Historical and archaeological aspects of Egyptian funerary culture : religious ideas and ritual practice in Middle Kingdom elite cemeteries

1. Verfasser: Willems, Harco
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
Umfang/Format: ix, 389 p., 12 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (some color), plans ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; 73
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Ägypten
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Nomarchal culture : political, administrative, social, and religious aspects
  • A Middle Kingdom nomarchal cemetery : Dayr al-Barsha
  • The coffin texts and democracy
  • Conclusion: The rise and fall of the coffin texts
  • Concordance to the sigla of coffin texts manuscripts and Middle Kingdom coffins.