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Private tombs

by Bertha Porter and Rosalind L.B. Moss ; assisted by Ethel W. Burney

(Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs, and paintings, 1 . The Theban necropolis ; pt. 1)

Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 2004

2nd ed., rev. and augm

  • : pbk

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Includes indexes

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Description

A new paperback edition of the second edition of Volume I:I of the Topographical Bibliography, this volume deals with 457 tombs in Thebes. The text includes descriptions of scenes and objects found in each tomb with their complete bibliography, and is accompanied by maps showing their original positions. Among numerous appendices there is a classification of tomb-scenes, lists of kings, private people and divinities mentioned in the tombs, and of objects removed to museums.

Table of Contents

  • List of maps
  • Introduction
  • List of sources of plans
  • List of abbreviations
  • Note to readers Tombs Numbered tombs
  • Tombs without official numbers Appendixes Classification of selected scenes
  • Tomb-scenes painted by Nina Davies
  • Classification of tombs according to date
  • Classification of tombs according to site
  • Tomb-numbers used by Hay, Champollion, and Lepsius Indexes Kings, periods etc
  • Private names
  • Divinties
  • Objects in museums
  • Various
  • Maps.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA74100300
  • ISBN
    • 0900416815
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    xix, 493 p., [8] p. of plates
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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