The Resource The ancient Egyptian books of the earth, by Joshua Aaron Roberson
The ancient Egyptian books of the earth, by Joshua Aaron Roberson
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The item The ancient Egyptian books of the earth, by Joshua Aaron Roberson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- "Collections of scenes and texts designated variously as the "Book of Earth," "Creation of the Solar Disc," and "Book of Aker" were inscribed on the walls of royal sarcophagus chambers throughout Egypt's Ramesside period (Dynasties 19-20). This material illustrated discrete episodes from the nocturnal voyage of the sun god, which functioned as a model for the resurrection of the deceased king. These earliest "Books of the Earth" employed mostly ad hoc arrangements of scenes, united by shared elements of iconography, an overarching, bipartite symmetry of composition, and their frequent pairing with representations of the double sky overhead. From the Twenty-First Dynasty and later, selections of programmatic tableaux were adapted for use in private mortuary contexts, often in conjunction with innovative or previously unattested annotations. The present study collects and analyzes all current known Book of the Earth material, including discussions of iconography, grammar, orthography, and architectural setting"--back cover
- Language
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- eng
- egy
- egy
- eng
- Label
- The ancient Egyptian books of the earth
- Title
- The ancient Egyptian books of the earth
- Statement of responsibility
- by Joshua Aaron Roberson
- Language
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- eng
- egy
- egy
- eng
- Summary
- "Collections of scenes and texts designated variously as the "Book of Earth," "Creation of the Solar Disc," and "Book of Aker" were inscribed on the walls of royal sarcophagus chambers throughout Egypt's Ramesside period (Dynasties 19-20). This material illustrated discrete episodes from the nocturnal voyage of the sun god, which functioned as a model for the resurrection of the deceased king. These earliest "Books of the Earth" employed mostly ad hoc arrangements of scenes, united by shared elements of iconography, an overarching, bipartite symmetry of composition, and their frequent pairing with representations of the double sky overhead. From the Twenty-First Dynasty and later, selections of programmatic tableaux were adapted for use in private mortuary contexts, often in conjunction with innovative or previously unattested annotations. The present study collects and analyzes all current known Book of the Earth material, including discussions of iconography, grammar, orthography, and architectural setting"--back cover
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Roberson, Joshua Aaron
- Dissertation note
- Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Pennsylvania, 2007.
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Includes heiroglyphic texts, and their transliteration and translation into English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Brown University
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Funeral rites and ceremonies
- Architecture, Ancient
- Tombs
- Egyptian language
- Egypt
- Egypt
- Label
- The ancient Egyptian books of the earth, by Joshua Aaron Roberson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-555) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn779607888
- Dimensions
- 29 cm.
- Extent
- xxiii, 568 p.
- Isbn
- 9781937040000
- Lccn
- 2012930584
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), maps
- Label
- The ancient Egyptian books of the earth, by Joshua Aaron Roberson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-555) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn779607888
- Dimensions
- 29 cm.
- Extent
- xxiii, 568 p.
- Isbn
- 9781937040000
- Lccn
- 2012930584
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), maps
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