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The Tekenu and ancient Egyptian funerary ritual

Attested from the Fifth Dynasty until, and including, the Saite Period, the Tekenu is a puzzling icon depicted within funerary scenes in the tombs of some ancient Egyptian nobles. In this work four distinct types of Tekenu are identified and classified and then a Corpus Catalogue is formed

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: West, Glennise (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd , 2019
Series:Archaeopress Egyptology 23
Online Access:http://altertum.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/archaeopress/www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/emedium/fid/Archaeopress/9781789691832 - eBook.pdf
Author Notes:Glennise West
E-Book Packages:Archaeopress : Selected E-Books in Archaeology
Notes:FID-Lizenz "FID Altertumswissenschaften" (keine Universitätslizenz)
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Summary:Attested from the Fifth Dynasty until, and including, the Saite Period, the Tekenu is a puzzling icon depicted within funerary scenes in the tombs of some ancient Egyptian nobles. In this work four distinct types of Tekenu are identified and classified and then a Corpus Catalogue is formed
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2019
Includes bibliographical references
Zielgruppe: Specialized
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (300 pages) illustrations (black and white, and colour)
ISBN:9781789691832