Writing, Violence, and the Military - Images of Literacy in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (1550-1295 Bce)

This book takes representations of reading and writing in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (ca. 1550-1295 BCE) and explores how patrons of art shaped conceptualizations of literacy in relation to militarism, violence, and memory.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Writing, Memory, and Violence in the Tomb


• 2: Prestige and Disdain: Literacy and Self-Representation in the Tomb


• 3: The Likeness of an Author: The Scribal Statues of Haremhab


• 4: Palette and Crown: Constructing Haremhab's Royal Literacy


• Epilogue: Objects, Patrons, and Perceptions

About the author

Niv Allon received his PhD in Egyptology from Yale University in 2014. That same year, he joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art as an assistant curator in the Department of Egyptian Art. He recently co-authored (with Hana Navratilova) Ancient Egyptian Scribes: A Cultural Exploration (2017), and is currently working on a study of visions of violence among the elite in New Kingdom Egypt.

Summary

This book takes representations of reading and writing in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (ca. 1550-1295 BCE) and explores how patrons of art shaped conceptualizations of literacy in relation to militarism, violence, and memory.

Additional text

Allon's very engagingly-written book challenges many preconceptions – even in the rather well-worn subject of ancient Egyptian writing practice...This is an accessible and engaging book for anyone interested in ancientEgyptian society and literacy.

Product details

• Authors: Niv Allon, Niv (Assistant Curator Allon, Allon Niv
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.08.2019
• EAN: 9780198841623
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884162-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, History of Art, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Classical style, Ancient Egypt, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology, HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt