The political situation in Egypt during the second intermediate period, c. 1800-1550 B.C.
Attempts to establish a chronology for the Second Intermediate Period (the 250 years prior to 1800-1550 BC) in Egypt. This book describes the individual dynasties/kingdoms of the period which are systematically defined according to their kings, geographical and chronological extent.
Print Book, English, 1997
Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern Studies, University of Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum, Copenhagen, 1997
XIV, 463 p. : il., map ; 31 cm.
9788772894218, 8772894210
851104008
Introduction: aims; source material; procedure and scope; anticipation of conclusions. Part 1 Primary sources for the chronology: the Turin king-list -- brief description, credibility -- errors and omissions, reconstruction, notes on the SIP section, excursus -- the Vorlage of the Turin king-list; excursus -- the transmission of the Turin king-list and the dynastic divisions; royal scarab-shaped seals -- royal scarab-shaped seals of the 13th dynasty, royal scarab-shaped seals of the 14th and 15th dynasties, scarab-shaped seals misinterpreted as royal seals of the SIP. Part 2 Defining the dynasties of the Second Intermediate Period: 13th Dynasty (Memphis) -- kings, territory; 14th Dynasty (Avaris) -- kings, territory; 15th Dynasty (Avaris) -- kings, territory; 16th Dynasty (Thebes) -- kings, territory; Abydos Dynasty (Abydos) -- kings, territory; 17th Dynasty (Thebes) -- kings, territory; chronological considerations -- the chronological framework, the external chronology, the internal chronology. Part 3 The royal families and the background of the kings: aim; filiative nomina; 13th Dynasty; 14th Dynasty; 15th Dynasty; 16th Dynasty; Abydos Dynasty; 17th Dynasty; notes on succession. Part 4 An outline of the political situation during the Second Intermediate Period: the early-Second Intermediate Period (c 1805-1649 BC); the late-Second Intermediate Period (c 1649-1540 BC); the term "Second Intermediate Period". Part 5 Appendices: The first king of the 13th Dynasty; the Uronarti Context; the supposed existence of vassal kings during the SIP; the abdication of Tutimaios?, Adam Buelow-Jacobsen. Part 6 Catalogue of attestations: arrangement; 13th Dynasty; 14th Dynasty; 15th Dynasty; 16th Dynasty; Abydos Dynasty; 17th Dynasty; unattributed.
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