The Material World of Ancient EgyptCambridge University Press, 12 Αυγ 2013 - 214 σελίδες The Material World of Ancient Egypt examines the objects and artifacts, the representations in art, and the examples of documentation that together reveal the day-to-day physical substance of life in ancient Egypt. This book investigates how people dressed, what they ate, the houses they built, the games they played, and the tools they used, among many other aspects of daily life, paying great attention to the change and development of each area within the conservative Egyptian society. More than any other ancient civilization, the ancient Egyptians have left us with a wealth of evidence about their daily lives in the form of perishable objects, from leather sandals to feather fans, detailed depictions of trades and crafts on the walls of tombs, and a wide range of documentary evidence from temple inventories to personal laundry lists. Drawing on these diverse sources and richly illustrating his account with nearly one hundred images, William H. Peck illuminates the culture of the ancient Egyptians from the standpoint of the basic materials they employed to make life possible and perhaps even enjoyable. |
Περιεχόμενα
Introduction | 1 |
The Land | 9 |
Brief Outline of Egyptian History | 17 |
Study of the Material World of Ancient Egypt | 35 |
Dress and Personal Adornment | 48 |
A leather loincloth | 55 |
Sandals made of basketry 150 | 66 |
Housing and Furniture | 74 |
Tools and Weapons | 134 |
Workmen shaping flints | 136 |
An assortment of tools | 138 |
63 | 139 |
Jewelers at work | 140 |
Three measuring aids used in construction | 142 |
Basketry Rope Matting | 146 |
Basket with figs | 147 |
An ancient Egyptian model ofa house | 76 |
Remains of houses at Deir el Medina | 77 |
28 | 78 |
Painting ofa garden | 79 |
3o Remains of houses at Deir el Medina | 80 |
Funerary procession | 82 |
Carpenter splitting planks | 83 |
Chair of Renyseneb | 86 |
Wooden stool | 87 |
Workmen carrying a bed and cloths | 88 |
Basket box andjar | 90 |
Food and Drink | 93 |
A pile offood oflerings | 94 |
Typical wooden agricultural implements | 97 |
Reaping and gathering ofwheat | 98 |
43 | 99 |
Harvesting grain | 100 |
Packing wheat into a carrying basket | 101 |
Model ofa granary | 102 |
Squeezing the grapes | 104 |
Slaughtering a bull | 106 |
50 | 107 |
Largescale fishing | 108 |
Hygiene and Medicine | 110 |
Circumcision scene | 112 |
53 | 113 |
Cattle drovers | 115 |
Surgical instruments | 117 |
Containers of Clay and Stone | 122 |
Predynastic potteryjar | 123 |
Pottery making | 125 |
Pottery vessels | 126 |
Workmen carrying objects and vessels | 127 |
6o Early Dynastic alabaster jar | 132 |
Faience and Glass | 154 |
Eye of Horus amulet made ofEgyptian faience | 156 |
7o Fragment ofa figurine made ofEgyptian faience | 157 |
Lotus cup made ofEgyptian faience | 158 |
72 | 159 |
A glass flask | 160 |
Kohl tube in the shape ofa palm column | 161 |
Transportation | 162 |
A large vessel | 163 |
Fishermen hauling in their nets | 166 |
Model boat | 167 |
Loaded donkey | 168 |
Wheelwrights workshop | 169 |
Sport and Games | 171 |
A detail from a scene of hunting in the desert | 172 |
Wrestling scene | 174 |
Childrens games | 175 |
A selection of childrens toys | 176 |
A senet game | 177 |
Man with a pet dog | 179 |
Music and Dance | 180 |
Two female musicians | 181 |
Musicians | 182 |
Elaborate wooden harp | 183 |
Three musicians | 184 |
Playing a harp | 186 |
A man his wife and his daughter entertained by a harpist | 188 |
Dancers | 189 |
Weapons and Armor | 192 |
A troop of soldiers or marines armed with shields and spears | 193 |
Soldiers with bows and arrows | 196 |
Conclusions | 199 |
Sources of Chapter Heading Quotations | 204 |
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