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Essays for the library of Seshat : studies presented to Janet H. Johnson on the occasion of her 70th birthday / edited by Robert K. Ritner

Published
Chicago, Illinois : The Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago, 2017.
Copyright Date
©2017
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 451 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
Additional Creators
Johnson, Janet H. and Ritner, Robert Kriech, 1953-
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Language Note
Contributions primarily in English; one contribution in French, and one contribution in German.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.The ABCs of Painting in the Mid-Eighteenth Dynasty Terminology and Social Meaning / Betsy M. Bryan -- 2.Yellow Is Not a Metaphor for "All [That]'s `Fair' in Love and War" / Lorelei H. Corcoran -- 3.The Camel as a Sethian Creature / Francois Gaudard -- 4.A Ptolemaic Grain Account Papyrus (P. Vienna D. 13.534) / Richard Jasnow -- 5.The Syntax and Semantics of the Particle ist in the Middle Egyptian Tales / Jacqueline Jay -- 6.An Indurated-Limestone Sphinx Fragment of Nefertiti in the Luxor Temple Blockyard / W. Raymond Johnson -- 7.Were There Legal Form Books, Legal Casebooks, or Case Law in Ancient Egypt? / Thomas Logan -- 8.State Making, Military Power, and Bureaucracy: Some Thoughts on New Directions in the Study of the History of Bureaucracy in Egypt / Joseph G. Manning -- 9."Completamente distrutte": Revaluation archeologique de Philadelphie du Fayoum, Egypte / Gregory Marouard -- 10.Fragments of a Late Roman Doorway at Medinet Habu / J. Brett McClain -- 11."Nonsense Burners" and Nomads / Carol Meyer -- 12.The Foundation and Purpose of the Settlement at Lahun during the Middle Kingdom: A New Evaluation / Nadine Moeller -- 13.A Loan Contract in Chicago from the Archive of the Theban Choachytes (Second Century BCE) / Brian P. Muhs -- 14."Greeks" in a Demotic List O. Lips. AMUL dem. inv. 1422 / Franziska Naether -- 15.Converters in Old Egyptian / Hratch Papazian -- 16.Family of Priests in the Theban Tombs of Ahmose and R'a (TT 121 and 72) / Peter A. Piccione -- 17.The Origin of Evil in Egyptian Theological Speculation / Robert K. Ritner -- 18.Fear of Hieroglyphs: Patterns of Suppression and Mutilation in Old Kingdom Period Burial Chambers / Ann Macy Roth -- 19.An Embalmer's Bowl with Demotic Inscription (Oriental Institute Museum E9115) / Foy Scalf -- 20.Stela of Tamiw Naming a King Takelot (Liverpool 24.11.81.7) / Cynthia May Sheikholeslami -- 21.Pectorals, Seals, and Seal Cases(?) / Penn Museum -- 22.Transformation and Justification: A Unique Adaptation of Book of the Dead Spell 125 in P. Louvre E 3452 / Mark Smith -- 23.Djedhor Son of Usirwer in the Valley of the Kings / Steve Vinson -- 24.The Beginning and End of Coffin Spell 149: A Living Person Approaches the Netherworld Tribunal / Edward F. Wente -- 25.Revisiting the Egyptian Memnon: Landscape and Memory in Western Thebes / Jennifer Westerfeld -- 26.A Saite Family Burial Assemblage from Nag el-Hassiya in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology / T. G. Wilfong -- 27.Security Conditions and Methods in the Middle Kingdom / Bruce B. Williams.
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ISBN
1614910324
9781614910329
Collection
Electronic Publications Initiative of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Note
"This celebratory volume is underwritten by Marjorie M. Fisher in honor of her colleague, mentor, and friend Janet H. Johnson."
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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