Anthropoid busts of Deir el Medineh. Analyzes, Catalog, Appendices and other Sites and Collections. DFIFAO 49.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 15354 |
| Format | 26 x 33 |
| Détails | 430 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2011 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
Since an anthropoid bust apparently entered Europe as early as 1798, these small sculptures with human heads on aniconic supports with shoulder-like tops have attracted the attention of collectors and scholars. Over the last 130 years they have been given many modern names that attempt to identify their function, but only a few are inscribed with ancient Egyptian names of persons or deities. The busts were excavated in quantity at Deir el Medineh in the first half of the 20th century. Busts have also been found in or can be reasonably connected with 16 additional sites along the Nile, from the Sudan to the Egyptian delta, and now total nearly two hundred, one excavated at a new site in 2009. This volume presents all the anthropoid busts known as of the end of 2010 in a catalog raisonné of the 71 Deir el Medineh objects, four appendices of the other busts, and five analytic chapters. Since the discovery in 1798 by Europe of the first anthropoid bust, these human-headed figures surmounting an aniconic support, the upper part of which acts as shoulders, have attracted the interest of art lovers and scholars. Only a small number bear the name of an individual or a deity. Various modern names have been attributed to them over the past few decades, likely to convey the reality of their function. Most of the busts were discovered at Deir al-Medîna during excavations carried out in the first half of the 20th century, but it is estimated that there are 16 other sites from which they come – whether they were actually found there or are inferred – ranging from Sudan to the delta. This book brings together for the first time all the busts known in 2010 – nearly two hundred – including one unearthed very recently, in 2009. The 71 from Deir al-Medîna are presented in the form of a catalogue raisonné, the others are the subject of four appendices. The first five chapters, for their part, offer a comprehensive study of this material.
Since an anthropoid bust apparently entered Europe as early as 1798, these small sculptures with human heads on aniconic supports with shoulder-like tops have attracted the attention of collectors and scholars. Over the last 130 years they have been given many modern names that attempt to identify their function, but only a few are inscribed with ancient Egyptian names of persons or deities. The busts were excavated in quantity at Deir el Medineh in the first half of the 20th century. Busts have also been found in or can be reasonably connected with 16 additional sites along the Nile, from the Sudan to the Egyptian delta, and now total nearly two hundred, one excavated at a new site in 2009. This volume presents all the anthropoid busts known as of the end of 2010 in a catalog raisonné of the 71 Deir el Medineh objects, four appendices of the other busts, and five analytic chapters. Since the discovery in 1798 by Europe of the first anthropoid bust, these human-headed figures surmounting an aniconic support, the upper part of which acts as shoulders, have attracted the interest of art lovers and scholars. Only a small number bear the name of an individual or a deity. Various modern names have been attributed to them over the past few decades, likely to convey the reality of their function. Most of the busts were discovered at Deir al-Medîna during excavations carried out in the first half of the 20th century, but it is estimated that there are 16 other sites from which they come – whether they were actually found there or are inferred – ranging from Sudan to the delta. This book brings together for the first time all the busts known in 2010 – nearly two hundred – including one unearthed very recently, in 2009. The 71 from Deir al-Medîna are presented in the form of a catalogue raisonné, the others are the subject of four appendices. The first five chapters, for their part, offer a comprehensive study of this material.