? -- 7.5.Making sail -- 7.5.1.Holding the sail to the wind -- 7.5.2.Bracing the yard -- 7.5.3.Sheeting the boom -- 7.6.Sail handling -- 7.6.1.Raising the boom -- 7.6.2.Furling the sail -- 7.7.Summary -- 8.Summary and Conclusions -- 9.Bibliography -- 10.Abbreviations -- Appendix 1 The Examples -- 12.1.Abusir -- 12.2.Abydos -- 12.3.Asasif (Thebes) -- 12.4.Assiut -- 12.5.Aswan -- 12.6.Beni Hasan -- 12.7.Dahshur -- 12.8.Deir el Bahari -- 12.9.Deir el Gebrawi -- 12.10.Deshasha -- 12.11.El Bersheh -- 12.12.Elephantine -- 12.13.El-Hagarsa -- 12.14.El -- Hammamiya -- 12.15.El -- Hawawish -- 12.16.Giza -- 12.17.Helwan -- 12.18.Lisht -- 12.19.Meir -- 12.20.Mo'Alla -- 12.21.Quseir el -- Amarna -- 12.22.Rizagat -- 12.23.Saqqara -- 12.24.Sedment -- 12.25.Sheikh Said -- 12.26.Tell Ibrahim Awad -- 12.27.Thebes -- 12.28.Examples without provenance; or whose provenance is unclear -- Glossary of Technical Terms -- Appendix 2 Reisner Tabulated Data.

ISBN

• 9781407309446
• 1407309447

LCCN

2012427151

OCLC

• ocn794225432
• 794225432
• SCSB-1639776

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library