Niv Allon received his PhD in Egyptology from Yale University in 2014. That same year, he joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art as an assistant curator in the Department of Egyptian Art. He recently co-authored (with Hana Navratilova) Ancient Egyptian Scribes: A Cultural Exploration (2017), and is currently working on a study of visions of violence among the elite in New Kingdom Egypt.

This book is well-written and presents well-argued points of view that both Egyptologists and nonspecialists will find interesting and illuminating in a range of aspects related to Egyptian art and the way in which Egyptian tomb owners in particular utilized art to draw attention to their own literacy and status.

• Introduction 1: Writing, Memory, and Violence in the Tomb 2: Prestige and Disdain: Literacy and Self-Representation in the Tomb 3: The Likeness of an Author: The Scribal Statues of Haremhab 4: Palette and Crown: Constructing Haremhab's Royal Literacy Epilogue: Objects, Patrons, and Perceptions

Niv Allon received his PhD in Egyptology from Yale University in 2014. That same year, he joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art as an assistant curator in the Department of Egyptian Art. He recently co-authored (with Hana Navratilova) Ancient Egyptian Scribes: A Cultural Exploration (2017), and is currently working on a study of visions of violence among the elite in New Kingdom Egypt.

This book is well-written and presents well-argued points of view that both Egyptologists and nonspecialists will find interesting and illuminating in a range of aspects related to Egyptian art and the way in which Egyptian tomb owners in particular utilized art to draw attention to their own literacy and status.

• Introduction 1: Writing, Memory, and Violence in the Tomb 2: Prestige and Disdain: Literacy and Self-Representation in the Tomb 3: The Likeness of an Author: The Scribal Statues of Haremhab 4: Palette and Crown: Constructing Haremhab's Royal Literacy Epilogue: Objects, Patrons, and Perceptions

Niv Allon received his PhD in Egyptology from Yale University in 2014. That same year, he joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art as an assistant curator in the Department of Egyptian Art. He recently co-authored (with Hana Navratilova) Ancient Egyptian Scribes: A Cultural Exploration (2017), and is currently working on a study of visions of violence among the elite in New Kingdom Egypt.

This book is well-written and presents well-argued points of view that both Egyptologists and nonspecialists will find interesting and illuminating in a range of aspects related to Egyptian art and the way in which Egyptian tomb owners in particular utilized art to draw attention to their own literacy and status.

• Introduction 1: Writing, Memory, and Violence in the Tomb 2: Prestige and Disdain: Literacy and Self-Representation in the Tomb 3: The Likeness of an Author: The Scribal Statues of Haremhab 4: Palette and Crown: Constructing Haremhab's Royal Literacy Epilogue: Objects, Patrons, and Perceptions