The decoration on the cult chapel walls of the Old Kingdom tombs at Giza : : a new approach to their interaction / / by Leo Roeten.

• Superior document: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume 70
• Author: Roeten, Leo.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 70.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; I Architecture, Decoration and Interpretation /; II Preliminary Considerations /; III The Methods Employed in the Present Study /; IV The Western Wall of the Cult Chapel /; V The Co-occurrence of (Sub)themes on the Western Wall /; VI The Locations of the (Sub)themes on the Western Wall /; VII The Relation Between the (Sub)themes on the Western Wall /; VIII The Decoration of the False Door /; IX The Chronological Development of the Cultic Character of the False Door and Its Parts: Possible Interactions between the False Door and the Western Wall /; X The Interactions between the Decoration of the Western Wall and the False Door: Further Considerations about the Magical Food Supply /; XI The Results: Analysis and Correlation /; XII The Entrance Jambs and Entrance Thicknesses /; XIII The Northern Wall of the Chapel /; XIV The Southern Wall of the Chapel /; XV The Eastern Wall of the Chapel /; XVI The Interaction between (Sub)themes on the Various Walls /; XVII Conclusions /; Catalogues /; Tables /; Diagrams /; Chronological Orderings /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9004265465
• ISSN: 1566-2055
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Leo Roeten.

In The Decoration on the Cult Chapel Walls of the Old Kingdom Tombs at Giza Leo Roeten presents a method that evaluates the degree of interaction between the various decoration themes that are placed on the western wall of the cult chapels at the tombs of Giza. Diagrams resulting from that method show that during the 5th dynasty the focus of the mode of food supply for the ka of the deceased changed from primarily active to primarily magical. On the other walls of the chapel this change not only led to the loss of some secondary cultic functions like the inviting and guiding functions, but also to an increasing focus on scenes from the daily life of the tomb owner.