Biographical Texts from Ramessid Egypt (Writings from the Ancient World)

BIOGRAPHICAL TEXTS FROM RAMESSID EGYPT......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Chronological Table......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
Explanation of Signs......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 18
List of Figures......Page 20
Introduction......Page 22
1. Approaching Egyptian Biography......Page 23
2. Biography before the Ramessid period......Page 29
3. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties......Page 33
4. Biography in the Ramessid Period......Page 40
5. Approaching Translation......Page 50
6. Context......Page 51
Translations......Page 54
1. The Theban Tomb of Nebwenenef......Page 56
2a–b. Two Block Statues of Bakenkhons from Karnak......Page 60
2a. Munich Statue......Page 61
2b. Cairo Statue (fig. 3)......Page 64
Three Block Statues......Page 67
3a. Small Block Statue......Page 68
3b. Granodiorite Statue......Page 69
3c. Limestone Statue......Page 71
3d. The Inscriptions of Roma on the Eighth Pylon in Karnak......Page 75
4–9. The Inscriptions of Amenhotep from Karnak......Page 80
4. The Scribe Statue of Amenhotep......Page 81
5. The Inscription of Amenhotep in the Temple Interior......Page 82
6. Inscriptions of Amenhotep on the Side-door to the Court of the Eighth Pylon......Page 85
7. The Reward Tableau of Amenhotep......Page 89
8­. The Inscription of Amenhotep on the Back of the Thutmosid Shrine......Page 98
9. An Inscription of Amenhotep from Karnak North......Page 102
11a–b. The Tomb of the Assessor of Cattle of the Domain of Amun Samut......Page 105
11a. Biography......Page 106
11b. Legal text......Page 110
12a–b. The Tomb of the Overseer of Fieldworkers of the Domain of Amun Djehutyemheb......Page 112
12a. Hymn to Hathor......Page 113
12b. Hathor’s Reply......Page 114
13. The Theban Tomb of the Third Priest of Amun Tjanefer......Page 116
14a. Standing Pillar Statue (fig. 1: frontispiece)......Page 118
14b. Stela from the Small Western Temple......Page 121
15. The Stela of the wab-priest of Osiris Paser......Page 122
16. The Statue of the Priest of Abydos Nebenmaat (fig. 5)......Page 124
17. The Stela of the High Priest of Isis Wenennefer......Page 125
18. The Tomb of the High Priest of Onuris Anhurmose at el-Mashayikh (fig. 6)......Page 128
19a–b. The Memorial Chapel of the Chief Sculptor Userhat......Page 138
19a. Lintel and Jambs......Page 139
19b. Stela (fig. 7)......Page 144
20a–b. The Saqqara Tomb of the Chief Goldsmith Amenemone......Page 150
20a. Pair Statue......Page 151
20b. A Block from the Tomb......Page 153
21. The Block Statue of Didia the Overseer of Draftsmen of Amun from Karnak......Page 154
22a–b. The Theban Tomb of the Chief of Craftsmen and Goldworkers of the Domain of Amun Nakhtdjehuty......Page 157
22a. Biography......Page 158
22b. Captions to the Representations......Page 159
23. The Saqqara Tomb of the Overseer of the Treasury Maya......Page 162
24. The Tomb of the High Steward Nefersekheru at Zawyet Sultan......Page 164
25a–b. The Pair of Biographies Inscribed on Pillars......Page 169
25a. Biography Addressed to Sety I......Page 170
25b. Biography Addressed to Ramesses II......Page 172
25c. Paser’s Reward (fig. 8)......Page 174
26a–b. Temple Monuments of the Northern Vizier Prehotep......Page 177
26a. Abydos Statue......Page 178
26b. Saqqara Stela......Page 179
27. The Freestanding Stela of the Overseer of the Treasury Tia from Giza......Page 183
28. The Naophorous Statue of the Overseer of the Treasury Panehsy (fig. 9)......Page 187
29. The Standing Statue of the Great Mayor of Memphis Huy......Page 191
30. The Naophorous Statue of the Royal Table Scribe Kha......Page 193
31. The Statue of Two Deities Dedicated by the Overseer of the Two Granaries Siese from Asyut......Page 194
32. The Inscription of the Chancellor Bay at Thebes......Page 196
33. The Stela from Bilgai......Page 198
34. The Stela of the Scribe of Pharaoh Hori......Page 202
35a. Delta Statue......Page 204
35b. Theban Statue (fig. 10)......Page 206
36. The Sistrophorous Statue of the Army Commander Amenemone from Thebes......Page 210
37. The Stela of the Overseer of Works and Chief of Medjay [Penre] from Coptos (fig. 11)......Page 213
38. The Stela of the Marine Standard Bearer Khetef......Page 216
39. The Stela of the Stablemaster Bakaa (fig. 12)......Page 217
40. The Door Jambs of the Overseer of the Army Nehesy from Memphis......Page 221
41a–b. The Inscriptions of the Viceroy of Kush Setau......Page 224
41a. Inscriptions from a Chapel at Elkab......Page 225
41b. Stela from Wadi el-Sebua......Page 227
42. The Stela of the sek-officer Ramose from Wadi el-Sebua......Page 232
43. The Stela of the Fanbearer [Hor/Mut]emheb from Sai Island......Page 233
44a. Endowment Text (fig. 13)......Page 234
44b. Penniut’s Reward......Page 237
45. The Stela of the Draftsman Nebre......Page 240
46a. Stela Dedicated to Ptah (fig. 14)......Page 244
46b. Slab Dedicated to Meretseger......Page 247
47. The Stela of the Sculptor Qen......Page 248
48. The Stela of the Workman Huy......Page 249
49. The Stela of the Workman Qenherkhopshef......Page 250
50. The Stela of the Workman Ipuy......Page 252
Notes to Introduction......Page 254
Notes to Chapter I......Page 255
Notes to Chapter II......Page 262
Notes to Chapter III......Page 265
Notes to Chapter IV......Page 271
Notes to Chapter V......Page 273
Notes to Chapter VI......Page 274
Sources......Page 278
A......Page 284
D......Page 285
H......Page 286
K......Page 287
N......Page 288
P......Page 289
S......Page 290
T......Page 291
W......Page 292
Bibliography......Page 294
Index......Page 312