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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Scarce. This soft cover volume is xviii + 301 pages in length, with 14 black-and-white figures. Our copy is unread and is in very good+ condition. Photographs are available upon request. "The Ramessid period in Egypt (ca. 1290-1075 B.C.E.) corresponds to the Late Bronze Age, a time of great change both in Egypt and the Near East. This period of empire, dominated by the figure of Ramesses II, witnessed crucial developments in art, language, and religious display. Biographical Texts from Ramessid Egypt offers insights into these cultural transformations through the voices of forty-five priests, artists, civil officials, and military men who served under the kings of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties. Sixty-five biographical texts, which were inscribed in tombs, on statues and stelae in temples, and exceptionally on temple walls, give details of their careers and character. The metrically arranged translations are introduced by descriptions of the texts' monumental contexts and, where possible, summaries of the careers of their owners. The volume provides an introduction to the historical background of the Ramessid period, drawing together key themes and interpretive issues raised by the texts and their contexts. These include the representation of relationships to deities and the king, the thematization of the priestly life, and implications of changes in the texts' media, including new decorative programs of nonroyal tombs. This integration of text with context sheds light on the meaning of biographical writing in ancient Egypt as a whole". …

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". xiv + 244pp. Internally clean. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Covers slightly creased. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; History. ISBN: 1350122386. ISBN/EAN: 9781350122383. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 48516. …

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Paperback. Condition: New. For most people the mention of graffiti conjures up notions of subversion, defacement, and underground culture. Yet, the term was coined by classical archaeologists excavating Pompeii in the 19th century and has been embraced by modern street culture: graffiti have been left on natural sites and public monuments for tens of thousands of years. They mark a position in time, a relation to space, and a territorial claim. They are also material displays of individual identity and social interaction. As an effective, socially accepted medium of self-definition, ancient graffiti may be compared to the modern use of social networks. This book shows that graffiti, a very ancient practice long hidden behind modern disapproval and street culture, have been integral to literacy and self-expression throughout history. Graffiti bear witness to social events and religious practices that are difficult to track in normative and official discourses. This book addresses graffiti practices, in cultures ranging from ancient China and Egypt through early modern Europe to modern Turkey, in illustrated short essays by specialists. It proposes a holistic approach to graffiti as a cultural practice that plays a key role in crucial aspects of human experience and how they can be understood.…

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Writings from the Ancient World 26. Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, 2007. First edition. In-8, xix & 301 pages. Original softcover, a fine copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: New Kingdom, Language, Texts & Writing.…

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Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Scarce (Wilbour Studies in Egyptology and Assyriology, 6). Glossy burgundy color boards with yellow lettering on the cover and along the spine. The work is 352 pages in length. Our copy is in brand new, flawless condition. Photographs available "(Auto-)biography is a genre of ancient Egyptian written discourse that was central to high culture from its earliest periods. Belonging to the nonroyal elites, these texts present aspects of individual lives and experience, sometimes as narratives of key events, sometimes as characterizations of personal qualities. Egyptian (auto-) biographies offer a unique opportunity to examine the ways in which individuals fashioned distinctive selves for display and the significance of the physical, religious, and social contexts they selected. The present volume brings together specialists from a range of relevant periods, approaches, and interests. The studies collected here examine Egyptian (auto-)biographies from a variety of complementary perspectives: (1) anthropological and contrastive perspectives; (2) the original Old Kingdom settings; (3) text format and language; (4) social dimensions; and (5) religious experience".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Rare. Glossy pictorial boards. This book is 260 pages in length, with 48 text figures, and 9 color plates. A corner is slightly bumped. Otherwise, the book is in very fine condition, inside and out. Photographs are available.

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