The Private Feast Lists of Ancient Egypt
Author | : Anthony John Spalinger |
Publisher | : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : 344703873X |
ISBN-13 | : 9783447038737 |
Rating | : 4/5 (3X Downloads) |
Download or read book The Private Feast Lists of Ancient Egypt written by Anthony John Spalinger and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1996 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume covers the numerous small lists of feasts that occur mainly on stelae and in tombs. A chronological study is presented wherein the major phases of Pharaonic Egypt (Old Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Period) are covered. Questions of dating these inscriptions as well as reasons concerning alterations in the lists form a major part of the discussion. In particular, differences in arrangement of these private celebrations both within a specific time period as well as between eras provide causes for the alterations of religious patterns of a non-royal sort. Calendrical ideas are likewise surveyed although for the most part the aim of this study remains focused upon the religious events themselves.Material of an ancillary nature (including some data from royal inscriptions) will be found only when they provide light upon the private religious practices.