Discerning Ancient Identity
The Case of Aashyet’s Sarcophagus (JE 47267)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12955813 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kate Liszka (California State University, San Bernardino, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 185-207 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Egyptian History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1874-1657 • E-ISSN: 1874-1665 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18741665-12340047 |
| OpenAlex | W3087702631 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 7 |
Aashyet’s sarcophagus (JE 47267) offers a unique case for understanding how the intersection of a person’s identities, such as ethnicity, gender, age, or religion, is portrayed on a funerary object within the historic and religious circumstances of a specific context. Aashyet’s sarcophagus portrays her as a wealthy, elite priestess, and the head-of-household, while being a Nubian who celebrated her non-Egyptian origins. The sarcophagus’s archaeological context also demonstrates the importance of Priestesses of Hathor within Montuhotep II ’s funerary complex at Deir el-Bahri for the legitimation of his kingship before he unified Egypt, late in his reign
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Cartography · Context (archaeology · Elite · Ethnic group · Geography · Identity (music · Intersection (aeronautics · Legitimation · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Reign · Sociology · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Anthropology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |