Ouvrage paru à l'occasion du bicentenaire du Musée Calvet d'Avignon et de l'exposition "Fastueuse... more Ouvrage paru à l'occasion du bicentenaire du Musée Calvet d'Avignon et de l'exposition "Fastueuse Égypte" présentée du 25 juin au 14 novembre 2011
Collaboration à l'édition et rédaction des notices n° 1-3, 7-12, p. 44-46 et 50-56
Dynasty 11 held a significant place in the history of Egyptian kingship. In a few decades, a line... more Dynasty 11 held a significant place in the history of Egyptian kingship. In a few decades, a line of local princes, settled in Thebes in Upper Egypt, far away from the centres of power of the Old Kingdom, succeeded in extending its authority all over the country and re-enacted the principles of kingship, weakened during the First Intermediate Period. This restoration led to changes in the forms of expression of the royal dogma which had to be adapted to political circumstances. Such transformations are in general not easy to grasp through somewhat scarce data. Among these however, royal titularies appear to be relevant indicators and express the ideological programme of each reign. Thus, the semantics of the names chosen by the king at the time of his accession are worth to be studied but both morphology and lay out of the titularies are revealing as well. In this case, titularies allow us to follow the evolution of the idea of kingship from the first borrowings to the royal phraseology by the nomarch(s) Intef to the adoption of a classic five-fold titulary by Nebhepetre Mentuhotep and his successors. Nebhepetre’s reign was a turning point. The three titularies successively worn by the king show a thorough reflection on royal dogma. Heliopolitan patterns were then established in Thebes and a new theological system with Amun-Re at its head was set up, borrowing its main features to that of the old religious centre of the North, keeper of royal legitimacy. As southern counterpart of Heliopolis, Thebes became the place of king’s coronation in Upper Egypt and the reintroduction of the coronation name in the titulary plainly reflects the revival of divine kingship. The royal and theological system installed by Nebhepetre had to remain the basis of Egyptian kingship for many centuries.
Publication of the statue of a chief scribe of the temple (of Hathor) named Djehuty discovered in... more Publication of the statue of a chief scribe of the temple (of Hathor) named Djehuty discovered in 2016 in the necropolis of Dendara. It can be dated to the first half of the 18th Dynasty (probably Hatshepsut-Tuthmosis III) based on its text and stylistic characteristics.
Chapitre du catalogue de l’exposition "À la recherche des hiéroglyphes oubliés. Jean-François Cha... more Chapitre du catalogue de l’exposition "À la recherche des hiéroglyphes oubliés. Jean-François Champollion – François Artaud" présentée au musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon du 1er octobre au 31 décembre 2022.
Work achieved in Ermant since 2004 by the French archaeological mission (IFAO-CNRS) allowed to re... more Work achieved in Ermant since 2004 by the French archaeological mission (IFAO-CNRS) allowed to resume the study of the blocks reused in the foundations of the temple built by Ptolemy XII in honour of god Montu in the 1st century BC. This article provides a short insight into more than one hundred Middle Kingdom fragments, of both local limestone and limestone imported from the Tura quarries, mainly dating to the reign of Amenemhat I. As much as we can judge from preserved elements, the walls of the sanctuary erected by that king showed usual cultic scenes as well as more specific royal themes (enthronment and coronation by gods, suckling by a goddess, etc.). Huge decorated blocks recently found seem to belong to a monumental gate which probably marked the entrance of the temenos. Study is still in progress and further field work should bring a better undestanding of the architectural and iconographical programmes which took place in Ermant in the early Twelfth Dynasty.
