New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

ancient egypt
Ägypten und Levante –
Egypt and the Levant XVIII
Internationale Zeitschrift für ägyptische Archäologie
und deren Nachbargebiete
International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology
and Related Disciplines
edited by Manfred Bietak
English and German text.
Contents: Knochen, Kõrner und Keramik, Interdisziplinäre Auswertung einer
Opfergrube aus ‘Ezbet Helmi; Synchronisation of Stratigraphies: Ashkelon and
Tell el-Dab’a; Neues zu den Nutzungsphasen des Monumentalgrabes von Anch-
Hor, Obersthofmeister der Gottesgemahlin Nitokris (TT 414); Preliminary Report
on the Geophysical Survey at Tell el-Dab’a/Qantir in Spring 2008; The Nubian
Pottery from the Palace District of Avaris at ‘Ezbet Helmi, Areas H/III and H/VI Part
III: The “Classic” Kerma Pottery from the Second Intermediate Period and the 18th
Dynasty; Mykenisches in Amarna – Funde der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft
im Ãgyptischen Museum Berlin; Mostagedda 1874 and Gurob 23: Notes on
some Recent Radiocarbon Dates and their Importance for Egyptian Archaeology
and Chronology; Das Ende von SM IB: naturwissenschaftliche und archäologische
Datierung; Preliminary Report on the Pottery from Area Q IV at Qantir/
Pi-Ramesse, Excavations of the Roemer-Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim; The
Middle Kingdom Egyptian Pottery from Middle Bronze Age IIa Tel Ifshar; The Early
Middle Bronze Age IIa Phases at Tel Ifshar and their External Relations; Egyptians
at Ashkelon? An Assemblage of Egyptian and Egyptian-Style Pottery; Das Ende
der kurzen Chronologie: Eine kritische Bilanz der Debatte zur absoluten Datierung
des Mittleren Reiches und der Zweiten Zwischenzeit; Innovation in Literature on
Behalf of Politics: The Tale of the Two Brothers, Ugarit, and 19th Dynasty History;
Geoarchaeology of Avaris: First Results.
321p, b/w illus, paperback, 9783700166184, $123.00(s),
Austrian Academy of Sciences, October 2008.
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Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2005
Proceedings of the Conference Held in Prague (June 27–July 5, 2005)
edited by Miroslav Bárta, Filip Coppens and Jaromír Krejčí
This volume is the result of the second international symposium dedicated to the necropolis
of Abusir, Saqqara and Dahshur. The thirty articles cover various aspects of the
Memphite region from the Early Dynastic Period to the Roman era, but the bulk of the
papers focus on the Abusir-Saqqara necropolis in the Old Kingdom. A study and interpretation
of the archaeological remains and literary sources form the main themes of
interest, but the most characteristic feature of most papers is the use of a combination of
archaeological, literary and iconographic material in order to attain a deeper knowledge
and better understanding of the Memphite necropolis and its development over time.
438p, 24 b/w pls, hardback, 9788073081164, $160.00(s), Czech Institute of Egyptology, December 2008.
The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara
Vol 9: The Tomb of Remni
by Naguib Kanawati
The mud brick mastaba of Remni was recently
discovered in the North West corner
of the Teti Cemetery. All four walls of its
one room chapel are covered with scenes
of daily life, painted on mud plaster and
thus preserving for us a good example of
this rarely preserved type of decoration.
The artist succeeded in including a large
variety of topics at a miniature scale. The
owner, Remni, held titles connected with the personal service of the king.
50p, 60 col pls, paperback, 9780856688287, $130.00,
Australian Centre for Egyptology, October 2009, Reports 28.
Abusir XIII
Abusir South 2: Tomb Complex of the Vizier Qar,
His Sons Qar Junior and Senedjemib and Iykai
edited by Miroslav Bárta
This volume is the first of the three planned publications dedicated to the complex
of the vizier Qar and his sons, dating to the Sixth Dynasty, reign of Teti - Pepy II. It
comprises a full record of the tombs of the vizier Qar, Qar Junior, Senedjemib and
Tjenti accompanied by chapters on the geology and geophysical survey of Abusir
South, faunal and floral remains from the tombs, and anthropological evaluation
of the human remains. This tomb complex provided a vast array of archaeological
evidence in terms of architecture, decoration and environmental evidence.
380p, b/w illus, 43 col pls, hardback, 9788087025215, $240.00(s),
Czech Institute of Egyptology, August 2009.
The David Brown Book Company – Fall 2009