Three hundred years of death: the Egyptian funerary industry in the Ptolemaic period
"In Three Thousand Years of Death, The Egyptian Funerary Industry in the Ptolemaic Period, Maria Cannata provides a detailed survey of the organisation of the necropolises and the funerary workers, as well as their role in the practical aspects of the mummification, funeral, burial, and mortuar...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2020]
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Culture and history of the ancient Near East (volume 110)
Année: 2020 |
| Recensions: | [Rezension von: Cannata, Maria, Three hundred years of death : the Egyptian funerary industry in the Ptolemaic period] (2021) (Muhs, Brian Paul)
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| Collection/Revue: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East
volume 110 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Égypte (Antiquité)
/ Histoire 323 avant J.-C.-30 avant J.-C.
/ Ptolemäer 323 avant J.-C.-30 avant J.-C.
/ Prêtre
/ Funérailles
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| RelBib Classification: | ZB Sociologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Funeral rites and ceremonies (Egypt)
B Ptolemaic dynasty (305-30 B.C) |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | "In Three Thousand Years of Death, The Egyptian Funerary Industry in the Ptolemaic Period, Maria Cannata provides a detailed survey of the organisation of the necropolises and the funerary workers, as well as their role in the practical aspects of the mummification, funeral, burial, and mortuary cult of the deceased, in Ptolemaic Egypt (332-30 BC). The author gathers together and synthesises hundreds of the original textual sources, as well as the relevant archaeological sources, on the organisation of the funerary industry and its practitioners, revealing important regional and chronological variations overlooked in studies focusing on a limited geographical area, a shorter timeframe, or a smaller group of documents"-- |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 626-718) and indexes |
| Description matérielle: | XXV, 769 Seiten, 42 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln, Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9004406794 |