The Palermo Stone and Its Associated Fragments: New Discoveries on the Oldest Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt
| Autor: | Massimiliano Nuzzolo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 107:57-78 |
| ISSN: | 2514-0582 0307-5133 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/03075133211049465 |
| Popis: | Historical royal sources concerning Old Kingdom Egypt are rather scarce. One of the most important is a group of seven inscribed stone fragments also known as royal annals, the most famous of which is certainly the so-called Palermo Stone. These annals have been the subject of countless studies over more than a century since their initial discovery. However, the reading and interpretation of the hieroglyphic inscriptions engraved on them is still partial and often obscure. In recent years, however, the annals underwent a complete re-examination by means of the most up-to date technologies of 3D photographic documentation and reproduction – first of all, the so-called ‘Reflectance Transformation Imaging’ (RTI). In this article we will provide some insights on the new reading of selected parts of the fragments, especially the two major pieces: the Palermo Stone and the so-called ‘Cairo Fragment 1’. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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