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Ancient Egyptian Weapons – The Louvre Museum Collection.
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| N° d'inventaire | 24071 |
| Format | 24 x 27 |
| Détails | 304 pages, numerous color plates, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782916142203 |
Upon its opening in 1827, Jean-François Champollion published the first weapons of the Egyptian Museum he had just created. From the Neolithic to the Roman period, the weapons from the Louvre collection presented here form a collection of nearly four hundred items that have been studied from the point of view of their material, manufacturing technique, and use. Whenever necessary, the representations and symbolism that could be attached to them have been called upon.
The size of the collection, the diversity of the weapons it contains, and the historical period covered reveal the resources available to the ancient Egyptians to arm themselves, from the time when they were nomadic hunter-gatherers to the sedentary subjects, farmer-herders, of one of the most centralized ancient states: flint and hard stones, bone, ivory, wood, reed, and later bronze. The weapons were anonymous or personalized, marked with the owner's name or with a message to the adversary (bows, metal arrowheads, daggers, harpes, sling balls, etc.); they accompanied their owner to the grave. Used in battles, presented during tributes from the vanquished to the victors, diplomatic gifts from royal courts: weapons are at the center of exchanges. For archaeology, they constitute precious witnesses of the contacts between the states, nations, tribes, and ethnic groups that produced them; They report on the movements of these populations, inform us about conflicts as well as technological advances or their diffusion from production centers...
The size of the collection, the diversity of the weapons it contains, and the historical period covered reveal the resources available to the ancient Egyptians to arm themselves, from the time when they were nomadic hunter-gatherers to the sedentary subjects, farmer-herders, of one of the most centralized ancient states: flint and hard stones, bone, ivory, wood, reed, and later bronze. The weapons were anonymous or personalized, marked with the owner's name or with a message to the adversary (bows, metal arrowheads, daggers, harpes, sling balls, etc.); they accompanied their owner to the grave. Used in battles, presented during tributes from the vanquished to the victors, diplomatic gifts from royal courts: weapons are at the center of exchanges. For archaeology, they constitute precious witnesses of the contacts between the states, nations, tribes, and ethnic groups that produced them; They report on the movements of these populations, inform us about conflicts as well as technological advances or their diffusion from production centers...
The size of the collection, the diversity of the weapons it contains, and the historical period covered reveal the resources available to the ancient Egyptians to arm themselves, from the time when they were nomadic hunter-gatherers to the sedentary subjects, farmer-herders, of one of the most centralized ancient states: flint and hard stones, bone, ivory, wood, reed, and later bronze. The weapons were anonymous or personalized, marked with the owner's name or with a message to the adversary (bows, metal arrowheads, daggers, harpes, sling balls, etc.); they accompanied their owner to the grave. Used in battles, presented during tributes from the vanquished to the victors, diplomatic gifts from royal courts: weapons are at the center of exchanges. For archaeology, they constitute precious witnesses of the contacts between the states, nations, tribes, and ethnic groups that produced them; They report on the movements of these populations, inform us about conflicts as well as technological advances or their diffusion from production centers...