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Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings VIII Objects of Provenance Not Know, part 4: (Dynasty XVIII to the Roman Period) Bertha Porter (Author) This volume, which is the fourth part of Topographical Bibliography VIII, Objects of Provenance Not Known, presents accessible references for unprovenanced stelae dating from Dynasty XVIII to the end of the Roman Period. The coverage includes monuments in museums and private collections, as well as those which have surfaced in sales and auctions only to disappear from sight once again. Volume VIII, Parts 3 and 4, provide the first comprehensive survey of unprovenanced stelae ever undertaken. The number and range of the stelae open up many new areas for further research, making possible an altogether fuller coverage of the material than has been possible hitherto. This volume contains extensive indices. 9780900416903, £85.00, Available Now HB, Topographical Bibliography, Griffith Institute Journey to the West The world of the Old Kingdom tombs Miroslav Bárta (Author) This book is intended as a commented summary of some of the major trends and most important features that can be encountered when analysing ancient Egyptian society of the Old Kingdom. The goal for writing this book was to outline general trends in the history of the non-royal tomb development of the period. The reason is rather simple and straightforward: ancient Egyptians considered the tomb to be their afterlife residence for eternity. In the afterlife they replicated the life they experienced during the lifetime. Thus the tomb architecture, decoration, inscriptions and equipment paradoxically represent a major tool for our understanding of the everyday life of the ancient Egyptians and enable a better comprehension of the development and dynamics of the Old Kingdom. 9788073083830, £21.00, Available Now PB, 342p, Czech Institute of Egyptology Ancient Egypt Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2010 2 volume set Filip Coppens (Author); Jaromir Krejci (Editor); Miroslav Bárta (Editor) The Czech Institute of Egyptology of the Charles University in Prague has since the start of the third millennium established the tradition of organising on a regular basis a platform for scholars, active in the pyramid fields and the cemeteries of the Abusir-Saqqara-Dahshur region, to meet, exchange information and establish further cooperation. The present two part volume, containing 51 contributions in total, is the result of the already third “Abusir and Saqqara” conference held in late May and early June 2010. The focus of the majority of the articles is on these cemeteries of the Memphite region at the time of the Old Kingdom, but not a single period is left untouched. A number of articles also move outside the core region, studying material and developments elsewhere in Egypt, but always against the background of the Memphite necropolis. 22 9789491431074, £42, August 2012 9788073083847, £93.00, Available Now HB, 475p, Groningen Archaeological Studies 19, Barkhuis HB, 904p, 45 colour plates, Czech Institute of Egyptology
Abusir XXV The Shaft Tomb of Menekhibnekau, Vol. I: Archaeology Květa Smoláriková (Author); Ladislav Bareš (Author); Renata Landgrafova (Author); Jiri Janak (Author) The tomb published in this volume is the third large Late Period shaft tomb that has been excavated in the south-western part of the Abusir cemetery. It belongs to Menekhibnekau, who held a number of important titles (among the “General”, “Overseer of Libyans”, “Overseer of the kbnwt-vessels”, etc) under Ahmose II and may have lived until the beginning of Dynasty 27. Although his tomb had been robbed, a number of important and interesting pieces from his burial equipment, including a seal of the necropolis and a faience menit with the name of Ahmose II, have been found in his burial chamber. In a separate shaft, large embalmer’s cache has been found that contained more than three hundred large storage vessels and a number of smaller receptacles of different kind. Ancient Egypt 9788073083809, £84.00, Available Now HB, 360p, 39 coloured plates and 230 figures, Czech Institute of Egyptology In Hathor’s Image I the Wives and Mothers of Egyptian Kings from Dynasties I–VI Vivienne G. Callender (Author) This study of individual Egyptian queens is based on an earlier study, The Wives of the Egyptian Kings, Dynasties I–XVII, which was a doctoral dissertation this author presented at Macquaire University in 1992. This book differs from the first in many ways because we now understand much more about these royal women. 9788073083816, £84.00, Available Now HB, 405p, 122 b/w illus, Czech Institute of Egyptology New Epigrams of Palladas A Fragmentary Papyrus Codex (P.CtYBR inv. 4000 Kevin Wilkinson (Author) P.CtYBR inv. 4000, owned by Yale University’s Beinecke Library, is a fragmentary papyrus codex that comprises parts of six bifolia (24 pages) and contains Greek elegiac epigrams. In spite of the fact that there is no explicit declaration of authorship in the remaining portions of the codex, all signs point to a single author that can be identified with confidence as Palladas of Alexandria, who is known from approximately 150 epigrams preserved in the Greek Anthology. Palladas has a distinctive poetic voice - highly personal and topical, with a tendency towards bitterly pessimistic observation on the world around him. Among other points of interest, there is a satire of the victory titles claimed by the emperors Diocletian and Galerius, a lament on the destruction of Alexandria, a curious mention of the sufferings of the Egyptian goddess Triphis, and lampoons of men from Hermopolis. 9780979975851, £40.00, January 2013 HB, 236p, American Studies in Papyrology 52, American Society of Papyrologists 23
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