Personal Religious Practice: House Altars at Deir El-Medina*
The household assemblage at Deir el-Medina reflects the abandonment process of the village rather than the areas of household activity. The analysis of immobile features is therefore more reliable as a source of information than the study of artefacts. An important immovable feature of the houses at...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2009
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The journal of Egyptian archaeology
Year: 2009, Volume: 95, Issue: 1, Pages: 193-208 |
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| Summary: | The household assemblage at Deir el-Medina reflects the abandonment process of the village rather than the areas of household activity. The analysis of immobile features is therefore more reliable as a source of information than the study of artefacts. An important immovable feature of the houses at Deir el-Medina is the platform (the so-called lits clos). It is shown that these platforms served as house altars. The custom of building house altars — perhaps inspired by the shape of official temple altars — was probably established during the reign of Amenhotep III in Malkata, and continued until the Third Intermediate Period. Apart from Amarna, this custom was confined to the Theban area. |
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| ISSN: | 2514-0582 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Egyptian archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/030751330909500111 |