Stelae from Egypt and Nubia in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge c. 3000 B.C.-A.D. 1150

The volume provides a detailed catalogue of 127 stelae (many funerary) deriving from the Nile Valley, now part of the Egyptian collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The stelae are written in various scripts - Egyptian hieroglyphic, hieratic and demotic, Carian, Greek, Coptic and early Ara...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Fitzwilliam Museum, issuing body (issuing body)
Otros Autores: Martin, Geoffrey Thorndike, autor (autor), Clackson, S. (Sarah), autor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2005.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Fitzwilliam Museum publications.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:The volume provides a detailed catalogue of 127 stelae (many funerary) deriving from the Nile Valley, now part of the Egyptian collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The stelae are written in various scripts - Egyptian hieroglyphic, hieratic and demotic, Carian, Greek, Coptic and early Arabic - and cover a date-range of over 4000 years. Few museums have published their complete holdings of such material, and the carefully described and translated information from these stelae throws a flood of light on the history, religion, funerary customs, art and iconography, daily life and administrative systems of ancient Egypt and Nubia. Each entry has a photograph of the stela as well as a meticulous line-drawing which enables the texts and iconography to be understood and interpreted. Full museological details such as material, precise measurements, provenance (where known), mode of acquisition and dating are provided. The volume will interest specialists as well as a wider public concerned with Egyptology.
Notas:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico (xiii, 202 p.)
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780511584190