The Tekenu and Ancient Egyptian Funerary Ritual
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The Tekenu and Ancient Egyptian Funerary Ritual

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The Tekenu and Ancient Egyptian Funerary Ritual

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What is the Tekenu? What was its function? What are its origins? These are questions upon which Egyptologists have long pondered. However, Egyptologists, until now, have avoided any major work on the topic. Previous treatments of the Tekenu largely adopt a selective approach focusing on a specific form. Rarely has the Tekenu been examined profoundly in all of its forms or contexts with its possible origins commented upon merely in passing. The aim of The Tekenu and Ancient Egyptian Funerary Ritual is to provide a provocative examination and interpretation of the Tekenu in an endeavour to proffer plausible answers hitherto eluding scholars. Attested from the Fifth Dynasty until, and including the Saite Period, the Tekenu is a puzzling icon which is depicted within the funerary scenes in the tombs of some ancient Egyptian nobles. In this work four distinct types of Tekenu are identified and classified and then a Corpus Catalogue is formed. The Tekenu is appraised within the context of the wall scene. Two tombs are dealt with in greater detail.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. Introduction and literature review
  8. Part 1 Formulation of the corpus catalogue
  9. Aims and method
  10. Typology: criteria and creation
  11. Corpus catalogue
  12. Part 2 Evaluating the primary sources
  13. Textual references, pictorial representations and context
  14. Special complex scenes: the Tekenu in tt 20 and tt 100
  15. Part 3 The search for the origins of the Tekenu
  16. Cattle culture, early dynastic figures and standards
  17. Figure 8.1.3. TT 100. The sem priest sitting on lion-legged table. Opening
  18. The Tekenu and The Opening of the Mouth Ceremony
  19. Summary and conclusions
  20. Appendix A Tombs containing Tekenu images
  21. Appendix B Tekenu Traits
  22. Appendix C Chronology of scholars’ views of the function of the Tekenu
  23. Appendix D Pictorial context: diagrammatical interpretation
  24. Bibliography
  25. Back cover