Renewing Royal Imagery

Akhenaten and Family in the Amarna Tombs
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-44050-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1058 g

Reihe: Harvard Egyptological Studies

In Renewing Royal Imagery: Akhenaten and Family in the Amarna Tombs, Arlette David offers a systematic, in-depth analysis of the visual presentation of ancient Egyptian kingship during Akhenaten's reign (circa 1350 B.C.) in the elite tombs of his new capital, domain of his god Aten, and attempts to answer two basic questions: how can Amarna imagery look so blatantly Egyptian and yet be intrinsically different? And why did it need to be so?

Autoren/Hrsg.

David, Arlette

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Ägyptologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Introduction

1 Description vs. Interpretation

2 What’s Wrong with the ‘Queen of Punt’?

3 Royal Scenes in Amarna Elite Tombs

1 Offering King Motif: King as Officiant

1 Description

2 Iconography

3 Interpretation

2 Driving King Motif: King in Apotheosis

1 Description

2 Iconography

3 Interpretation

3 Feasting King Motif: King as Consumer

1 Description

2 Iconography

3 Interpretation

4 Patron King Motif: King as Benefactor

1 Description

2 Iconography

3 Interpretation

5 Mourning King Motif: King Facing Loss

1 Description

2 Iconography

3 Interpretation

Conclusions

Bibliography

General Index

Egyptian Lexemes Index

Egyptian Texts Index

Museum Items Index

Über Autor(innen)

Arlette David, LL.M. (1987), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Ph.D. in Egyptology (2003), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor of Egyptology at that university. She has published monographs and articles on ancient Egyptian legal languages, scriptural categorization, material culture, and iconography.