An epigraphic reanalysis of two stelae from First Intermediate Period Dendera in the Cairo Museum
Summary: An Epigraphic Reanalysis of Two Stelae from First Intermediate Period Dendera in the Cairo Museum As the Old Kingdom weakened and the Memphite court lost power, there was a shift in the way in which wealth was redistributed throughout Egypt. This shift gave more power to nomarchs, who w...
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Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente
2021
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| Sumario: | Summary: An Epigraphic Reanalysis of Two Stelae from First Intermediate
Period Dendera in the Cairo Museum
As the Old Kingdom weakened and the Memphite court lost power, there was a
shift in the way in which wealth was redistributed throughout Egypt. This shift gave
more power to nomarchs, who were able to usurp more and more formerly royal
prerogatives for themselves through titulary and phraseology. The site of Dendera,
in Middle Egypt, was an important regional center during Egypt’s First Intermediate
Period. The history of the First Intermediate Period shows that, in the absence of a
cohesive and unified state, regional centers vied for power. Alliances were based
on geography, access to resources, and (on occasion) aggressive action. There are
no overt references, either at Dendera or contemporaneously from another site, to
aggression involving Dendera. However, Dendera was certainly affected by the
power struggles which governed in the absence of a unified leadership. Two First
Intermediate Period autobiographical fragments from Dendera, currently in Cairo,
help shed light on the political situation through epigraphic/paleographic clues and
through explicit content. This paper offers a rereading of these inscriptions, JE 32139
and JE46048. |
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