Composition and Context: The Seated Figure of Montuemhat (Berlin ÄMP 17271)

Grunddaten zum Vortrag

Informationen zur Veranstaltung

Zusammenfassung

Montuemhat, Fourth Priest of Amun and Govenor of Thebes, is one of the most important officials during the transition between the 25th and 26th Dynasty. Apart from his tomb (TT 34) and building activities in the Temple of Mut in Karnak, he is known from numerous statues of highly remarkable quality. One of these statues is a small seated figure currently on display in the Neues Museum in Berlin (ÄMP 17271) impressing both by excellent craftsmanship and sophisticatedly composed inscriptions. The presentation will focus on results of an analysis of composition and context of the statue being part of Montuemhat's complex multimedia self-presentation. The study, which concentrates on contextualization including iconographic issues as well as a profound study of the inscription's text and layout, is part of a wider research on Montuemhat embedded in the project "The Semantics of Change: Self-Affirmation, Propaganda, and Magic in the Visual Language of Egypt in the Early First Millenium B.C." directed by Angelika Lohwasser and hosted by the Cluster of Excellence "Religions and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures" in Münster/Germany.The results related to the inscriptions are remarkable: the text includes connections with Montuemhat's inscription in the Mut Precinct as well as citations of the Daily Ritual for Amun. Furthermore, it provides us with information that allows further conclusions concerning a conceivable original site of installation of the statue. Besides illustrating the benefits of a contextualizing approach main concern will be to summarize, reflect and put these considerations up for discussion.

Vortragende der Universität Münster

Blöbaum, Anke Ilona

Professur für Ägyptologie (Prof. Lohwasser)