dans N. Castellano, M. Mascort, C. Piedrafita, J. Vivó (éd.), Ex Aegypto lux et sapientia. Homenatge al professor Josep Padró i Parcerisa, Nova Studia Aegyptiaca IX, Barcelone, 2015, p. 489-499
dans J.-L. Bovot, A.-H. Perrot (éd.), Rendre visite aux dieux. Pèlerinage au temps de l’Égypte pharaonique, Clermont-Ferrand, 2013, n° 52 et 55, p. 108 et 111
Ouvrage paru à l'occasion du bicentenaire du Musée Calvet d'Avignon et de l'exposition "Fastueuse... more Ouvrage paru à l'occasion du bicentenaire du Musée Calvet d'Avignon et de l'exposition "Fastueuse Égypte" présentée du 25 juin au 14 novembre 2011
Collaboration à l'édition et rédaction des notices n° 1-3, 7-12, p. 44-46 et 50-56
Dynasty 11 held a significant place in the history of Egyptian kingship. In a few decades, a line... more Dynasty 11 held a significant place in the history of Egyptian kingship. In a few decades, a line of local princes, settled in Thebes in Upper Egypt, far away from the centres of power of the Old Kingdom, succeeded in extending its authority all over the country and re-enacted the principles of kingship, weakened during the First Intermediate Period. This restoration led to changes in the forms of expression of the royal dogma which had to be adapted to political circumstances. Such transformations are in general not easy to grasp through somewhat scarce data. Among these however, royal titularies appear to be relevant indicators and express the ideological programme of each reign. Thus, the semantics of the names chosen by the king at the time of his accession are worth to be studied but both morphology and lay out of the titularies are revealing as well. In this case, titularies allow us to follow the evolution of the idea of kingship from the first borrowings to the royal phraseology by the nomarch(s) Intef to the adoption of a classic five-fold titulary by Nebhepetre Mentuhotep and his successors. Nebhepetre’s reign was a turning point. The three titularies successively worn by the king show a thorough reflection on royal dogma. Heliopolitan patterns were then established in Thebes and a new theological system with Amun-Re at its head was set up, borrowing its main features to that of the old religious centre of the North, keeper of royal legitimacy. As southern counterpart of Heliopolis, Thebes became the place of king’s coronation in Upper Egypt and the reintroduction of the coronation name in the titulary plainly reflects the revival of divine kingship. The royal and theological system installed by Nebhepetre had to remain the basis of Egyptian kingship for many centuries.
Publication of the statue of a chief scribe of the temple (of Hathor) named Djehuty discovered in... more Publication of the statue of a chief scribe of the temple (of Hathor) named Djehuty discovered in 2016 in the necropolis of Dendara. It can be dated to the first half of the 18th Dynasty (probably Hatshepsut-Tuthmosis III) based on its text and stylistic characteristics.
Chapitre du catalogue de l’exposition "À la recherche des hiéroglyphes oubliés. Jean-François Cha... more Chapitre du catalogue de l’exposition "À la recherche des hiéroglyphes oubliés. Jean-François Champollion – François Artaud" présentée au musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon du 1er octobre au 31 décembre 2022.
Work achieved in Ermant since 2004 by the French archaeological mission (IFAO-CNRS) allowed to re... more Work achieved in Ermant since 2004 by the French archaeological mission (IFAO-CNRS) allowed to resume the study of the blocks reused in the foundations of the temple built by Ptolemy XII in honour of god Montu in the 1st century BC. This article provides a short insight into more than one hundred Middle Kingdom fragments, of both local limestone and limestone imported from the Tura quarries, mainly dating to the reign of Amenemhat I. As much as we can judge from preserved elements, the walls of the sanctuary erected by that king showed usual cultic scenes as well as more specific royal themes (enthronment and coronation by gods, suckling by a goddess, etc.). Huge decorated blocks recently found seem to belong to a monumental gate which probably marked the entrance of the temenos. Study is still in progress and further field work should bring a better undestanding of the architectural and iconographical programmes which took place in Ermant in the early Twelfth Dynasty.
dans N. Castellano, M. Mascort, C. Piedrafita, J. Vivó (éd.), Ex Aegypto lux et sapientia. Homenatge al professor Josep Padró i Parcerisa, Nova Studia Aegyptiaca IX, Barcelone, 2015, p. 489-499
dans J.-L. Bovot, A.-H. Perrot (éd.), Rendre visite aux dieux. Pèlerinage au temps de l’Égypte pharaonique, Clermont-Ferrand, 2013, n° 52 et 55, p. 108 et 111
Résumé d'une conférence présentée à l'Association dauphinoise d'égyptologie Champollion (Grenoble... more Résumé d'une conférence présentée à l'Association dauphinoise d'égyptologie Champollion (Grenoble) le 9 décembre 2006
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