Info Of The Iconography Of Menage Unit Of Measurement Members Inwards Egypt’S Elite Tombs Of The Onetime Kingdom

The Iconography Of Family Members In Egypt’s Elite Tombs Of The Old Kingdom

Jing Wen, University of PennsylvaniaFollow

Date of Award

2018

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Graduate Group

Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

First Advisor

David P. Silverman

Abstract

This written report collects, categorizes, as well as interprets the representations as well as associated texts of line of piece of job solid unit of measurement members of the tomb possessor that appeared inward elite tombs of the Old Kingdom inward the Memphite as well as provincial necropolis from the Fourth to the Sixth Dynasties. It provides a detailed investigation into the kinship designations, titles, as well as presentational specifics of line of piece of job solid unit of measurement members, as well as examines the frequency of occurrences of kinship designations as well as titles. The typology introduced inward this written report classifies the stances of line of piece of job solid unit of measurement members into 7 major types, each amongst several sub-types. The analysis of the appearances of each sub-type makes it possible to describe the developments as well as innovations of the depiction of line of piece of job solid unit of measurement members during the Old Kingdom as well as farther hash out the familial ideology expressed past times these stances.

This written report besides introduces the concept “family group” to pull the province of affairs when to a greater extent than than ane line of piece of job solid unit of measurement members look inward a unmarried scene or on the imitation door. H5N1 comprehensive analysis of all the line of piece of job solid unit of measurement groups inward the Old Kingdom person tombs demonstrates how the Egyptians conceptualized relationships inside a familial framework, such equally the differentiation of sex as well as generation, as well as the indication of age.

A exceptional trial is the pregnant of the term sn-Dt “brother of the funerary estate.” By analyzing all the existing examples, this written report points out that the establishment of the sn-Dt is a strategy to extend funerary responsibilities to non-family members as well as remote relatives, who would hence furnish offerings for the deceased equally the line of piece of job solid unit of measurement members did. The offerings that line of piece of job solid unit of measurement members commonly deport is the stpt-offerings, a specific type of offerings consist of forelegs, processed birds, as well as other food. This written report besides compares the representation of line of piece of job solid unit of measurement members inward the chapel as well as other sources concerning making offerings past times taking them equally unlike linguistic communication games. This comparing reveals the nature of the depiction of presenting offerings.

Recommended Citation

Wen, Jing, "The Iconography Of Family Members In Egypt’s Elite Tombs Of The Old Kingdom" (2018). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 3201. 
https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/3201