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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511324603321

Autore

Williamson Jacquelyn

Titolo

Nefertiti's sun temple : a new cult complex at Tell El-Amarna / / by Jacquelyn Williamson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

90-04-32555-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 pages, 31 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, photographs

Collana

Harvard Egyptological Studies, , 2352-7501 ; ; Volume 2/1

Disciplina

932.2

Soggetti

Temples - Egypt - Kom el-Nana Site

Relief (Decorative arts) - Egypt - Kom el-Nana Site

Egyptians - Antiquities

Electronic books.

Kom el-Nana Site (Egypt)

Tell el-Amarna (Egypt)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Introduction to Kom el-Nana and Sunshades of Re at Tell el-Amarna -- The Reconstructions: Relief and Architecture -- The Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Funerary Implications, and Nefertiti -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- Introduction to the Catalogue -- Catalogue: Square X39 -- Catalogue: Square Y39 -- Catalogue: Square W38 -- Catalogue: Square X38 -- Catalogue: Square X37 -- Catalogue: Square X36 -- Reconstructions (Color Plates) -- Other Color Plates.

Sommario/riassunto

Nefertiti’s Sun Temple publishes stone relief fragments excavated from the site of Kom el-Nana at Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, dating to approximately 1350 BCE. This is the first time relief fragments can be associated with a specific wall from a specific temple at Tell el-Amarna. Jacquelyn Williamson reconstructs the architecture, art, and inscriptions from the site to demonstrate Kom el-Nana is the location of Queen Nefertiti’s ‘Sunshade of Re’ temple and another more enigmatic structure that served the funerary needs of the non-royal courtiers at



the ancient city. The art and inscriptions provide new information about Queen Nefertiti and challenge assumptions about her role in Pharaoh Akhenaten’s religious movement dedicated to the sun god Aten.