Late antique Egyptian funerary sculpture : images for this world and the next
2000, 1st edition. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #389497
ISBN: 0691034680
Physical description: xxv, 163 pages, 52 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes: Rev. version of the author's dissertation -- New York University, 1988. Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-135) and index. Contents: Sites, types, and themes -- Artistry and artisans -- Identities and communities attested to by the funerary sculptures -- Funerary beliefs and rituals: effecting the funerary sculptures -- Funerary portraits: individual identities of this world for the next -- The absent deceased: corporate membership for the hereafter. Subjects: 332 B.C.-640 A.D.; Sculpture, Egyptian Themes, motives; Tombs Egypt; Religion; Sepulchral monuments Egypt; Coptic sculpture; Funerary sculpture Egypt; Sepulchral monuments and slabs; Early Christian (incl. Coptic and Byzantine); Tombs Ancient Egypt; Egypt Art Christian period (incl. Coptic art).
Price: €25.00