The Adoration Gesture in Private Tombs up to the Early Middle Kingdom

A study of the representations of the major figures depicted in adoration attitude. The material considered consists of false doors, stelae and tomb chapels ranging in date between the late Old Kingdom and the early Middle Kingdom. Establishing the significance of the adoration gesture is the main a...

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Published in:Studien zur altägyptischen Kultur 2001-01, Vol.29, p.187-201
Main Author: El-Khadragy, Mahmoud
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cemeteries
Divinity
Epithets
Gestures
Ideographs
Kingdom of Egypt
Personal names
Priests
Stelae
Tombs
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Summary:A study of the representations of the major figures depicted in adoration attitude. The material considered consists of false doors, stelae and tomb chapels ranging in date between the late Old Kingdom and the early Middle Kingdom. Establishing the significance of the adoration gesture is the main aim of the article.
ISSN:0340-2215