Ancient Egypt: Treasures from the Collection of the Oriental Institute (Oriental Institute Museum Publications) - Softcover

Teeter, Emily

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1885923252 ISBN 13: 9781885923257

Publisher: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2003

Synopsis

This fully-illustrated catalogue offers highlights of the Egyptian collection at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. A brief history of the collection is followed by a catalogue of seventy-seven objects, which date from the early third millennium BC to the eighth century AD. Many of these objects have not been previously published. The artefacts include statues, stelae, tools, games, clothing, coffins, figured ostraca, and papyri; each item is described, and its function and symbolism are discussed. Brief texts are translated. Appendices give museum registration numbers, provenance, and bibliographies.

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Review

The illustrations are superb and the text well written and understandable.' (Bob Partridge Ancient Egypt Magazine, 4 (6), 2004)

This handsomely produced volume makes a welcome addition to the publication of objects in smaller museum collections of Egyptian antiquities.' (KMT: A Modern Journal of Egyptology)

This genre of books is a delight to the enthusiast for they are all produced to the highest quality and with text by well known Egyptologists. This Chicago volume is no exception...You will find information and detail in this and other such Museum books, which simply is not available elsewhere. The illustrations are superb and the text well written and understandable. Expert or beginner will learn much from the contents of this volume. (Ancient Egypt Magazine, June/July 2004)

Built largely through the work of pioneering Egyptologist James Henry Breasted during the late nineteenth century, the Oriental Institutes Egyption collection is among the countrys most important, with more than 25,000 objects. Yet it has not been adequately published and is less well known than it should be. Aiming to remedy the problem, this beautifully illustrated catalogue provides informative and scholarly discussions of sixty-two of its most important pieces. (Denise M. Doxey, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Religious Studies Review, Vol. 30, Issue 2,3, April, July 2004)

Edition details

• Publisher: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1885923252
• ISBN 13: 9781885923257
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160