'Stairway to Heaven'. Synergy and Divergence in the Rite of 'Ascending the Staircase' in Temples of the Ptolemaic and Roman Era
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
'Stairway to Heaven'. Synergy and Divergence in the Rite of 'Ascending the Staircase' in Temples of the Ptolemaic and Roman Era
Original language description
On the temple walls dating to the Ptolemaic and Roman era, the foreign ruler is continuously portrayed performing the role of the traditional pharaoh. Among this plethora of scenes, one encounters a number of reliefs depicting the ruler standing in front of a small staircase. Attested a dozen times, this scene is commonly titled "ascending the staircase" and forms part of the initial stages of the daily temple sanctuary ritual. In most known examples, text and image complement one another and reinforce the underlying message and function of the relief. On occasion, one observes a clear divergence between the actual depiction of the ritual and the accompanying inscription. The present paper focuses precisely on this occasional dichotomy between text and image and investigates the motives and reasons for this sporadic occurrence by tracing back the origins and development of this specific ritual act.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60304 - Religious studies
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA19-07268S" target="_blank" >GA19-07268S: Continuity, Discontinuity and Change. Adaptation Strategies of Individuals and Communities in Egypt at Times of Internal and External Transformations</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
12. Ägyptologische Tempeltagung. Synergie und Divergenz. Zum Zusammenwirken von Bild und Text in ägyptischen Tempeln
ISBN
978-3-447-11672-5
Number of pages of the result
16
Pages from-to
45-60
Number of pages of the book
278
Publisher name
Harrassowitz
Place of publication
Wiesbaden
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