This fully-illustrated catalogue offers highlights of the Egyptian collection at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. A brief history of the collection is followed by a catalogue of seventy-seven objects, which date from the early third millennium BC to the eighth century AD. Many of these objects have not been previously published. The artefacts include statues, stelae, tools, games, clothing, coffins, figured ostraca, and papyri; each item is described, and its function and symbolism are discussed. Brief texts are translated. Appendices give museum registration numbers, provenance, and bibliographies.
- ISBN13 9781885923257
- Publish Date 30 October 2003
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English