Personal Religion in Domestic Contexts During the New Kingdom: The Impact of the Amarna Period

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Note to the Reader
	References
List of Abbreviations
Preface
	References
Introduction
	References
The Domestic Practice of Personal Religion
	Introduction
	Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt
	The Domestic Setting around the Time of the New Kingdom
	Origins and Early Evidence of Personal Religion in Ancient Egypt
	The Domestic Expressions of Personal Religion
		The Cult to the Deceased
		The Cult to the Gods
	Religion in the Amarna Period
	References
Domestic Space in the New Kingdom: A Case Study
	Introduction
	The Lahun Case: A Middle Kingdom Template
	Tell el-Amarna
		Domestic Architecture
		Finds
	Deir el-Medina
		Domestic Architecture
		Finds
	Inside the Houses
		The Entrance
		The Loggias
		The First Room
		The Second Room
		Back Rooms and Others
		The Garden
	The Domestic Distribution of Religious Actions
		Pre-Amarna Houses
		Pre-Amarna Rooms
		Amarna and Post-Amarna Houses
		Amarna and Post-Amarna Rooms
	References
The Archaeological Pieces of Evidence: Artefacts et alii
	Introduction
	Artefacts of General Cultic Application
		Tell el-Amarna
		Deir el-Medina
		Other Sites
	Artefacts to Interact with the Deceased
		The Letters to the Dead
		Anthropoid Busts
		Ȝḫ-ỉkr-n-R‛ Stelae
		The Royal Ancestors Worship
	Artefacts to Communicate with the Divinities
		Amulets
		Female (Fertility) Figurines
		Jeux de la Nature
		Intermediary Statues, Statuettes, and Busts
		Figured Ostraca
		Votive Stelae
	Comparative Study
		Artefacts to Interact with the Deceased
		Artefacts to Communicate with the Divinities
	References
The Archaeological Pieces of Evidence: Structures
	Introduction
	Domestic Cultic Structures
		Altars
		Niches
		Decorations
		Singular Structures
	Comparative Study
		Altars
		Niches
		Singular Structures
	References
Personal Religion in the Amarna Period: New Forms for Old Ways
	Introduction
	Religious Radicalization
	The Archaeological
	The Anthropological
	The Signification of the Continuity of the Practice of Personal Religion throughout the Amarna Period
	References
Bibliography