A Bibliography of the Amarna Period and its Aftermath
Studies in Egyptology
Edited by Alan B. Lloyd
Professor of Classics and Ancient History, University College of Swansea
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Professor of Egyptology, University of Liverpool
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A Bibliography of the Amarna Period and its Aftermath
The Reigns of Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, Tutankhamun and Ay (c. 13501321 BC)
Geoffrey Thorndike Martin
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To
CYRIL ALDRED
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Preface
SCARCELY a month passes without the appearance of a publication on the Amarna Period and the post-Amarna era, whether it be a monograph, an article in a recognized scholarly periodical, or a journalistic effusion. Novels, plays, films (and now even an opera) based on the life of Akhenaten and the Amarna royal family and court have been produced. The resultant bibliography is enormous.
In the following Checklist I have tried to take account of most of the categories just mentioned; it is perhaps too much to hope that I have overlooked nothing. Hardly any bibliography can claim to be absolutely comprehensive. I have tried to include everything known to me which is of real significance, as well as a great deal of secondary or ephemeral material. The purpose is to provide a bibliographical tool for scholars and the general reader interested in one of the most intriguing and controversial periods of ancient history (c.1350-1321 BC).
I am aware that a bibliography, to achieve its full potential, should be annotated, a hazardous business wherein a degree of subjectivity or selectivity can play a part. The labour of annotating every entry in the case of the present volume would be almost a lifes work, and would add substantially to its bulk and to the purchase price of the book. In the relatively few instances where the content of a publication is not apparent from the title I have made a brief note of the scope of the contents under the bibliographical entry.
The Checklist includes books and articles dealing with every aspect of the reigns of Akhenaten and his successors Smenkhkare, Tutankhaten-Tutankhamun, and Ay in the fourteenth century BC. Material on Horemheb is also dealt with, but only in respect of his function as a military commander and government official under Tutankhamun and Ay, not as Pharaoh. University dissertations are noted when they have come to my attention. Sections on the Amarna Period and its aftermath in general histories of Egypt or in works on Egyptian art and archaeology are for the most part excluded, as are museum and exhibition catalogues which do not deal solely with the period under review. Works dealing with the cuneiform archive known as the Amarna Letters, especially scholarly articles, are legion. I have included a good number of them. Many concern linguistic problems which, though important, are not only relevant to the Amarna Period during which the documents were produced. It does not seem necessary to include all of them here; readers may consult R. Borger, Handbuch der Keilschrift - literatur , I-III (Berlin, 1967-75).
Some books on Egypt have the beguiling names Amarna or Tutankhamun in their titles when in fact they have little or nothing to do specifically with these subjects. Such are excluded from the present bibliography as are, in general, book reviews unless in the form of review articles providing significant new facts or insights.
I have made no attempt to be absolutely comprehensive in respect of translations of popular works. Where they have come to my notice I have, of course, included them.
The standard Egyptological bibliographies have been combed to provide the basis for the Checklist. I hope I have not perpetuated too many ancient errors thereby. Some titles which I would have preferred to check for myself have eluded me entirely.1
Geoffrey T. MARTIN,
Cambridge, 14 May 1990
1 In the case of the journal RD I have had to rely on a list of published articles issued by the organisation which is responsible for the journal.
I take this opportunity of thanking friends and colleagues who have solved bibliographical queries which I could not resolve with the resources at my disposal. I have also derived benefit from consulting the list of references in the Copenhagen MA dissertation of Mr. Michael A. Langkjaer, now in progress, entitled Amarnarevolutionen : en historiografisk redegrelse for fyrretyve ars Amarnaforskning 1896-1936 . Seks engelsk - sprogede egyptologers fortidsbeskrivelser af begivenhederne i Amenhotep 4./Akhenatens regeringsperiode (ca.1380-ca.1360 f.Kr .) [Copenhagen, Historisk Institut].
