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This catalog for an exhibit at Chicago's Oriental Institute Museum presents the newest research on the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods in a lavishly illustrated format. Essays on the rise of the state, contact with the Levant and Nubia, crafts, writing, iconography, and evidence from Abydos, Tell el-Farkha, Hierakonpolis, and the Delta, were contributed by leading scholars in the field. The catalog features 129 Predynastic and Early Dynastic objects, most from the Oriental Institute's collection, that illustrate the environmental setting, Predynastic and Early Dynastic culture, religion, and the royal burials at Abydos. This volume will be a standard reference and a staple for classroom use.

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Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Language
English
Pages
284

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Subjects
History, Civilization, Exhibitions, University of Chicago, University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. Museum, Prehistoric Antiquities, Prehistoric peoples, Antiquities, Kultur, University of chicago, Antiquities, prehistoric, Egypt, antiquities
Places
Egypt, Ägypten (Altertum)
Times
To 332 B.C., Early Dynastic Period, ca. 3100-ca. 2686 B.C.

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Table of Contents

Foreword -- Gil J. Stein
The early chronology of Egypt --
Introduction -- Emily Teeter
List of contributors --
Map of principal areas and sites --
Sequence dating and Predynastic chronology -- Stan Hendrickx
Petrie and the discovery of earliest Egypt -- Patricia Spencer
Political organization of Egypt in the Predynastic Period -- Branislav Andelkovic
Hierakonpolis -- Renee Friedman
The Predynastic cultures of the Nile delta -- Yunn Tristant and Beatrix Midant-Reynes
The Predynastic/Early Dynastic Period at Tell el-Farkha -- Krzystof M. Cialowicz
Material culture of the Predynastic Period -- Alice Stevenson
Iconography of the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods -- Stan Hendrickx
Relations between Egypt and Nubia in the Naqada Period -- Bruce B. Williams
Crafts and craft specialization -- Stan Hendrickx
The invention of writing in Egypt -- David Wengrow
Early interaction between peoples of the Nile Valley and the southern Levant -- Eliot Braun
The rise of the Egyptian state -- E. Christiana Kohler
Tomb U-j : a royal burial of Dynasty 0 at Abydos -- Gunter Dreyer
The first kings of Egypt : the Abydos evidence -- Laurel Bestock
The Narmer Palette : a new interpretation -- David O'Connor
Catalog of objects. The physical setting : the Nile Valley (Contact and trade ; Sequence dating) ; The culture of Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt (Predynastic pottery of upper Egypt ; Stone work) ; Early Dynastic religion (Gods ; Votive offerings) ; Rise of the state (The battlefield palette ; Statue of King Khasekhem ; The invention of writing ; Symbols of royal power ; Objects from the royal tombs ; Subsidiary burials of the First Dynasty) --
Concordance of museum registration numbers --
Checklist of the exhibit.

Edition Notes

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition ... March 28-December 31, 2011"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-288).

Published in
Chicago, Ill
Series
Oriental Institute Museum publications -- 33
Other Titles
Origins of Egyptian civilization

Classifications

Library of Congress
GN865.E3 U65 2011, GN865.E3, GN865.E3 U55 2011, DT85 .B446 2011

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Editor
Emily Teeter

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
284 p. :
Number of pages
284

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OL25252226M
Internet Archive
beforepyramidsor00teet
ISBN 10
1885923821
ISBN 13
9781885923820
LCCN
2011922920
OCLC/WorldCat
706025955

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