NMC101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Abydos King List, Senusret Iii, Westcar Papyrus

• School: UTSG
• Department: Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
• Course: NMC101H1
• Professor: Ron Leprohon

Document Summary

Ma(cid:374)etho"s ki(cid:374)g tutimaios is probably him. says under his reign is when things fell apart. Nomes were replaced by centralized departments: department of the north, south, and head of the south. Rise of the middle class in the middle kingdom. Late middle kingdom stelae, clumsy, hasty, horizontal and vertical text. Dyn 13, lisht (south of saqqara) and south (cid:862)weak(cid:374)ess of the ki(cid:374)g should (cid:374)ot (cid:271)e e(cid:454)aggerated(cid:863) d(cid:455)(cid:374) 13 used to (cid:271)e thought of as (cid:374)ot great until the later dyns. Last king of the 13th, dudimose, left behind a stela in thebes. The story of sinuhe, written down for 700 years, not meant to be read, meant to be heard: His title is (cid:862)follower(cid:863) whi(cid:272)h i(cid:374) a (cid:373)ilitar(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:271)od(cid:455)guard(cid:863) for ro(cid:455)al (cid:272)hildre(cid:374). The old king has been killed at the palace, sealed up. When sinuhe hears something, he leaves without letting his army know, leaving the kids.