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Book SynopsisPeden draws on a range of sources, including inscriptions, monuments and ostraca, to present 'a compact and comprehensive history of the reign of Ramesses IV, who ruled Egypt at a point of transition between the last days of the her greatness under Ramesses III and her political and economic decline under Ramesses IV's successors'.
Table of ContentsAbbreviationsPrefaceBibliographyChapter One: The Personal Background and Family of Ramesses IVSection A: The Origins of Ramesses IV
Section B: Ramesses IV as Crown Prince
Section C: The Last Years of Ramesses III
Chapter Two: The Date of Accession and Age at Death of Ramesses IVChapter Three: Egypt's Foreign RelationsSection A: The Extent of Egyptian Influence in the Levant under Ramesses IV
Section B: Libyan Infiltration into Egypt
Section C: Egypt's Relations with Nubia under Ramesses IV
Chapter Four: The Exploitation of Resources beyond the Nile ValleySection A: The Quarrying Expeditions to the Wadi Hammamat
Section B: Serabit el-Khadim under Ramesses IV
Section C: Copper Mining at Timna
Chapter Five: Ramesses IV in the Service of the GodsSection A: Compendium of Ramesses IV's Building Activities at Egyptian and Nubian Temple Sites
1. North-East Egypt
Serabit el-Khadim
2. The Delta
Heliopolis
Memphis
3. Middle Egypt
The Faiyum
Heracleopolis
Locale around Minya
4. Upper Egypt
Abydos
Coptos
Eastern Thebes
Karnak, Main Temple of Amun
The South Approach
Royal Statuary from Karnak
Temple of Mut
Temple of Khonsu
Temple of Montu
Temple of Maat
Karnak, Temple of Ramesses III in the Forecourt of Amun
Temple of Luxor
Western Thebes
The Royal Memorial Temple Sites at Assasif and Medinet Habu
Temple of Qurneh
The Ramesseum
Kom el-Hetan (Medinet Habu North)
Temple of Medinet Habu
Deir el-Medina
Tod
Armant
El-Kab
Edfu
5. Nubia
Aniba
Buhen
Amarah West
Kawa
Section B: Part One. The Royal Tomb, KV no. 2
Section B: Part Two. The Surviving Burial Equipment of Ramesses IV
Section C: Part One. The Royal Memorial Temples
Section C: Part Two. The Royal Cult
Appendix A: The Use of Bandeau Texts and Ramesses IV
Appendix B: A Royal Encomium (by Ramesses IV?)
Chapter Six: The Internal Administration
Section A: The Senior Civil and Military Administrators
1. The Vizier
2. The Overseers of the Treasury
(i) Ramesses-Usihirkhopesh (Chief Treasurer of the North and South)
(ii) Montuemtowy
(iii) Khaemtir
3. The Royal Butlers
(i) Amenkhau
(ii) Atumnakht
(iii) Usimare-sekheper
(iv) Prenakht
(v) Nakhtamun
(vi) (Ramesses)-Sethirwonmef
(vii) Hori
(viii) Heqmare-neheh
(ix) Sobekhotep
4. The General of the Army
5. The Viceroy of Nubia
6. The Mayor of Thebes
Section B: Officebearers of the Major Priesthoods
(i) Siese, High-Priest of Onuris at Thinis
(ii) Thutmose, High-Priest (?) of Osiris at Abydos
(iii) Ramessesnakht (I), High-Priest of Amen-Re
(iv) Amenemope, Third Prophet of Amun and High-Priest of Mut
(v) Turo (Heqmarenakht), High-Priest of Montu at Thebes
(vi) Setau, High-Priest of Nekhbet at El-Kab
(vii) Pendjerty, High-Priest of the Triad at Elephantine (of Khnum, Satis, and Anuket)
Section C: The Administrative Documents
(i) P. Turin 1887: The Turin Indictment Papyrus
(ii) P. Mallet (P. Louvre 1050)
Section D: Official Contact between the Community of Deir el-Medina and the Administrative Authorities
Section E: The Death of Ramesses IV and the Accession of Ramesses V
Chapter Seven: ConclusionsChapter Eight: Translations of Selected Texts from the Time of Ramesses IV
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