Current Research in Egyptology 2016: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium

by Julia Chyla (Editor), Karolina Rosinska-Balik (Editor), Joanna Debowska-Ludwin (Editor), Carl Walsh (Editor)

Overview

This volume reflects the most recent state of research on ancient Egypt presented and discussed at the international conference Current Research on Egyptology XVII, May 2016. Nine papers are arranged chronologically covering the wide time span from the Predynastic till the Graeco-Roman Period, with the remaining five considering more general thematic, theoretical and cross-cultural topics. Papers re-examine the archives from early exacavations of pre-Dynastic tombs in the light of modern research; discuss various types of object from different periods; consider the roles of travelling artists and regional artistic schools styles and the mobility of ancient high-skilled craftsmen. Thematic, theoretical, and cross-cultural papers consider the relation of gods, cosmic sacredness and fertility beliefs; take a comparative approach to cultural identity extracted from narrative poetry of Greek and Egyptian origin; the inclusion of Egyptian musical elements incorporated into Greek traditions and the analysis of artifacts from the Egyptian collection of Zagreb, illustrating the range of information that essentially unprovenenced objects may have for future research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785706011
Publisher:	Oxbow Books
Publication date:	06/30/2017
Series:	Current research in egyptology , #17
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	350
File size:	8 MB

Table of Contents

List of papers presented v

List of posters presented xi

Foreword xiii

Introduction xv

1 Revisiting Walter B. Emery at Saqqara: Exploring Emery's excavations, a re-evaluation of his field notes (1946-1956) Rinus Ormeling 1

2 The placement of the Predynastic grave goods and its role in mortuary context: A case study of the cemeteries at Naqada Taichi Kuronuma 22

3 Who are the Naqadans? Some remarks on the use and meaning of the term Naqadans in Egyptian Predynastic archaeology Agnieszka Maczynska 40

4 Remarks on ancient Egyptian cartonnage mummy masks from the Late Old Kingdom to the end of the New Kingdom Emanuele Casini 56

5 Generous patrons, loyal clients? Some remarks on patronage of Middle Kingdom elites Martina Bardonová Vera Nováková 74

6 Military expeditions of King Hatshepsut Filip Taterka 90

7 Egyptian artists in the New Kingdom: Travelling artists and travelling ideas? Inmaculada Vivas Sainz 107

8 Material culture and social interactions in New Kingdom non-elite cemeteries Rennan Lemos 121

9 New finds of Greco-Roman Period decorated wooden coffins from Abusir South Marie Peterková Hlouchová 136

10 The Egyptian land-based layer: Between god(s), cosmic sacredness and fertility beliefs Guilherme Borges Pires 150

11 Identity and the protagonist in Greek and Egyptian narrative poetry: The construction of cultural identity in Homer's Odyssey and the Tale of Sinuhe Maxwell Stocker 159

12 The south face of the Helicon: Ancient Egyptian musical elements in ancient Greek music Daniel Sánchez Muñoz 173

13 Oil press installations and oil production in ancient Egypt Jose M. Alba Gómez 186

14 Artefact (re)contextualisation: Comparative context analysis from the Egyptian collection in Zagreb - preliminary research report Porin Šcukanec Reznicek 209