Personal Religion in Domestic Contexts During the New Kingdom : : The Impact of the Amarna Period.

• Superior document: Archaeopress Egyptology Series ; v.46
• Author: Souto Castro, Iria.
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeopress Egyptology Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 pages)

This study has three main themes: the definition of personal religion and religious domestic practices from a theoretical perspective; the description and analysis of the main archaeological and anthropological evidence; and, on that basis, the study of the impact of the Amarna period in the develop...

Table of Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Note to the Reader
• References
• List of Abbreviations
• Preface
• References
• Introduction
• References
• The Domestic Practice of Personal Religion
• Introduction
• Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt
• The Domestic Setting around the Time of the New Kingdom
• Origins and Early Evidence of Personal Religion in Ancient Egypt
• The Domestic Expressions of Personal Religion
• The Cult to the Deceased
• The Cult to the Gods
• Religion in the Amarna Period
• References
• Domestic Space in the New Kingdom: A Case Study
• Introduction
• The Lahun Case: A Middle Kingdom Template
• Tell el-Amarna
• Domestic Architecture
• Finds
• Deir el-Medina
• Domestic Architecture
• Finds
• Inside the Houses
• The Entrance
• The Loggias
• The First Room
• The Second Room
• Back Rooms and Others
• The Garden
• The Domestic Distribution of Religious Actions
• Pre-Amarna Houses
• Pre-Amarna Rooms
• Amarna and Post-Amarna Houses
• Amarna and Post-Amarna Rooms
• References
• The Archaeological Pieces of Evidence: Artefacts et alii
• Introduction
• Artefacts of General Cultic Application
• Tell el-Amarna
• Deir el-Medina
• Other Sites
• Artefacts to Interact with the Deceased
• The Letters to the Dead
• Anthropoid Busts
• Ȝḫ-ỉkr-n-R‛ Stelae
• The Royal Ancestors Worship
• Artefacts to Communicate with the Divinities
• Amulets
• Female (Fertility) Figurines
• Jeux de la Nature
• Intermediary Statues, Statuettes, and Busts
• Figured Ostraca
• Votive Stelae
• Comparative Study
• Artefacts to Interact with the Deceased
• Artefacts to Communicate with the Divinities
• References
• The Archaeological Pieces of Evidence: Structures
• Introduction
• Domestic Cultic Structures
• Altars
• Niches
• Decorations.
• Singular Structures
• Comparative Study
• Altars
• Niches
• Singular Structures
• References
• Personal Religion in the Amarna Period: New Forms for Old Ways
• Introduction
• Religious Radicalization
• The Archaeological
• The Anthropological
• The Signification of the Continuity of the Practice of Personal Religion throughout the Amarna Period
• References
• Bibliography.