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Book SynopsisThe current volume assembles a series of studies of Middle Kingdom culture gathered around the theme of archaism, change and innovation.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Archaism and Innovation: Towards Defining the Cultural Expression of Egypt's Middle Kingdom, David P. Silverman, William Kelly Simpson, Josef Wegner
I. Royal Statuary
A Middle Kingdom Masterwork in Boston, Rita E. Freed and Jack A. Josephson
The Statue Acc. No. 25.6 in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Two Versions of Throne Decorations, Dorothea Arnold
II. Architecture and the Royal Mortuary Tradition
Non-Royal Burials in the Teti Pyramid Cemetery and the Early Twelfth Dynasty, David P. Silverman
The Tomb of Senwosret III at Abydos: Considerations on the Origins and Development of the Royal Amduat-Tomb, Josef Wegner
III. Lahun Studies
Temple(s) and Town at el-Lahun: A Study of the Ancient Toponyms in the El-Lahun Papyri, Zoltan Horvath
Lots I and II from Lahun, Mark Collier
IV. Text and Language
Old and New in the Middle Kingdom, James P. Allen
The Stela of Sehetepibre (CG 20538): Borrowings and Innovation, Ronald J. Leprohon
V. Administration
Rulers and Administrators - Dynasty 12: The Rule of the House of Itj-towy with Some Personal Reminiscences, William Kelly Simpson
Four Titles: What is the Difference?, Stephen Quirke
VI. Funerary Arts
Funerary Pottery in the Middle Kingdom: Archaism or Revival?, Susan J. Allen
Funerary Equipment from Deir el-Bersha in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Denise Doxey
False Doors and History: The First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom, Edward Brovarski
VII. Religion and Iconography
The Early History of "New Kingdom" Netherworld Iconography: A Late Middle Kingdom Apotropaic Wand Reconsidered, Joshua Roberson
A Decorated Birth-Brick from South Abydos: New Evidence on Childbirth and Birth Magic in the Middle Kingdom, Josef Wegner
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