Stelae from Egypt and Nubia in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, c.3000 BC–AD 1150 (Hardcover)

The volume provides a detailed catalogue of 127 stelae (many funerary) deriving from the Nile Valley, now part of the Egyptian collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The stelae are written in various scripts – Egyptian hieroglyphic, hieratic and demotic, Carian, Greek, Coptic and early Arabic – and cover a date-range of over 4000 years. Few museums have published their complete holdings of such material, and the carefully described and translated information from these stelae throws a flood of light on the history, religion, funerary customs, art and iconography, daily life and administrative systems of ancient Egypt and Nubia. Each entry has a photograph of the stela as well as a meticulous line-drawing which enables the texts and iconography to be understood and interpreted. Full museological details such as material, precise measurements, provenance (where known), mode of acquisition and dating are provided. The volume will interest specialists as well as a wider public concerned with Egyptology.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Fitzwilliam Museum Publications
Release date:	March 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Geoffrey Thorndike Martin
Contributors:	S.J. Clackson • S.G.J. Quirke • J. D Ray • J. Reynolds • J. van der Vliet • G.J. van Gelder
Photographers:	Andrew Norman
Dimensions:	227 x 282 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-84290-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General
LSN:	0-521-84290-5
Barcode:	9780521842907

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