Search for dissertations about: "royal iconography"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words royal iconography.

2. 1. The Egyptianizing, male, limestone statuary from Cyprus : a study of a cross-cultural, Eastern Mediterranean votive type

   Author : Fanni Faegersten; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ivory; cultural contacts; Egypt; Phoenicia; archaeological contexts; votive gifts; sanctuaries; the Archaic period; transformations of Egyptian dress and jewelry; Egyptianizing iconography; limestone; Cyprus; Cypriote sculpture; wood; “color as pattern”; royal iconography; Ancient history; Antikens och forntidens historia; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Abstract : This thesis is a study of a particular limestone votive statuary type which was dedicated in the sanctuaries on Cyprus during the entire 6th century B.C. Common to the group of figures is that they are wearing a Cypriote version of an Egyptian-type outfit, including characteristic Egyptian royal headgear and jewelry. READ MORE

4. 2. Nut - The Goddess of Life in Text and Iconography

   Author : Nils Billing; Saphinaz-Amal Naguib; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Egyptologi; Ancient Egyptian religion; goddess; mother; water; space; ontology; Pyramid Texts; horizon; tree goddess; Egyptologi; Egyptology; Egyptologi; Egyptology; Egyptologi;

   Abstract : This study delineates the basic characteristics of the ancient Egyptian goddess Nut as expressed in funerary texts and iconography. The goddess is treated as conceptual in character (Begriffsgottheit), i.e. as an animate expression for the ideas that the ancient Egyptians associated with the sky: space and water. READ MORE