Repopulating the court of the seventh pylon at Karnak

Thesis

The present work aims to demonstrate the relevance of the study of graffiti in a carefully defined temple context as a means to gain insights into the use and transformation of sacred space by the people who could access it. Access to temples was arguably highly controlled, and probably only restricted groups of people were allowed in certain areas of the temple. This raises important questions concerning temple accessibility, daily movements of temple staff, reactions to religious events,...

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Authors: Salvador, C

• Alternative title: A study of graffiti in context
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Southern processional way; Karnak temple; Material agency; Egyptian graffiti; Secondary epigraphy
• Subjects: A study of pharaonic graffiti in the temple of Amun at Karnak, Egypt