On the use of a historic mode of kingship in visual material produced by the early Third Intermediate Period rulers of Lower Egypt, 1070-909 BCE Public
Kreiter, Rachel Pauline (2011)
Abstract
On the use of a historic mode of kingship in visual material produced by the early Third Intermediate Period rulers of Lower Egypt, 1070-909 BCE
By Rachel P. Kreiter
The so-called Third Intermediate Period has been a much-contested subject in Egyptology, largely due to a number of conflicting philological approaches that have produced no consensus among scholars as to chronology and the ordering of kings. This paper proposes that the visual material created by or for the Tanis-based rulers of dynasties 21 and 22 is a deliberate attempt to legitimize their reigns through a historic mode of kingship. Moreover, the possible Libyan character of this period is harmonious with such an approach, as the tribal-influenced social structure proposed by scholars is compatible with the basic continuity of cosmological kingship that was the source of all royal authority in Egypt, regardless of ethnicity. A secondary focus of this paper is an assessment of the current state of Libyan Period scholarship, which has been defined by the methods through which the subject has previously been approached, and suggested directions for further study with emphasis on visual material in conjunction with the philological and chronological work that has previously dominated the discussion of this period.
Table of Contents
Table of contents
Introduction.....1
I. On kingship and its uses of the past.....5
II. Egyptological approaches to the Third Intermediate Period, and
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historiography of the site of Tanis.....14
III. On the so-called festival hall of Osorkon II at
Bubastis.....21
IV. On the burial of Shoshenq II.....28
V. The re-use of the sarcophagus of Merenptah in the burial of
Psusennes I.....39
VI. Conclusion, and suggestions for further research.....44
Bibliography.....47
Figures.....53
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