Annotated Bibliography
Darnell, John Coleman, and Deborah Darnell. "New Inscriptions of the Late First Intermediate Period from the Theban Western Desert and the Beginnings of the Northern Expansion of the Eleventh Dynasty." Journal of Near Eastern Studies 56, no. 4 (1997): 241-58. http://www.jstor.org/stable/545993.
The authors discuss the discovery of new first intermediate period inscriptions from the Theban regime in the11th dynasty. The inscriptions are said to be by Coptite nomarch Tjauti, who provides various military strategies of the Thebes army and why they are so politically dominant during the first intermediate period. Rock inscriptions gave Thebes an advantage over their enemies because the engravings detail the ancient routes …show more content…
The unearthing of these archaeological findings was difficult to decode, as the inscriptions were heavily damaged by natural erosion and had conflicting suggestions of meanings. This journal offers context to the poignant environment that many Egyptian citizens were living under, constant fighting and little peace. The Darnells are prominent Egyptologists who have conducted specific research surveys in the western Theban desert, where the use of remote sensing has uncovered lost routes of the Thebes and proto-Sinaitic alphabet engravings. Although this article has mathematical language that makes it hard to understand for the average audience, this does not completely hinder the authority of the authors, as they have contributed some much-needed information on the western Theban desert. When reading the journal article, I was pleasantly surprised to discover the importance of this research survey conducted because of the rarity of finding written scripts from the Thebans during the first …show more content…
The materials are held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the author is explaining selected items from the collection to summarize the historical, cultural and social context. Haynes examines the antiques from the first intermediate period with clarity and precision, with 7 subsections that address the material culture of the dynasties of Memphis, Herakleopolis, and Thebans. His analysis offers historical background to the items shown, which delivers enough perspective to see the general state of the nation at the time: extreme poverty, lawlessness, and insecure kingship. Being a popular American Egyptologists who worked with the MET for 30 years, Haynes clearly has developed an eye for detail when understanding an objects role in its particular society, yet he seamlessly intertwines the effect of political disruption on the first intermediate period, where the lack of original, stylized art breeds a significant loss of technical ability and artistic quality. However, the small amount of information the book gave to my specific research is disappointing and I understand that this book was written many years before, but this republished edition from 1990 doesn’t contain any new information on the first intermediate period, which is limiting to my research. Despite this, I know that this book can offer some valuable background on the art
Darnell, John Coleman, and Deborah Darnell. "New Inscriptions of the Late First Intermediate Period from the Theban Western Desert and the Beginnings of the Northern Expansion of the Eleventh Dynasty." Journal of Near Eastern Studies 56, no. 4 (1997): 241-58. http://www.jstor.org/stable/545993.
The authors discuss the discovery of new first intermediate period inscriptions from the Theban regime in the11th dynasty. The inscriptions are said to be by Coptite nomarch Tjauti, who provides various military strategies of the Thebes army and why they are so politically dominant during the first intermediate period. Rock inscriptions gave Thebes an advantage over their enemies because the engravings detail the ancient routes …show more content…
The unearthing of these archaeological findings was difficult to decode, as the inscriptions were heavily damaged by natural erosion and had conflicting suggestions of meanings. This journal offers context to the poignant environment that many Egyptian citizens were living under, constant fighting and little peace. The Darnells are prominent Egyptologists who have conducted specific research surveys in the western Theban desert, where the use of remote sensing has uncovered lost routes of the Thebes and proto-Sinaitic alphabet engravings. Although this article has mathematical language that makes it hard to understand for the average audience, this does not completely hinder the authority of the authors, as they have contributed some much-needed information on the western Theban desert. When reading the journal article, I was pleasantly surprised to discover the importance of this research survey conducted because of the rarity of finding written scripts from the Thebans during the first …show more content…
The materials are held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the author is explaining selected items from the collection to summarize the historical, cultural and social context. Haynes examines the antiques from the first intermediate period with clarity and precision, with 7 subsections that address the material culture of the dynasties of Memphis, Herakleopolis, and Thebans. His analysis offers historical background to the items shown, which delivers enough perspective to see the general state of the nation at the time: extreme poverty, lawlessness, and insecure kingship. Being a popular American Egyptologists who worked with the MET for 30 years, Haynes clearly has developed an eye for detail when understanding an objects role in its particular society, yet he seamlessly intertwines the effect of political disruption on the first intermediate period, where the lack of original, stylized art breeds a significant loss of technical ability and artistic quality. However, the small amount of information the book gave to my specific research is disappointing and I understand that this book was written many years before, but this republished edition from 1990 doesn’t contain any new information on the first intermediate period, which is limiting to my research. Despite this, I know that this book can offer some valuable background on the art