The Memphite Harim official Tjairy / Jacobus van Dijk -- Discoveries in front of Khafre's lower temple : the lbw and R-s / Zahi Hawass -- A torso of Shepsi from the reign of Amenhotep III / Willem Hovestreydt -- The hunter and the hunted: the brief story of an animal mummy / Salima Ikram -- The Besrower and the recipient : on a controversial scene in the Memphite tomb of Horemheb / Geoffrey T. Martin -- The tomb of Tatia, Wab-Priest of the front of Ptah and chief of the goldsmiths / Vincent Deters -- Copying of motifs in the New Kingdom tombs at Saqqara / Maarten J. Raven -- The mid-nineteenth century exploration of the Saqqara New Kingdom necropolis / Nico Staring -- A family of high priests of Ptah in Memphis during the twenty-second dynasty / Gerard P.F. Broekman -- 'The old man in the field' (P. Leiden I 351) / Rob J. Demaree -- Shaft 99/I in the Memphite tomb of Horemheb : demotic to the rescue? / Koenraad Donker van Heel -- Saqqara - a place of truth? / Ben J.J. Haring -- The Shabaka Scone and the monumentalization of the Memphite tradition / Rogerio Sousa -- Two Coptic contributions to the toponymy of the Memphite region / Jacques van der Vliet -- Sense and serendipity. Zur Ambiguitat pharaonischer Bildschrifrlichkeit / Martin Fitzenreiter -- Observations on cultural transmission / Sasha Verma -- I am Re and Osiris / Lara Weiss -- Herta Mohr and the Mastaba of Hetepherakhty / Nicky van de Beek -- Ein Leben mit Altertumern : Ein Relief aus dem Alten Reich mit landwirtschafdichen Szenen / Ingrid Blom-Boer -- Work songs in Old Kingdom elite tombs / Janny Roos -- Stoles of rejoicing and protection / Edward Brovarski -- Ramesside body containers of wood and cartonnage from Memphite necropolises / Kathlyn M. Cooney -- Neck scarves in Memphis and Thebes : a new look at the Stoia / Olaf E. Kaper -- The outer coffin of Nefersemdenet (Sq9Sq) / Harco O. Willems.
Summary:
This book is a mixture of archaeological, literary and iconographic studies, all relating to the representation, visualization and reconstruction of the material culture and art of the ancient Egyptian burial grounds of the city of Memphis through time. This 'Liber amicorum' is offered to Rene van Walsem on the occasion of his retirement. He has been lecturer in Egyptology at Leiden University since 1979 and was joint field director of the Dutch archaeological mission at Saqqara from 1999 until 2007. The volume contains twenty-four articles written by academics from around the world.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.