To see and be seen. An interpretation of the reward scenes in the Amarnian funerary narrative: the ‘enabling’ audience
In the Amarnian era, the ritual of the public appearance of the pharaoh through the palace window, accompanied by the royal family, can be interpreted as a monarchical control device but also as a performative component of social practices. The instructive experience is fundamental because it is wit...
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| description | In the Amarnian era, the ritual of the public appearance of the pharaoh through the palace window, accompanied by the royal family, can be interpreted as a monarchical control device but also as a performative component of social practices. The instructive experience is fundamental because it is within this public act –depicted on the walls of the court officer private tombs– that the political, social, economic, and fundamentally symbolic relationships that characterize the Akhenaten’s reign, are shown. The main goal of this paper is to analyze the delivery of livelihoods and luxury items from the hands of the pharaoh to his most faithful servants as a ritual. It is intended to demonstrate the effectiveness of the material and symbolic power of the monarchy sustained by the bureaucracy and by the Aton divinity. All of this is manifested in the representation of the scene of giving rewards to priests, generals, and administrators from the window of appearance in the presence of an audience set up by key spectators (foreign ambassadors, bureaucrats, priests, soldiers, the community in general) to complete the effectiveness of the act. |
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| spelling | suquia-ffyh.97112024-08-02T01:26:37Z To see and be seen. An interpretation of the reward scenes in the Amarnian funerary narrative: the ‘enabling’ audience Ver-se y ser visto. Una interpretación de las escenas de recompensa en la narrativa funeraria amarniana: la audiencia ‘habilitante’ Yomaha, Silvana Ancient Egypt Funerary epigraphy Performance Antiguo Egipto Epigrafía funeraria Performance In the Amarnian era, the ritual of the public appearance of the pharaoh through the palace window, accompanied by the royal family, can be interpreted as a monarchical control device but also as a performative component of social practices. The instructive experience is fundamental because it is within this public act –depicted on the walls of the court officer private tombs– that the political, social, economic, and fundamentally symbolic relationships that characterize the Akhenaten’s reign, are shown. The main goal of this paper is to analyze the delivery of livelihoods and luxury items from the hands of the pharaoh to his most faithful servants as a ritual. It is intended to demonstrate the effectiveness of the material and symbolic power of the monarchy sustained by the bureaucracy and by the Aton divinity. All of this is manifested in the representation of the scene of giving rewards to priests, generals, and administrators from the window of appearance in the presence of an audience set up by key spectators (foreign ambassadors, bureaucrats, priests, soldiers, the community in general) to complete the effectiveness of the act. En época amarniana el ritual de aparición en público del faraón a través de la ventana del palacio, acompañado por la familia real, puede ser interpretado como un dispositivo de control monárquico pero también como un componente performativo de las prácticas sociales. Resulta fundamental la experiencia propedéutica debido a que es en el seno de este acto público —plasmado en las paredes de las tumbas privadas de los funcionarios de la corte— en donde se escenifican las relaciones políticas, sociales, económicas y fundamentalmente simbólicas que caracterizan al reinado de Akhenatón. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la entrega de bienes de sustento y objetos de lujo de manos del faraón a sus servidores más fieles como un ritual. Se pretende demostrar la eficacia del poder material y simbólico de la monarquía sostenida por una burocracia y por la divinidad Atón. Todo esto se manifiesta en la representación de la escena de entrega de recompensas a sacerdotes, generales y administradores desde la ventana de aparición y ante la presencia de una audiencia configurada por espectadores clave (embajadores extranjeros, burócratas, sacerdotes, soldados, la comunidad en general), para completar la efectividad del acto. 2020-10-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/8450 10.34096/arqueologia.t26.n3.8450 spa http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/8450/7605 Derechos de autor 2020 Arqueología application/pdf Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires Arqueología; Vol. 26 Núm. 3 (2020): septiembre-diciembre; 143-165 Arqueología; Vol 26 No 3 (2020): September-December; 143-165 1853-8126 0327-5159 |
| spellingShingle | Ancient Egypt Funerary epigraphy Performance Antiguo Egipto Epigrafía funeraria Performance Yomaha, Silvana To see and be seen. An interpretation of the reward scenes in the Amarnian funerary narrative: the ‘enabling’ audience |
| title | To see and be seen. An interpretation of the reward scenes in the Amarnian funerary narrative: the ‘enabling’ audience |
| title_full | To see and be seen. An interpretation of the reward scenes in the Amarnian funerary narrative: the ‘enabling’ audience |
| title_fullStr | To see and be seen. An interpretation of the reward scenes in the Amarnian funerary narrative: the ‘enabling’ audience |
| title_full_unstemmed | To see and be seen. An interpretation of the reward scenes in the Amarnian funerary narrative: the ‘enabling’ audience |
| title_short | To see and be seen. An interpretation of the reward scenes in the Amarnian funerary narrative: the ‘enabling’ audience |
| title_sort | to see and be seen an interpretation of the reward scenes in the amarnian funerary narrative the enabling audience |
| topic | Ancient Egypt Funerary epigraphy Performance Antiguo Egipto Epigrafía funeraria Performance |
| url | http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/8450 |
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