《The Iconography of Family Members in Egypt's Elite Tombs of the Old Kingdom》

Jing Wen

Current price:$182.00 

Publication Date: November 24th, 2022 

Publisher: Brill 

ISBN: 9789004528628 

Pages: 580 

Hardcover (11/24/2022) 

　　DESCRIPTION 

　　In The Iconography of Family Members in Egypt's Elite Tombs of the Old Kingdom, , Jing Wen offers a comprehensive survey of how ancient Egyptians portrayed their family members in the reliefs of an elite tomb. Through the analysis of the depiction of family members, this book investigates familial relations, the funerary cult of the dead, ancestor worship, and relevant texts. It provides a new hypothesis and perspective that would update our understanding of the Egyptian funerary practice and familial ideology. The scenes of family members are not a record of family history but language games of the tomb owner that convey specific meaning to those who enter the chapel despite time and space. 

　　About the Author 

　　Jing Wen, Ph.D. (2018), University of Pennsylvania, works at the Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She has published articles and books on Egyptology, including The Dawn of the Egyptian Civilization (Peking University Press, 2022). 

　　书名：The Iconography of Family Members in Egypt's Elite Tombs of the Old Kingdom

（《埃及古王国时期贵族墓葬中的家庭成员造像研究》） 

　　温静 著 

　　ISBN: 9789004528628 

　　页数: 580 

　　出版单位：Brill（荷兰博睿学术出版社） 

　　丛书名：Harvard Egyptological Studies, vol. 19（《哈佛埃及学研究丛书》第19卷） 

　　图书简介： 

　　作者对埃及古王国时期（约公元前2500—2000年）家庭造像进行系统研究，收集、整理并分析了官员贵族墓葬中有关家庭成员的图像与铭文，对家庭关系、家庭观念与家庭丧葬供奉制度进行了深入探讨。研究数据来源于孟菲斯地区与地方省份墓区，涵盖了第四王朝至第六王朝的全部墓葬，对家庭成员的亲属称谓、头衔和图像特征进行分析，统计出亲属称谓与头衔的出现频率，将家庭成员图像出现的位置和姿态进行了系统的分类。对姿态类型出现频率的分析有效地体现出古王国时期家庭成员刻画的变化规律，进一步揭示出早期国家家庭观念的演变历程。作者还对家庭成员提供供品的图像进行了研究，并与铭文、书信等文本材料进行比对，揭示出丧葬供奉的意义和作用。 

　　作者简介： 

　　温静，中国社会科学院世界历史研究所助理研究员,美国宾夕法尼亚大学埃及学博士，主要研究方向为古埃及语言文字、社会史、艺术史、考古等，著有《尼罗河畔的曙光：古埃及文明探源》《尼罗河的赠礼》。 

　　目录： 

　　INTRODUCTION  

　　Aims and Purposes  

　　Subjects and Data  

　　Background  

　　Methodology  

　　CHAPTER 1 CHILDREN OF THE TOMB OWNER  

　　1.1 The Designations of Children  

　　1.2 The Titles of Children  

　　1.3 Stances, Clothing, and Accessories of Children  

　　1.4 Children as Offering Bearers  

　　1.5 Rituals Performed by Children  

　　CHAPTER 2 SIBLINGS OF THE TOMB OWNER  

　　2.1 The Designations of Siblings  

　　2.2 The Titles of Siblings  

　　2.3 Stances, Clothing, and Accessories of Siblings  

　　2.4 Siblings as Offering Bearers  

　　2.5 Siblings in Ritual Scenes  

　　CHAPTER 3 PARENTS AND OTHER RELATIVES  

　　3.1 The Designations and Titles of Parents of the Tomb Owner  

　　3.2 Designations and Titles of Other Relatives  

　　3.3 Stance of Parents  

　　3.4 Stance of Other Relatives of the Tomb Owner  

　　3.5 Conclusion: the Depiction of Family Members  

　　CHAPTER 4 FAMILY GROUPS AND THE SN-DT PROBLEM  

　　4.1 Family Groups  

　　4.2 The SN-DT and Its Meaning  

　　4.3 Conclusion  

　　CHAPTER 5 THE ROLE OF FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE FUNERARY CULT  

　　5.1 Family Members Carrying Offerings  

　　5.2 Family Members Carrying stpt-offerings  

　　5.3 Textual Evidence for Making Offerings  

　　5.4 The Role of Family Members as Offering Bearers and Language-games in Different Contexts  

　　5.5 Conclusion  

　　CONCLUSION 

　　APPENDIX 1 REFERENCES OF TOMBS  

　　APPENDIX 2 DESIGNATIONS AND TITLES OF FAMILY MEMBERS 

　　APPENDIX 3 STANCE OF FAMILY MEMBERS 

　　APPENDIX 4 FAMILY GROUPS 

　　APPENDIX 5 OCCURRENCES OF STANCES 

　　APPENDIX 6 TOMBS CONTAINING SPECIFIC STANCES 

　　BIBLIOGRAPHY 

　　GENERAL INDEX 

　　INDEX OF EGYPTIAN WORDS