Nefertiti's sun temple : : a new cult complex at Tell El-Amarna / / by Jacquelyn Williamson.

• Superior document: Harvard Egyptological Studies, Volume 2/1
• VerfasserIn: Williamson, Jacquelyn,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Egyptological studies ; Volume 2/1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (452 pages, 31 unnumbered pages of plates) :; illustrations (some color), maps, photographs.
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nefertiti’s Sun Temple publishes stone relief fragments excavated from the site of Kom el-Nana at Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, dating to approximately 1350 BCE. This is the first time relief fragments can be associated with a specific wall from a specific temple at Tell el-Amarna. Jacquelyn Williamson reconstructs the architecture, art, and inscriptions from the site to demonstrate Kom el-Nana is the location of Queen Nefertiti’s ‘Sunshade of Re’ temple and another more enigmatic structure that served the funerary needs of the non-royal courtiers at the ancient city. The art and inscriptions provide new information about Queen Nefertiti and challenge assumptions about her role in Pharaoh Akhenaten’s religious movement dedicated to the sun god Aten.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Introduction to Kom el-Nana and Sunshades of Re at Tell el-Amarna -- The Reconstructions: Relief and Architecture -- The Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Funerary Implications, and Nefertiti -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- Introduction to the Catalogue -- Catalogue: Square X39 -- Catalogue: Square Y39 -- Catalogue: Square W38 -- Catalogue: Square X38 -- Catalogue: Square X37 -- Catalogue: Square X36 -- Reconstructions (Color Plates) -- Other Color Plates.