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SUMMARY:Unscripted: The Visuality of Monumental Script in Ptolemaic Egypt
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DESCRIPTION:In this paper\, I will discuss the creative ways that indi
 viduals wove Demotic into traditional Hieroglyphic texts using a group
  of funerary stelae from the Ptolemaic cemeteries at Panopolis\, moder
 n Akhmim. These stelae created different visual experiences for audien
 ce members\, dependent on their level of literacy. By drawing on both 
 the textual and iconographic elements on the stelae\, I will show that
  the individual agency of the person or family commissioning these mem
 orials offered a means of innovating within the traditional realm of E
 gyptian religious representation. The updating of older features on th
 ese stelae with new approaches highlights the broader effect of change
 s to mortuary practice at this time\, and the struggle to guarantee th
 e religious efficacy of ancient rituals. Through this material\, I wil
 l assess how individuals modified the visuality of both text and image
  on monuments of personal commemoration to accommodate new modes of in
 teraction in the Hellenistic world.
LOCATION:ISAW Lecture Hall
CONTACT:isaw@nyu.edu
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