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The Tomb of Parennefer, Butler of Pharaoh Akhenaten
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Book
Theban Tomb 188 is the sole archaeological site in the ancient Theban necropolis securely dated to the reign of the "heretic pharaoh" Akhenaten (1353-1336 BCE). The result of several years of clearance and recording by Dr. Susan Redford, director of the Akhenaten Temple Project's Theban Tomb Survey, this richly illustrated book provides a detailed description of the remaining wall scenes and texts of this historically important ancient monument. In the fourteenth century BCE, Pharaoh Akhenaten attempted to institute a radical religious reform and moved his capital city to Amarna. This book publishes important evidence related to the Amarna period in ancient Egypt, specifically the plans, reliefs, and inscriptions of Theban Tomb 188, belonging to Parennefer, the tutor and butler of the king. Dr. Redford's detailed archaeological study traces the rapid evolution of ideology, iconography, and iconoclasm, as revealed in Parennefer's tomb. The decoration kept pace with the momentous changes in the king's thinking, so that, when dovetailed with the pictorial evidence from the excavations of the great Gem-pa-aten temple at Karnak, it becomes possible to chronicle these rapid changes.This definitive study of the tomb of Parennefer will appeal to archaeologists, Egyptologists, historians of religion, and art historians working on the ancient Near East.
Title
The Tomb of Parennefer, Butler of Pharaoh Akhenaten : Theban Tomb 188 / Susan Redford.
Edition
First edition.
Publisher
University Park, PA : The Pennsylvania State University Press
Creation Date
[2022]
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index. In English.
Content
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Location and Description -- Chapter 2 Architecture -- Chapter 3 Decorative Program -- Chapter 4 Dating and Chronology -- Chapter 5 Scene Restoration -- Chapter 6 Catalogue of Wall Blocks -- Chapter 7 The Tomb Owner -- Chapter 8 Conclusion: "The Good Name" -- Plates -- Bibliography