His Good Name
Essays on Identity and Self-Presentation in Ancient Egypt in Honor of Ronald J. Leprohon
Published on 1. July 2021
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Hardback
398 pages
978-1-948488-37-2 (ISBN)
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Building on the work of Ronald J. Leprohon, to whom it is dedicated, contributions in this volume present an overview of our current state of understanding of patterns of identity and self-presentation in ancient Egypt.
The wish to affiliate with a specific cultural, social or ethnic group is as important today as it was in past societies, such as that of the ancient Egyptians. The same significance applies to the self-presentation of an individual within such a group. Although it is inevitable that we perceive ancient cultures through the lens of our own time and place and value systems, we can certainly try to look beyond these limitations. Questions of how the ancient Egyptians saw themselves and how individuals tried to establish and thus present themselves in society are central pieces of the puzzle of how we interpret this ancient culture.
This book focuses on the topic of identity and self-presentation in ancient Egyptian society, approaching this through studies of gender, literature, material culture, mythology, names and officialdom. It tackles the subject from many different angles: the ways in which social and personal identities are constructed and maintained; the manipulations of culture by individuals to reflect real or aspirational identities; and the methods modern scholars use to attempt to say something about ancient persons.
The wish to affiliate with a specific cultural, social or ethnic group is as important today as it was in past societies, such as that of the ancient Egyptians. The same significance applies to the self-presentation of an individual within such a group. Although it is inevitable that we perceive ancient cultures through the lens of our own time and place and value systems, we can certainly try to look beyond these limitations. Questions of how the ancient Egyptians saw themselves and how individuals tried to establish and thus present themselves in society are central pieces of the puzzle of how we interpret this ancient culture.
This book focuses on the topic of identity and self-presentation in ancient Egyptian society, approaching this through studies of gender, literature, material culture, mythology, names and officialdom. It tackles the subject from many different angles: the ways in which social and personal identities are constructed and maintained; the manipulations of culture by individuals to reflect real or aspirational identities; and the methods modern scholars use to attempt to say something about ancient persons.
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English
Place of publication
Atlanta
United States
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College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Laminated cover
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Height: 282 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
1317 gr
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978-1-948488-37-2 (9781948488372)
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Content
Afterlife
Susanne ONSTINE: Panehsy's Afterlife and the Underworld of TT16
Silvia ZAGO: Once Again on Shetayt: a Reappraisal of the "Mysterious One" in the New Kingdom Netherworld Books
Gender
Mariam F. AYAD: On Being Generous as Only a Woman Can Be: On Mutirdis's Choice of Epithets
Kelly-Anne DIAMOND: Masculinities and the Mechanisms of Hegemony in the Instruction of Ptahhotep
Denise DOXEY: His Beloved: Elite Women in Middle Kingdom Tombs
Jean LI: Identity and Burial Practices in the Necropole des Chanteuses at Abydos
Sabrina R. RAMPERSAD: Life Cycle, Third Gendering, and Identity in Nubian A-Group Figurines
Literature and Text
Jacqueline E. JAY: Who Tells the Story? Objective Narration versus Subjective Discourse in Egyptian Narrative Literature
Mary-Ann POULS WEGNER: The Prophecy of Neferti: Dystopian Literature and Ancient Egyptian Cultural and Social Identity
Nigel STRUDWICK: "And Many Men of the Land Rob Them as Well, and Are (Our) Companions": The Deir el-Medina Gang and the Involvement of Wider Society in Late New Kingdom Tomb Robbery
Material Culture
James P. ALLEN: An Honored Boss
Valerie ANGENOT: Bak, Servant of Aten: An Embodied Statement of Faith
Kathryn A. BARD: Monuments of Memory at a Middle Kingdom Harbor on the Red Sea
Christina GEISEN: A Glimpse into the Life of a Late Middle Kingdom Business Man: The Possessions of the Unknown Owner of Ramesseum Tomb No. 5
Gayle GIBSON: The Place of Silence: Musings on a Partial Ptolemaic Burial Shroud Recently Rediscovered in the Royal Ontario Museum
Joyce HAYNES: Was Viceroy Huy and Taemwadjsy at Jebel Barkal?
