The Inscription of Queen Katimala at Semna Textual Evidence for the Origins of the Napatan State |
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| Author:
| Darnell, John Coleman |
| Series title: | Yale Egyptological Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-950343-05-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2006 |
| Publisher: | Yale Egyptological Institute
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $20.00USD $52.50 |
Book Description:
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This is the first complete translation and commentary on the important tableau and inscription of Queen Katimala/Karimala at Semna. Proper understanding of the paleography, grammar, and content reveals Katimala to have been a Nubian ruler at the time of the Twenty-First to Twenty-Second Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. She emerges as a political and military leader who took control of at least Lower Nubia in the wake of failed military activities on the part of a male predecessor....
More DescriptionThis is the first complete translation and commentary on the important tableau and inscription of Queen Katimala/Karimala at Semna. Proper understanding of the paleography, grammar, and content reveals Katimala to have been a Nubian ruler at the time of the Twenty-First to Twenty-Second Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. She emerges as a political and military leader who took control of at least Lower Nubia in the wake of failed military activities on the part of a male predecessor. Katimala's inscription is not illegible, as has often been stated, but is a well-composed Lower Nubian example of a politico-religious manifesto applying many of the conventions of early Egyptian literary and historical compositions.