Offerings to the discerning eye : : an Egyptological medley in honor of Jack A. Josephson / / edited by Sue H. D'Auria.

• Superior document: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 38
• TeilnehmendeR: D'Auria, Sue.; Josephson, Jack A.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 38.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (394 p.)
• Notes: "Bibliography of Jack A. Josephson": pages [xv].

Egyptologist Jack A. Josephson, a writer and researcher in the tradition of the “gentleman scholar,” has achieved broad recognition as an authority in Egyptian art history. His lucid investigative analyses have probed and redefined the limits of inquiry, expanded research parameters, and broadened perspectives, emphasizing the undeniable contributions of art history in an intra-disciplinary framework. This volume of collected essays is dedicated to Josephson by distinguished friends and colleagues, a select roster including eminent, established scholars in the field of Egyptology and rising stars of the younger generation. Josephson views Egyptian art history as a critical but neglected area of study, and is a strong proponent of its reinstatement in the academic curriculum as an essential component in the formation of new cadres. The quality of the articles in this Egyptological medley is a tribute to the honoree and an affirmation of the esteem of his peers, while the range of subjects and variety of themes addressed reflect the degree to which he has, in his own scholarship, undertaken to implement his ideal.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / S. D’Auria -- The Shunet El-Zebib At Abydos: Architectural Conservation At One Of Egypt’s Oldest Preserved Royal Monuments / Matthew Douglas Adams and David O’Connor -- Earthquakes In Egypt In The Pharaonic Period: The Evidence At Dahshur In The Late Middle Kingdom / Dieter Arnold -- Foreign And Female / Dorothea Arnold -- Recent Excavations At The Ancient Harbor Of Saww (Mersa/Wadi Gawasis) On The Red Sea / Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich -- Reused Or Restored? The Wooden Shabti Of Amenemhat In The Brooklyn Museum / Edward Bleiberg -- Persians And Egyptians: Cooperation In Vandalism? / Andrey Bolshakov -- The Great Pyramid: The Internal Ramp Theory / Bob Brier -- Amenhotep III’s Legacy In The Temple Of Mut / Betsy M. Bryan -- Eine Statue Des Königs Dewen Aus Abydos? / Günter Dreyer -- Die Leeren Kartuschen Von Akhenaten / Mamdouh Eldamaty -- Aspects Of The Mut Temple’s Contra-Temple At South Karnak, Part II / Richard Fazzini -- A God’s Head In Heidelberg / Erica Feucht -- Reconstructing A Statue From A Head / Rita E. Freed -- The Stela Of Djehutynefer, Called Seshu / G.A. Gaballa -- Observations On Copying And The Hieroglyphic Tradition In The Production Of The Book Of The Dead / Ogden Goelet, Jr. -- A Group Of Art Works In The Amarna Style / Tom Hardwick -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases In Ancient Egypt / W. Benson Harer, Jr. -- The Tomb Of A Hety-’, Theban Tomb 116 / Melinda Hartwig -- A Head Of Rameses II From Tell Basta / Zahi Hawass -- A Pasha’s Pleasures: R.G. Gayer-Anderson And His Pharaonic Collection In Cairo / Salima Ikram -- Merenptah’s Confrontations In The Western Desert And The Delta / Sameh Iskander -- A Contemplation Of The Late Period / T.G.H. James -- \'He Is The Son Of A Woman Of Ta-Sety . . .\' The Offering Table Of The King’s Mother Nefret (MMA 22.1.21) / Peter Janosi -- Theban Tomb 46 And Its Owner, Ramose / Nozomu Kawai -- A Unique Sphinx Of Amenhotep II / Peter Lacovara -- Rameses Recrowned: The International Campaign To Preserve The Monuments Of Nubia, 1959-68 / Sarwat Okasha -- Some Thoughts on Υδωρ of Thales and Απειρον of Anaximander / Paul F. O’Rourke -- Mapping The Temple Of The Goddess Mut, Karnak: A Basis For Further Exploration / William H. Peck -- The Dog Of Karakhamun / Elena Pischikova -- The Second Pylon Of The Temple Of Ba-Neb-Djed At Mendes / Donald B. Redford -- Four Late Period Sculptures In The San Antonio Museum Of Art / Gerry D. Scott, III -- News From Kom El-Hettan In The Season Of Spring 2007 / Hourig Sourouzian -- The Prince Kawab, Oldest Son Of Khufu / Rainer Stadelmann -- New Perspectives On The Brooklyn Black Head / Paul Edmund Stanwick -- A \'Realistic\' Head In The Oriental Institute Museum (OIM 13952) / Emily Teeter -- Transformation Of A Royal Head: Notes On A Portrait Of Nectanebo I / Nancy Thomas -- A Cat, A Nurse, And A Standard-Bearer: Notes On Three Late Eighteenth Dynasty Statues / Jacobus Van Dijk -- The Theban Mapping Project’s Online Image Database Of The Valley Of The Kings / Kent R. Weeks -- The Tomb Of Iahmes, Son Of Psamtikseneb, At Saqqara / Christiane Ziegler -- The \'Saga\' Of ‘Aper-El’s Funerary Treasure / Alain Zivie -- Index / S. D’Auria.