The Decoration on the Cult Chapel Walls of the Old Kingdom Tombs at Giza: A New Approach to Their Interaction (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East)

In The Decoration on the Cult Chapel Walls of the Old Kingdom Tombs at Giza Leo Roeten presents a method that evaluates the degree of interaction between the various decoration themes that are placed on the western wall of the cult chapels at the tombs of Giza. Diagrams resulting from that method show that during the 5th dynasty the focus of the mode of food supply for the ka of the deceased changed from primarily active to primarily magical. On the other walls of the chapel this change not only led to the loss of some secondary cultic functions like the inviting and guiding functions, but also to an increasing focus on scenes from the daily life of the tomb owner. Part I: The present study Technical terms and abbreviations Bibliography and bibliographical abbreviations Bibliography of the tombs Introduction Compilation of (sub)themes Chapter I Architecture, decoration and interpretation Chapter II Preliminary considerations Chapter III The methods employed in the present study Chapter IV The western wall of the cult chapel Chapter V The co-occurrence of (sub)themes on the western wall Chapter VI The locations of the (sub)themes on the western wall Chapter VII The relation between the (sub)themes on the western wall Chapter VIII The decoration of the false door Chapter IX The chronological development of the cultic character false door and its parts Chapter X The interactions between the decoration of the western wall and the false door. Further considerations about the magical food supply Chapter XI The results: analysis and correlation Chapter XII The entrance jambs and the entrance thicknesses Chapter XIII The northern wall of the chapel Chapter XIV The southern wall of the chapel Chapter XV The eastern wall of the chapel Chapter XVI The interaction between (sub)themes on the various walls Chapter XVII Conclusions Part II : Annex Catalogues Tables Diagrams Chronological orderings Part one. The present study Compilations Architecture, decoration and interpretation Preliminary considerations The methods employed in the present study The western wall of the cult chapel The co-occurrence of (sub)themes on the western wall The locations of the (sub)themes on the western wall The relation between the (sub)themes on the western wall The decoration of the false door The chronological development of the cultic character of the false door and its parts : possible interactions between the false door and the western wall The interactions between the decoration of the western wall and the false door : further considerations about the magical food supply The results : analysis and correlation The entrance jambs and entrance thicknesses The northern wall of the chapel The southern wall of the chapel The eastern wall of the chapel The interaction between (sub)themes on the various walls Conclusions Part two. Annex Catalogues Tables Diagrams Chronological orderings. In this book Leo Roeten presents a method that evaluates the degree of interaction between the various decoration themes that are placed on the western wall of the cult chapels at the tombs of Giza. Diagrams resulting from that method show that during the 5th dynasty the focus of the mode of food supply for the ka of the deceased changed from primarily active to primarily magical. On the other walls of the chapel this change not only led to the loss of some secondary cultic functions like the inviting and guiding functions, but also to an increasing focus on scenes from the daily life of the tomb owner In The Decoration on the Cult Chapel Walls of the Old Kingdom Tombs at Giza Leo Roeten demonstrates that the 5th dynasty was a period of drastic changes in the mode of food supply for the deceased, the type of decoration on the walls, and the secondary cultic functions