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100 1 $aTeeter, Emily.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88179354
245 10 $aScarabs, scaraboids, seals and seal impressions from Medinet Habu /$cby Emily Teeter and T.G. Wilfong.
260 $aChicago, Ill. :$bOriental Institute of the University of Chicago,$c2003.
300 $axxiv, 247 pages, 110 pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c30 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aOriental Institute publications ;$v118
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. xvii-xxiv) and indexes.
520 1 $a"Medinet Habu in western Thebes (modern Luxor) is among the most important sites in Egypt. It is dominated by the great mortuary temples of King Ramesses III (ca. 1182 B.C.) and Kings Aye and Horemheb (ca. 1324-1293 B.C.). It served as the seat of the regional government in the Late New Kingdom (ca. 1140 B.C.), and an important Coptic Christian community grew up within its great fortification walls. For nearly 1,500 years Medinet Habu played a central role in Egyptian religion, life, and politics." "In 1924, the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago began the documentation of Medinet Habu. The Epigraphic Survey still works on the complete photographic and facsimile publication of the reliefs and inscriptions that appear on the temple walls. From 1926-1933, the Architectural Survey led by Uvo Holscher studied and later published the architectural features of the complex. The last facet of the documentation - the publication of thousands of objects excavated at the site - was interrupted by World War II. This book, the first of a projected multiple volume series, marks the resurrection of the project to publish the small finds." "This volume presents 349 scarabs, scaraboids (including lentoids, cowroids, and buttons), heart scarabs and their Sons of Horus amulets, heart amulets, seals, and seal impressions on bullae, vessel stoppers, amphora handles, mudbricks, and funerary cones that date from approximately 1470 B.C. to the eighth century A.D. Each object is described and illustrated, and whenever possible, placed in its original archaeological context. The scarabs and scaraboids from Medinet Habu comprise one of the largest groups of such material excavated from any site in Egypt. This corpus provides a valuable reference for unprovenienced scarabs in other collections. The seals and seal impressions constitute a wide variety of material that is rarely published but is important for understanding life and administration in ancient Egypt."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aScarabs$zEgypt$zMedinet Habu Site.
650 0 $aSeals (Numismatics)$zEgypt$zMedinet Habu Site.
650 0 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zEgypt$zMedinet Habu Site.
651 0 $aMedinet Habu Site (Egypt)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004004452
651 0 $aMedinet Habu Site (Egypt)$xAntiquities.
700 1 $aWilfong, Terry G.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96041762
710 2 $aUniversity of Chicago.$bOriental Institute.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79027111
830 0 $aUniversity of Chicago Oriental Institute publications ;$vv. 118.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83748463
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