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Decorum and experience: essays on ancient culture for John Baines (Griffith Institute Publications)

Full title: Decorum and experience: essays on ancient culture for John Baines (Griffith Institute Publications)
ISBN: 9780900416927
ISBN 10: 0900416920
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Publisher: Griffith Institute
Edition: Multilingual
Num. pages: 304
Binding: Hardcover
Language: en
Published on: 2013

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Machine Generated Contents Note: The Written World: Word, Text, Language -- Like Cats And Cows / James P. Allen -- The Self-presentation Of Payeftjauemawyneith On Naophorous Statue Bm Ea 83 / Hussein Bassir -- Late Egyptian Counterfactual Conditionals And Counterfactual Reasoning / Mark Collier -- The Traces Of The Main Inscription On The Abgig Monument Of Senwosret I / Roland Enmarch -- A Newly Identified Old Kingdom Execration Text / Andres Diego Espinel -- A Block Statue Of The Second Prophet Of Amun, Ahmose / Marjorie Fisher -- Mk3 `aufmerksam Sein', `erkennen' Und Der Ramessidische Gebetsanruf Mk3.tw Hft Sdm.tw / Erhart Graefe -- Language And Existence / Piotr Laskowski -- Ptahhotep On Communication And Sinuhe's Invisibility / Gerald Moers -- Early Evidence Bearing On Two Puzzles In Hieroglyphic Writing / R. S. Simpson -- History And Orthography: Reinterpreting The Demotic Evidence For Antiochos Iv's Expulsion From Egypt In 168 Bce / Mark Smith -- Contents Note Continued: On The Singularity Of Wenamun / John Tait -- `ich Hatte Viele Freunde Unter Allen Leuten Meiner Stadt...': Zur Bedeutung Von Freundschaft Im Alten Agypten / Burkhard Backes -- Organizing The World: Classification, Typology, And Taxonomy In The Past, Present, And Future / Willeke Wendrich -- Les Gouts Litteraires D'un Dignitaire Mendesien / Christiane Zivie-coche -- The Sensory World: Art, Religion, Experience -- On The Status And Purposes Of Ancient Art / Zainab Bahrani -- Women And Prayer In Pharaonic Egypt / Christopher Eyre -- A Bird's Eye View On Perspective / Paul John Frandsen -- Nut On The Ceiling Of The Burial Chamber Of Djehuty (tt11) / Jose M. Galan -- Egyptian Mythos As Logos: An Attempt At A Redefinition Of `mythical Thinking' / Katja Goebs -- The Impact Of Religious Initiation And Restricted Knowledge On Daily Life In Ancient Egypt: An Ethno-egyptological Perspective / Fayza Haikal -- Contents Note Continued: Proportionen Und Stile In Den Assiutischen Nomarchengrabern Der Ersten Zwischenzeit Und Des Mittleren Reiches / Jochem Kahl -- Ptah-pataikos, Harpokrates, And Khepri / Martina Minas-nerpel -- Etreinte Maternelle Pour Un Garcon Boucher: La Stele Louvre Af 11681 / Elsa Rickal -- Mourning Women And Decorum In Ancient Egyptian Art / Christina Riggs -- Invisible Hathor: Rising Dawn In The Book Of Day / Alison Roberts -- The Decorative Program In Single-roomed Pre-amarna 18th Dynasty Theban Tomb Chapels / Gay Robins -- The Alternative To Growing Turnips: Myrtle Broome In Egypt 1927--1937 / John Ruffle -- The Fish-offerer In Florence / Helen Whitehouse -- A Propos De Quelques Dedicaces Sur Lin De L'epoque Romaine: Une Pratique Votive Meconnue? / Ghislaine Widmer -- The Negotiated World: Politics, Value, Landscape -- Was China An Egyptian Colony? / Robert Bagley -- Men In The Temple: World-order, Prestige, And Piety / Susanne Bickel -- Contents Note Continued: Coercion, Creation, Intervention: Three Capacities Of The Early Egyptian State / Marcelo Campagno -- How To Figure Animal Fables: Animals At Play In P. Turin 55001 And Choju Giga / Tom Hare -- `hastily But Carelessly Torn': Maya Glyphs From Palenque In Montrose, Scotland / David Stuart -- The Idea Of Chaos In Ancient Greece And Egypt: From Hiatus To Disorder And To Order / Mpay Kemboly -- Under Northern Eyes: Egyptian Art And Ceremony As Received By Babylonians, Hurrians, And Hittites / Mario Liverani -- Sphinx Hill, Oxfordshire: A Work In Progress / Henrietta Mccall -- Animality, Masculinity, And Phallic Culture In The Anatolian Neolithic / Lynn Meskell -- Conflicting Interests Over The Possession And Transfer Of Institutional Land: Individual Versus Family Strategies / Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia -- Warum Pharao Immer Siegt: Bemerkungen Zum Ikon Des `erschlagens Der Feinde' Aus Wissenssoziologischer Perspektive / Hans-hubertus Munch -- Contents Note Continued: Sabef And Merika: An Early Dynastic Conundrum / David O'connor -- The Myths Of Osiris And Kamberap In Cross-cultural Comparison / Stuart Kirsch -- Hyksos Self-presentation And `culture' / R. Gareth Roberts -- `fleshpots Of Egypt': Rethinking Temple Economy In The Ancient Near East / David Wengrow. Edited By Elizabeth Frood And Angela Mcdonald ; With The Editorial Assistance Of R. Gareth Roberts. Includes Bibliographical References. Contributions In English, French And German.