Enigmatic Writing in the Egyptian New Kingdom. / Volume 1, : Revealing, transforming, and display in Egyptian hieroglyphs / / ed. by David Klotz, Andréas Stauder.
This is the first synthesis on Egyptian enigmatic writing (also referred to as “cryptography”) in the New Kingdom (c.1550–1070 BCE). Enigmatic writing is an extended practice of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, set against immediate decoding and towards revealing additional levels of meaning. This fir...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde – Beihefte ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VII, 265 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- ntroduction -- Ancient Egyptian Cryptography: Graphic Hermeneutics -- The Enigmatic Frieze of Ramesses II at Luxor Temple -- In Tombs, Temples and on Scribal Palettes: Contexts and Functions of Private Cryptography during the Mid-Late Eighteenth Dynasty -- A Brief Excursus on the Mechanisms of Cryptographic Sign Substitution -- The ‘Jackal Hymn of the West’ in the Book of the Night -- Semiotic Aspects of Alienated and Cryptographic Encodings in the Netherworld Books of the New Kingdom -- The Visual Otherness of the Enigmatic Text in Some Netherworld Books of the New Kingdom |
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Summary: | This is the first synthesis on Egyptian enigmatic writing (also referred to as “cryptography”) in the New Kingdom (c.1550–1070 BCE). Enigmatic writing is an extended practice of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, set against immediate decoding and towards revealing additional levels of meaning. This first volume consists of studies by the main specialists in the field. The second volume is a lexicon of all attested enigmatic signs and values. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110683882 9783110696288 9783110696271 9783110659061 9783110704716 9783110704518 9783110704839 9783110704631 |
ISSN: | 2198-5790 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110683882 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by David Klotz, Andréas Stauder. |