Composition and Context: The Seated Figure of Montuemhat (Berlin ÄMP 17271)
Basic data for this talk
Type of talk: scientific talk
Name der Vortragenden: Blöbaum, Anke Ilona
Date of talk: 27/06/2017
Talk language: English
Information about the event
Name of the event: 8th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF EGYPTOLOGISTS (CECE 8)
Egypt 2017: Perspectives of Research
Event period: 26/06/2017 - 01/07/2017
Event location: Lissabon, Portugal
Event website: http://cece-viii.wixsite.com/lisbon2017
Organised by: CHAM – Centre for the Humanities Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Universidade dos Açores
Abstract
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.Keywords: Egyptology; Ancient Egypt; Late Period; Montuemhat; Daily Ritual; Contextualization
Speakers from the University of Münster
| Blöbaum, Anke Ilona | Professur für Ägyptologie (Prof. Lohwasser) |