The Presentation of Maat: Ritual and Legitimacy in Ancient Egypt
(Book #57 in the Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization Series)
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This work studies the relationship between the king and Maat, the personification of "truth," as documented in reliefs of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period. It includes a detailed study of the chronology, iconography, and theology of the ritual of offering Maat and the royal name equated with Maat. Central to the volume is an investigation of the construction of, and variations in, the offering formulas and what modifications in those...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1885923058
ISBN13:9781885923059
Release Date:January 1997
Publisher:Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Length:166 Pages
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