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9780853236238

Temple Festival Calendars of Ancient Egypt

  • ISBN13:

    9780853236238

  • ISBN10:

    0853236232

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-01-04
  • Publisher: Liverpool University Press
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Summary

In this work, an attempt is made to gather together all the known examples of Ancient Egyptian temple calendars, to reconstruct them whenever practicable and to give the history of this kind of document. The book covers periods from the Archaic all the way to the Greco-Roman. The plates include photographs of the Ramesses II Abydos calendar never previously published.

Table of Contents

List of Platesp. vii
Abbreviationsp. ix
Prefacep. x
Introductionp. xi
The Beginnings
Old Kingdom Temple Calendarsp. 1
Sahurep. 1
Neuserrep. 2
Conclusionp. 7
Middle Kingdom Temple Calendarsp. 9
New Kingdom Temple Calendars: 18th Dynasty
Abydosp. 13
Karnak, South of Granite Sanctuaryp. 17
Karnak, Pylon VI, North Wingp. 20
Karnak, South Wall, Akh-menup. 22
Elephantinep. 31
Ramesses II at Abydos: Calendar and Festival Scenes
The Calendarp. 38
The Festival Offering Processions in the Forecourtp. 52
Ramesses III: the Medinet Habu Calendar
The Calendarp. 60
Its Interpretationp. 131
Minor, Fragmentary and Late Calendars
Karnakp. 141
Armant Fragments (Tuthmosis III?)p. 141
Karnakp. 142
Akhenaten: Karnakp. 144
Ramesseum, etc.p. 147
Karnakp. 147
Todp. 150
Karnak, Cour de la Cachette Stelap. 151
Late Period: Minor tracesp. 153
The Ptolemiesp. 153
Kom Ombop. 154
Esnap. 159
Edfu, 1-4p. 169
Dendera 1-2p. 180
Conclusion on late calendarsp. 184
Overall Conclusionsp. 186
Indexes of the Calendars (selective)
Products and Provisionsp. 192
Measuresp. 207
Bibliographyp. 216
Platesp. 219
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