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The decoration on the cult chapel walls of the Old Kingdom tombs at Giza : a new approach to their Interaction / by Leo Roeten.

By: Roeten, Leo
Series: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 70Publisher: Leiden : Brill, 2014.Description: lix, 436 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9789004265455 (hardback : acidfree paper)ISSN: 1566-2055Subject(s): Tombs -- Egypt -- Jīzah | Chapels -- Decoration -- Egypt -- Jīzah | Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Egypt -- Jīzah | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Jīzah | Jīzah (Egypt) -- AntiquitiesDDC classification: 932/.2
Contents:
Part one. The present study -- Compilations -- Architecture, decoration and interpretation -- Preliminary considerations -- The methods employed in the present study -- The western wall of the cult chapel -- The co-occurrence of (sub)themes on the western wall -- The locations of the (sub)themes on the western wall -- The relation between the (sub)themes on the western wall -- The decoration of the false door -- The chronological development of the cultic character of the false door and its parts : possible interactions between the false door and the western wall -- The interactions between the decoration of the western wall and the false door : further considerations about the magical food supply -- The results : analysis and correlation -- The entrance jambs and entrance thicknesses -- The northern wall of the chapel -- The southern wall of the chapel -- The eastern wall of the chapel -- The interaction between (sub)themes on the various walls -- Conclusions -- Part two. Annex -- Catalogues -- Tables -- Diagrams -- Chronological orderings.
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Book Book British Museum
Egypt and Sudan Shelves IM1.ROE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 54063000237621
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Includes bibliography ([xix]-lii)

Part one. The present study -- Compilations -- Architecture, decoration and interpretation -- Preliminary considerations -- The methods employed in the present study -- The western wall of the cult chapel -- The co-occurrence of (sub)themes on the western wall -- The locations of the (sub)themes on the western wall -- The relation between the (sub)themes on the western wall -- The decoration of the false door -- The chronological development of the cultic character of the false door and its parts : possible interactions between the false door and the western wall -- The interactions between the decoration of the western wall and the false door : further considerations about the magical food supply -- The results : analysis and correlation -- The entrance jambs and entrance thicknesses -- The northern wall of the chapel -- The southern wall of the chapel -- The eastern wall of the chapel -- The interaction between (sub)themes on the various walls -- Conclusions -- Part two. Annex -- Catalogues -- Tables -- Diagrams -- Chronological orderings.

AESMJ14, AES2014