The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials

Studies in Iconography
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-37957-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 746 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1310 g

Reihe: Harvard Egyptological Studies

In The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials Lubica Hudáková offers an in-depth analysis of female iconography in the decorative programme of Middle Kingdom non-royal tombs, highlighting changes and innovations in comparison to the Old Kingdom. Previously considered too uniform, the study represents the first systematic investigation of two-dimensional images of women and reveals their variability in space and time.
Hudáková examines the roles appointed to women by analyzing how they are depicted in a variety of contexts. Taking into account their postures, gestures, garments, hairstyles, size of the body, age as well as attributes and tools used by them, along with the scene orientation, she traces diachronic and diatopic developments and regional traditions in the Middle Kingdom tomb decoration.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hudáková, &.

Hudáková, Lubica

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations

1 Introduction
1.1 The Tomb and Its Decorative Programme as a Source of Analysis

2 The Scope and Purpose of the Study
2.1 Period
2.2 Monuments
2.3 Old versus Middle Kingdom
2.4 Terminology
2.5 Selection of Scenes and Methodology

3 State of Research
3.1 Studies on Women
3.2 Position of Women in the Ancient Egyptian Society and Their Occupations
3.3 Women in the Art of the Old Kingdom

4 Women in Crafts and Trades
4.1 Linen Production—Spinning and Weaving

5 Women in Marsh-Related Activities
5.1 Women Accompanying the Tomb Owner in the Course of Fowling with the Throw-Stick and Spear-Fishing
5.2 Women Accompanying the Tomb Owner in the Course of Fowling with the Clapnet
5.3 Women as Active Fishers and Fowlers

6 Women in Agriculture
6.1 Cultivation of Grain

7 Women in Food Preparation
7.1 Bread-Making and Brewing

8 Women and Crime
8.1 Rendering Accounts

9 Women and Beauty Care
9.1 Hair-Dressing Scene

10 Women Accompanying the Tomb Owner
10.1 Women Accompanying the Tomb Owner in the Course of M??
10.2 Women Accompanying the Tomb Owner in Other Contexts
10.3 Excursus: Singular Themes in the Tomb of Sarenput I (QH 36)

11 Women and Games, Dance, and Music
11.1 Games and Acrobatic Exercises
11.2 Dance and Festivities
11.3 Music

12 Women in the Burial Procession
12.1 Female Mourners

13 Summary and Concluding Remarks

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lubica Hudáková, Ph.D. (2015, University of Vienna), is Research Associate at the Institute of Egyptology, University of Vienna. She has published a number of articles on Middle Kingdom tomb decoration and co-edited Change and Innovation in Middle Kingdom Art (2016) and Art-facts and Artefacts: Visualising the Material World in Middle Kingdom Egypt (2018).