New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

The Life of Meresamun
A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt
edited by Emily Teeter and Janet H Johnson
This companion volume and catalog to the exhibit that opened on February 9, 2009, traces the life
of Meresamun, whose mummy, dating to about 800 BC, is one of the highlights of The Oriental
Institute museum in Chicago, IL. The text introduces the historical and cultural setting of Egypt during
her time. Essays and artifacts examine the role of music and of musicians in Egyptian temple
cults, their training, and the types of musical instruments that Meresamun would have used. The
life of Meresamun outside the temple is explored, with emphasis upon her social and legal status,
what other professions were available to her, and what home life was like. The study of the life of
this individual is augmented by forensic evidence obtained with the newest generation of CT scanners
that sheds life on Meresamun’s life and death.
135p, 120 col & 20 b/w illus, paperback, 9781885923608, $37.95, The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, February 2009.
A Manual
of Egyptian Pottery
by Anna Wodzińska
These are the first two volumes in a
four-book set covering all Egyptian
pottery, ranging from the earliest
(Fayum A) ceramics to modern pottery
made in Egypt today, organized
by historical periods. The manuals are
quick identification guides as well as
starting points for more extensive research.
For each period, ceramic types are illustrated with a line drawing, accompanied
by a description that includes information, to the extent it is available, on
the pot’s material, manufacturing techniques, surface treatment, and shape. Color
plates of representative ceramic types are included to give a better sense of the
color, composition, and surface treatment than can be conveyed with line drawings.
All four volumes provide an extensive list of suggested readings as well as a
bibliography for each period. Introductory chapters in each book discuss the basics
of pottery manufacture and analysis. The volumes come in paperback and spiralbound
versions. The spiral-bound manuals, with hard laminated covers and tabs,
are designed especially for the field and lab.
Vol 1: Fayum A–Lower Egyptian Culture
225p, 420 drawings, 29 color photos, Ancient Egypt Research Associates, June 2009,
AERA Field Manual Series 1.
paperback, 9780977937028, $30.00; spiral-bound, 9780977937042, $35.00
Vol 2: Naqada III–Middle Kingdom
245p, 491 drawings, 51 color photos, Ancient Egypt Research Associates, June 2009,
AERA Field Manual Series 2.
paperback, 9780977937035, $30.00; spiral-bound, 9780977937059, $35.00
ancient egypt
Sex and the Golden Goddess I
Ancient Egyptian Love Songs in Context
by Renata Landgráfová and Hana Navrátilová
The complete collection of ancient Egyptian love songs,
whose texts were first written down in the Ramesside
period, is treated in the context of other period sources regarding intimity and
sexuality. The process of gendering and socializing in relation to sexuality is also
introduced. The volume will also contain overview tables - ostraca or papyri, their
site(s), documentation), publications, etc. Statistics or quantification of some lexical
and semantic units in the songs is attempted. The volume consists of an introductory
study and commented texts of the songs, grouped thematically.
250p, b/w illus, paperback, 9788073082390, $40.00(s), Czech Institute of Egyptology,
June 2009.
Tell el-Dab’a XIX
Avaris und Memphis im Mittleren Reich und in der Hyksoszeit.
Vergleichsanalyse der materiellen Kultur
by Bettina Bader
This volume presents the data used for the synchronization of the stratigraphic levels
of two Egyptian settlement sites, one of the late Middle Kingdom and the other,
the Second Intermediate Period (ca. 1770–1550/40 BC). The analysis is based on
the ceramic finds from the settlement layers of the ancient capitals of Tell el-Dab’a
(Avaris) in the eastern Delta and of Kom Rabica (Memphis) just south of modern
Cairo. The methods applied include random sampling, presence/absence analysis
and quantitative analysis. German text.
800p, b/w illus, paperback, 9783700160441, $202.00(s),
Austrian Academy of Sciences, October 2009.
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