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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