Ramesses by Joyce Tyldesley

Ramesses by Joyce Tyldesley

Author:Joyce Tyldesley
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780141949789
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2009-09-03T16:00:00+00:00


Notes

1 This piece is illustrated and described in Freed, R. E. (1987), Ramesses the Great; his life and world, Memphis: 136.

2 Discussed, with the history of the development of the Egyptian temple, in Snape, S. R. (1996), Egyptian Temples, Princes Risborough: 12.

3 For an accessible guide to the monuments of Egypt, including those of Thebes, consult Seton-Williams, V. and Stocks, P. (1983), Blue Guide: Egypt, London and New York. See also Baines, J. and Malek, J. (1980), Atlas of Ancient Egypt, Oxford.

4 Newby, P. H. (1980), Warrior Pharaohs: the rise and fall of the Egyptian Empire, London: 164–5.

5 Talbot Kelly, R. (1902, revised 1912), Egypt Painted and Described, London: 95.

6 For a fascinating example of the Egyptologist working as a detective see Seele, K. C. (1940), The Coregency of Ramses II with Seti I and the date of the great hypostyle hall at Karnak, Chicago; this evidence is reviewed and revised in Murnane, W.J. (1975), ‘The earlier reign ofRamesses II and his co-regency with Sety I’, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 34:3: 153–90.

7 Ricke, H., Hughes, G. and Wente, E. F. (1967), The Beit el-Wali Temple of Ramesses II, Chicago: 3–5, 7–9.

8 Translation after Redford, D. B. (1971), ‘The Earliest Years of Ramesses II, and the building of the Ramesside Court at Luxor’, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 57: 110–19. This article provides a useful discussion of the sequence of events during the early years of Ramesses’ solo rule.

9 Translation after Redford, D. B. (1971), ‘The Earliest Years of Ramesses II, and the building of the Ramesside Court at Luxor’, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 57: 110–19: 113.

10 Discussed in Kemp, B.J. (1989), Ancient Egypt; anatomy of a civilization, 192, 195.

11 The Abydos Dedication text. This text, and the building of the Seti temple, are discussed, with references, in Murnane, W. J. (1977), Ancient Egyptian Co-Regencies, Chicago: 73–6, 82–4. For a full translation of the text see Kitchen, K. A. (1996), Ramesside Inscriptions Translated and Annotated 2: Ramesses II Royal Inscriptions, Oxford: 162–74.

12 A suggestion made in Kitchen, K. A. (1982), Pharaoh Triumphant, Warminster: 45.

13 This area was the subject of ground-penetrating radar explorations conducted by David L. Grumman Jr, as part of a University of Pennsylvania mission in 1992, led by Steven Snape. The results of this work are as yet unpublished.

14 Quban Stela (Year 3) and Aksha Inscription; for a full translation of this text consult Kitchen, K. A. (1996), Ramesside Inscriptions 2: Ramesses II Royal Inscriptions, Oxford: 188–93.

15 These events are discussed with references in Kitchen, K. A. (1982), Pharaoh Triumphant, Warminster: 35, 119–20.

16 From a letter written by the visitor Pabasa; for a fuller translation of this letter see Menu, B. (1999), Ramesses the Great; warrior and builder, London: 77.

17 Papyrus Anastasi II 4–5. The geography of the city is discussed in detail in Uphill, E. P. (1984), The Temples of Per Ramesses, Warminster.

18 For a discussion of the king as god see Hornung, E. (1983), Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: the one and the many, London: 135–42.



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