Niv Allon

Writing, Violence, and the Military

Images of Literacy in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (1550- 1295 Bce)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book takes representations of reading and writing in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (ca. 1550-1295 BCE) and explores how patrons of art shaped conceptualizations of literacy in relation to militarism, violence, and memory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 147mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780198841623
• ISBN-10: 0198841620
• Artikelnr.: 56394657

Autorenporträt

Niv Allon received his PhD in Egyptology from Yale University in 2014. That same year, he joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art as an assistant curator in the Department of Egyptian Art. He recently co-authored (with Hana Navratilova) Ancient Egyptian Scribes: A Cultural Exploration (2017), and is currently working on a study of visions of violence among the elite in New Kingdom Egypt.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Writing, Memory, and Violence in the Tomb
2: Prestige and Disdain: Literacy and Self-Representation in the Tomb
3: The Likeness of an Author: The Scribal Statues of Haremhab
4: Palette and Crown: Constructing Haremhab's Royal Literacy
Epilogue: Objects, Patrons, and Perceptions