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Auteur(s) : Billing, Nils (1965-....)
Titre(s) : The Performative structure [Texte imprimé] : ritualizing the pyramid of Pepy I / by Nils Billing
Publication : Leiden (Pays-Bas) : Brill, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVII- 626 p.) ; 25 cm
Collection : Harvard Egyptological studies ; volume 4
Lien à la collection : Harvard Egyptological studies
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [581]-608. Index
Texte remanié de : doctoral thesis : faculty of theology : Uppsala university : 2013
Billing investigates the ancient Egyptian pyramid complex as a performative structure,
ritualized through the operative faculty inherent in monumental architecture, text,
and image. The main body of research is given over to an analysis of the Pyramid Texts
found in the pyramid of king Pepy I of the Sixth Dynasty (ca 2300 BCE). It is demonstrated
that the texts were distributed on distinct space-bound thematic and ritual levels
in order to perpetuate a cultic activity from which the lord of the tomb could be
transformed by moving through the different chambers and corridors towards the exit.
Just as the decoration program of the mortuary temple once delineated the ritual and
ideological structure of the royal mortuary cult, the corpus of texts distributed
in the pyramid provided a monumentalized performative structure that effectuated the
perennial rebirth for its owner
Sujet(s) : Littérature religieuse égyptienne ancienne -- Saqqarah (Égypte ; site archéologique) -- Pyramide de Pépi I
Rites et cérémonies funéraires -- Saqqarah (Égypte ; site archéologique) -- Pyramide de Pépi I
Saqqarah (Égypte ; site archéologique) -- Pyramide de Pépi I
Indice(s) Dewey :
299.31 (23e éd.) = Religions d'origine égyptienne de l'Antiquité
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789004372368. - ISBN 9004372369. - ISBN 9789004372375. - ISBN 9004372377 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb457264308
Notice n° :
FRBNF45726430
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; The performative structure ; Iconicity and monumentality ; Image
and architecture-ritualizing the pyramid complex in the Old Kingdom ; Monumentalizing
the beyond-the pyramid ; The pyramid of Pepy I ; The sarcophagus chamber (P/F)
; The passage (P/F-A) ; The antechamber (P/A) ; The corridor (P/C) ; The vestibule
(P/V) ; The ascending passage (P/D) ; The performative structure.
