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When statues speak about themselves.

Abstract:

Three New Kingdom statues are analysed — the Louvre statue of Maanakhtef (E 12926), the Cairo statue of Minmose (CG 1203), and the Cairo statue of Paser (CG 630) — in order to study how object agency and multiple aspects of the person are mobilised through their inscriptions, as well as how those texts exploit the statues’ forms. Selected extracts of the texts are presented in translation and discussed, together with descriptions of the statues. It is argued that the ways in which these texts...

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Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Oriental Studies Faculty
Oxford college:
St Cross College
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Publisher:
Peeters Publishers Publisher's website
Host title:
Statues in Context: Production, Meaning and (Re)uses
Series:
British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan
Place of publication:
Leuven
ISBN:
9789042938076
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Pubs id:
pubs:1082560
UUID:
uuid:03aeaef7-120d-4daa-9582-838dc8d5d5c2
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pubs:1082560
Source identifiers:
1082560
Deposit date:
2020-01-15

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