Amber HUTCHINSON: Nonroyal Participation and Self-Presentation in New Kingdom Provincial Cults
Gregory MUMFORD: Concerning the Identity of Niankhnisut, His Rediscovered Tomb Chapel, the Affiliated Decorative Program, and Other Thoughts
Kei YAMAMOTO: Treasurer Senwosretankh, Favored of Amenemhat III
The Natural World
Robyn GILLAM: Calendar of the Animals: Animal Observation and Management as a Marker of Time in Everyday Life
Margaret MAITLAND: Fishing and Fowling for Pleasure versus Produce: Ancient Egyptian Representations of Social Status in Relation to Animals and the Natural Environment
The Royal Name
Edward BLEIBERG: What's in a Name? Iconoclasm and Damaged Inscriptions on Egyptian Sculpture
Peter J. BRAND and Jean REVEZ: The Cartouche Names of Ramesses IV in the Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak: A Case of Royal Identity, Legitimation, and Historical Memory
Adela OPPENHEIM: Exterior Inscriptions in the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III at Dahshur and Other Temples of the Old and Middle Kingdoms
Steven Blake SHUBERT: Seen in Translation: Concepts of Hellenistic Kingship in the Egyptian Ptolemaic Royal Titulary
Subject Index
Ancient Sources Index
Susanne ONSTINE: Panehsy's Afterlife and the Underworld of TT16
Silvia ZAGO: Once Again on Shetayt: a Reappraisal of the "Mysterious One" in the New Kingdom Netherworld Books
Gender
Mariam F. AYAD: On Being Generous as Only a Woman Can Be: On Mutirdis's Choice of Epithets
Kelly-Anne DIAMOND: Masculinities and the Mechanisms of Hegemony in the Instruction of Ptahhotep
Denise DOXEY: His Beloved: Elite Women in Middle Kingdom Tombs
Jean LI: Identity and Burial Practices in the Necropole des Chanteuses at Abydos
Sabrina R. RAMPERSAD: Life Cycle, Third Gendering, and Identity in Nubian A-Group Figurines
Literature and Text
Jacqueline E. JAY: Who Tells the Story? Objective Narration versus Subjective Discourse in Egyptian Narrative Literature
Mary-Ann POULS WEGNER: The Prophecy of Neferti: Dystopian Literature and Ancient Egyptian Cultural and Social Identity
Nigel STRUDWICK: "And Many Men of the Land Rob Them as Well, and Are (Our) Companions": The Deir el-Medina Gang and the Involvement of Wider Society in Late New Kingdom Tomb Robbery
Material Culture
James P. ALLEN: An Honored Boss
Valerie ANGENOT: Bak, Servant of Aten: An Embodied Statement of Faith
Kathryn A. BARD: Monuments of Memory at a Middle Kingdom Harbor on the Red Sea
Christina GEISEN: A Glimpse into the Life of a Late Middle Kingdom Business Man: The Possessions of the Unknown Owner of Ramesseum Tomb No. 5
Gayle GIBSON: The Place of Silence: Musings on a Partial Ptolemaic Burial Shroud Recently Rediscovered in the Royal Ontario Museum
Joyce HAYNES: Was Viceroy Huy and Taemwadjsy at Jebel Barkal?
Amber HUTCHINSON: Nonroyal Participation and Self-Presentation in New Kingdom Provincial Cults
Gregory MUMFORD: Concerning the Identity of Niankhnisut, His Rediscovered Tomb Chapel, the Affiliated Decorative Program, and Other Thoughts
Kei YAMAMOTO: Treasurer Senwosretankh, Favored of Amenemhat III
The Natural World
Robyn GILLAM: Calendar of the Animals: Animal Observation and Management as a Marker of Time in Everyday Life
Margaret MAITLAND: Fishing and Fowling for Pleasure versus Produce: Ancient Egyptian Representations of Social Status in Relation to Animals and the Natural Environment
The Royal Name
Edward BLEIBERG: What's in a Name? Iconoclasm and Damaged Inscriptions on Egyptian Sculpture
Peter J. BRAND and Jean REVEZ: The Cartouche Names of Ramesses IV in the Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak: A Case of Royal Identity, Legitimation, and Historical Memory
Adela OPPENHEIM: Exterior Inscriptions in the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III at Dahshur and Other Temples of the Old and Middle Kingdoms
Steven Blake SHUBERT: Seen in Translation: Concepts of Hellenistic Kingship in the Egyptian Ptolemaic Royal Titulary
Subject Index
Ancient Sources Index