DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom

Wolfram Grajetzki author Paul Whelan illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:27th Aug '09

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom cover

Examines the circle of officials, and offices of state, that surrounded the king in ancient Egyptian Middle Kingdom, through inscriptions, monuments and preserved tombs

Looks at the circle of officials that surrounded the king in the Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt (Eleventh to Thirteenth Dynasty, including the Second Intermediate Period; c 2040-1550 BC). Describing the history of the principal offices of state, this work considers inscriptions, monuments and the few preserved tombs.Building on the latest research, Wolfram Grajetzki here looks in detail at the circle of officials that surrounded the king in the Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt (Eleventh to Thirteenth Dynasty, also including the Second Intermediate Period; c. 2040-1550 BC). Describing the history of the principal offices of state, he takes into account inscriptions, monuments and the few preserved tombs, and traces the careers of some individual officials. The holders of these offices were the men chosen by the king to be his close advisers. They received strings of important titles, and their monuments are among the finest works of art and architecture of the time. Over all the other officials and second only to the king stood the 'tjaty', or vizier, while alongside him and of only slightly lower status, the treasurer was in charge of the resources of the country. From the evidence for these men, a new, more precise image emerges of ancient Egyptian civilization in its monumental accomplishments and its daily operations. "Court Officials of the Middle Kingdom" is essential reading for all scholars and students of the period. The text is copiously illustrated with drawings by Paul Whelan.

ISBN: 9780715637456

Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm

Weight: 380g

240 pages