Egypt and Beyond: Essays Presented to Leonard H. Lesko upon his Retirement from the Wilbour Chair of Egyptology at Brown University, June 2005

by Peter Der Manuelian (Editor), Stephen E. Thompson (Editor)

Overview

"In June of 2005, Leonard Lesko retired after 23 years as Wilbour Professor and Chairman of the Department of Egyptology at Brown University. In recognition of his many contributions to the field of Egyptology, 24 colleagues from around the world, and from several fields of ancient studies, contributed articles to a festschrift in his honor. The contributions to the festschrift are as wide-ranging as are Leonard's interests. Contributions discuss ancient Egyptian religion and religious texts, Egyptian grammar, history, art, and archaeology. There are also contributions from the fields of classics, Near Eastern archaeology, and a study of Middle Iranian texts from the Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley (where Leonard began his career in Egyptology)."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780980206500
Publisher:	Department of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies, Brown University
Publication date:	04/24/2008
Pages:	371
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.20(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Preface by Stephen E. Thompson
List of Contributors
Barbara S. Lesko , Leonard H. Lesko: A Biographical Sketch
Bibliography of Leonard H. Lesko (through 2007)
Mariam F. Ayad , Some Remarks on the Pyramid Texts Inscribed in the Chapel of Amenirdis I at Medinet Habu
Guitty Azarpay , The Pahlavi Archive at Berkeley
Lanny Bell , The Ancient Egyptian “Books of Breathing,” the Mormon “Book of Abraham,” and the Development of Egyptology in America
J.F. Borghouts , Trickster Gods in the Egyptian Pantheon
Edward Brovarski , A Second Style in Egyptian Relief of the Old Kingdom
Leo Depuydt , The Function of the Particle jh in Old and Middle Egyptian
Florence Dunn Friedman , The Menkaure Dyad(s)
Fayza Haikal , Cultural Similarities, Kinship Terminology and Ethno-Egyptology
Tohfa Handoussa , An Act of Piety from the Western Cemetery at Giza
Zahi Hawass , Unique Statues found at Giza VI: Two Unknown Statues found in the Western Field and near the Causeway of Khafre
Matthieu Heerma van Voss , Beginning and End in the Book of the Dead of the 21st Dynasty
R. Ross Holloway , Was Pausanias Right Concerning Peirithoos in the West Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia?
Ramadan B. Hussein , A New Coffin Text Spell from Naga ed-Dêr
Martha Sharp Joukowsky , Common Name: Poppy. Habitat: Nabataean Sculpture. The Petra Great Temple
Diana Wolfe Larkin , Making Egyptian Temple Decoration Fit the Available Space
Peter Der Manuelian , A “New” Slab Stela for Nefer from G 2110? (Giza Archives Project Gleanings: I)
Malcolm Mosher, Jr. , Five Versions of Spell 19 from the Late Period Book of the Dead
Paul F. O’Rourke and Madeleine E. Cody , A Papyrus Grows in Brooklyn. The Book of the Dead of Neferrenpet in the Brooklyn Museum (P. Brooklyn 35.1448+35.1464)
Ali Radwan , The Nun-basin of Renpetneferet
Christina Riggs , Gilding the lily: Sceptres and Shrouds in Greco-Roman Egypt
Robert K. Ritner , Libyan vs. Nubian as the Ideal Egyptian
Alessandro Roccati , A Fragmentary Mummy Bandage inscribed with three Isis Spells in the Book of the Dead
David P. Silverman , A Reference to Warfare at Dendereh, Prior to the Unification of Egypt in the Eleventh Dynasty
Stephen E. Thompson , From Two Ways to Totenbuch: A Study in Textual Transmission and Transformation

Editorial Reviews

The main body of contributions found in this volume makes Egypt and Beyond an apt tribute to the life work of Prof. Leonard H. Lesko. The wide range of subjects presented is a token of his far-reaching impact on contemporary research in ancient culture that reaches beyond the Nile valley. In addition the editors are to be applauded for a commendable achievement.'

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