The Image of the Ordered World in Ancient Nubian Art: The Construction of the Kushite Mind, 800 Bc-300 AdThe development of Kushite concepts of order in the state and the cosmos forms the focus of László Török s latest volume. Taking a wide variety of textual and iconographical evidence as his points of departure, the author sheds light on the formation of, and interaction between basic concepts such as inhabited space, sacred space, sacred landscape, historical memory and political legitimacy. The author traces this development by discussing the royal and temple texts, urban architecture, the structure of temple iconography, and the relationship between the society and the temples as places of popular worship, archives of historical memory, and centres of cultural identity.This volume presents the first comprehensive study on the subject. |
Contents
Iconography and order in the world | 40 |
34 | 182 |
40 | 207 |
48 | 223 |
54 | 242 |
historical memory and identity | 259 |
75 | 267 |
80 | 280 |
Myth of the state literacy and literature | 331 |
Epilogue | 483 |
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1st century Amanitore Aműn of Kawa Aműn of Napata Aműn of Thebes Aműn-Rę Anlamani Anukis Apedemak temple Arensnuphis Aspelta associated barque century BC chapel co-regents column court crown cult cult image decoration deities divine door Dunham Egypt Egyptian enthroned figures Forecourt front Gebel Barkal goddess gods Griffith Grimal half Hintze Horus Hypostyle iconographic program inscriptions interior Isis jamb Kendall Khonsu king Kingdom kingship kiosk Kush Kushite Macadam 1955 Pl Majesty Meroe City Meroitic period monumental Musawwarat es Sufra Naos Naqa Nastasene Natakamani Nile Nubian Nubian Aműn Piye Piye's Pnubs priests prince processional pylon Queen R.H. Pierce Ramesses II Rę-Harakhte Reisner reliefs representation represented royal ruler Sanam sanctuary scene Sebiumeker Senkamanisken shrine side statue Stela Taharqo Tanwetamani's Tefnut Thebes Thoth throne titulary Török transl Triumphal Stela Twenty-Fifth Dynasty Two-lands uraeus wall wearing Wenig Wildung