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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1993. This is a new edition of Akhaenaten's boundary stelae, which now includes information about most of the boundary markers, the tablets were accompanied by statues of Akhenaten, Nefertiti and two of their daughters, all of which stood on low platforms that were raised above the level of the floor. In addition was the awareness that the statues at the site of Stela A were elevated to a greater degree than were the corresponding statues at other sites (insofar as this could be judged from published photographs). The evidence in the publication indicated, moreover, that Stela A, along with Stela B (some two miles south) were the latest of the boundary monuments to be inscribed, since both concluded with a colophon, dated to the end of Akhenaten's eighth regnal year, added to the standard text of the Later Proclamation found on these and other stelae of this series.
Table of ContentsDiscovery and previous study of the boundary stelae; the earlier proclamation; the later proclamation; architectural features of the boundary stelae; the boundary stelae as official and historical documents. Appendix: fragments of the boundary stelae no longer in situ; stelae l; principal topics of the inscriptions on the boundary stelae; index of Egyptian words and phrases.
