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This Element offers a new approach to ancient Egyptian images informed by interdisciplinary work in archaeology, anthropology, and art history. Sidestepping traditional perspectives on Egyptian art, the Element focuses squarely on the ontological status of the image in ancient thought and experience. To accomplish this, section 2 takes up a number of central Egyptian terms for images, showing that a close examination of their etymology and usage can help resolve long-standing question on Egyptian imaging practices. Section 3 discusses ancient Egyptian experiences of materials and manufacturing processes, while section 4 categorizes and discusses the different purposes and functions for which images were created. The Element as a whole thus offers a concise introduction to ancient Egyptian imaging practices for an interdisciplinary readership, while at the same introducing new ways of thinking about familiar material for the Egyptological reader.

Art, Egyptian. --- Art, Ancient --- Civilization, Ancient. --- Idols and images --- Ancient civilization --- Egyptian art

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This volume proposes a theoretical and methodological framework for the study of “yellow” coffins, which is one of the most extensive corpus of funerary objects from Ancient Egypt, and the most complex in terms of decoration. It presents a synthetic view on Egyptian coffin decoration during the II millennium B.C. together with in-depth examination of a sample of nine previously unpublished burial assemblages. Dating from the 21st-22nd Dynasties, these objects were chosen to showcase the stages of development in coffin decoration detected in the “yellow” corpus, as well as variations in style and layout. A new formal typology of this corpus is proposed, allowing a better understanding of the dynamics of coffin decoration in Theban workshops.

Coffins --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Antiquities. --- Coffins. --- Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city) --- Egypt --- Art, Egyptian --- Antiquities --- Coffins - Egypt - Thebes (Extinct city) --- Funeral rites and ceremonies - Egypt - Thebes (Extinct city) --- Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt - Thebes (Extinct city) --- Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city) - Antiquities