Description
Book SynopsisFull colour, numerous charts and catalogues. Draws together information on all slab stelae emplacements, the history of their excavation and previous scholarly research. Appendices include palaeographies of all hieroglyphs appearing on the stelae, and a collection of 'linen lists' that adorn the Giza stelae.
Trade Review
'Represents a departure from usual scholarly publication, in that there are full-color images (both photographs and digital graphics) throughout... represents the new state of the art for such publishing...Peter Der Manuelian is not only one of the shining lights of his generation of American Egyptologists, but is also a talented archaeology-publications designer and a pioneer in the fledgling field of digital epigraphy...Because the writing in Slab Stelae rises far above the usually leaden scholarly prose, it is possible for the lay person to read (or read in) the volume without fear of nodding off in the process.' - (KMT, 2005)
'This is a remarkable piece of work, well researched, documented and written and the author has exhausted the published sources in addition to many manuscripts of early field notes not readily available to scholars. This volume is also thoroughly edited[...] The photographs, the line-drawings, and the printing are superb, and the author fully used the digital epigraphy in producing appendixes 1 and 2. This book is much more than a catalogue of the Giza slab stelae, it is a thought provoking research on the subject, which will encourage scholars to look at the stelae, and perhaps others from different sites, in a different light. We are grateful to Dr. Der Manuelian for enriching the Old Kingdom Library.' (Naguib Kanawati, Bibliotheca Orientalis 2006)
Table of Contents
Foreword by William Kelly Simpson
List of Plates
List of Figures
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Bibliography and Publication Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Catalogue of the Giza Slab Stelae
Chapter 2: The Archaeological History of the Giza Slab Stelae
Chapter 3: Notes on Previous Scholarly Research
Chapter 4: Comparative Remarks on Decoration and Layout
Chapter 5: Interpretation and Conclusions
Appendix 1: Color Palaeography
Appendix 2: Hieroglyphic Palaeography
Appendix 3: Selected Linen Lists
Indexes
