The depiction of wives of tomb owners in the later Old Kingdom

  • Joyce Swinton (Contributor)

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Description

The article presents a statistical study of the representations of wives in the tombs of their husbands and also addresses the issue of the 'missing spouse'. The data analysed covers Dynasties 4-6.
Date made available24 Aug 2024
PublisherMacquarie University

Keywords

  • Old Kingdom art
  • canon of proportion
  • Old Kingdom Egypt
  • iconography

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