Studies in Honor of John A. Wilson

Hauser, Ernest B.

ISBN 10: 0226624080 / ISBN 13: 9780226624082

Published by Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1969

Unread book in perfect condition. Seller Inventory # 1532706

Synopsis:

This book is made up of twelve articles, sometimes brilliant but always interesting, contributed in honour of the seventieth birthday of John A. Wilson by his students and colleagues of the Oriental Institute. Contents: Zur Übersetzung der Präpositionen und Konjunktionen m und dr. ( R. Anthes ); Illusionism in Egyptian Architecture. ( A. Badaway ); A Ritual Ball Game? ( C. E. DeVries ); Foreign Gods in Ancient Egypt. ( S. H. Horn ); The Cruel Father: A Demotic Papyrus in the Library of G. Michaelides. ( G. R. Hughes ); Eunuchs in Ancient Egypt? ( G. E. Kadish ); Three Philological Notes. ( M. Lichtheim ); Thutmosis III's Benefactions to Amon. ( C. F. Nims ); Once Again the Coregency of Thutmose III and Amenhotep II. ( R. A. Parker ); Hathor at the Jubilee. ( E. F. Wente ); Some Egyptianisms in the Old Testament. ( R. J. Williams ); A Greco-Egyptian Funerary Stela. ( L. V. Zabkar ); Bibliography of John A. Wilson. ( E. B. Hauser ).

From the Back Cover: The study of illusionism in Egyptian architecture is but one small topic in the vast fresco of Egyptian culture to which Professor John A. Wilson contributed so brilliantly. The following pages are a small tribute to him.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Studies in Honor of John A. Wilson
Publisher: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Publication Date: 1969
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New