Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis

Peter Der Manuelian is Philip J. King Professor of Egyptology and Director of the Harvard Semitic Museum.

'Represents a departure from usual scholarly publication, in that there are full-color images (both photographs and digital graphics) throughout... represents the new state of the art for such publishing...Peter Der Manuelian is not only one of the shining lights of his generation of American Egyptologists, but is also a talented archaeology-publications designer and a pioneer in the fledgling field of digital epigraphy...Because the writing in Slab Stelae rises far above the usually leaden scholarly prose, it is possible for the lay person to read (or read in) the volume without fear of nodding off in the process.' - (KMT, 2005)   'This is a remarkable piece of work, well researched, documented and written and the author has exhausted the published sources in addition to many manuscripts of early field notes not readily available to scholars. This volume is also thoroughly edited[...] The photographs, the line-drawings, and the printing are superb, and the author fully used the digital epigraphy in producing appendixes 1 and 2.  This book is much more than a catalogue of the Giza slab stelae, it is a thought provoking research on the subject, which will encourage scholars to look at the stelae, and perhaps others from different sites, in a different light. We are grateful to Dr. Der Manuelian for enriching the Old Kingdom Library.' (Naguib Kanawati, Bibliotheca Orientalis 2006)

• Foreword by William Kelly SimpsonList of PlatesList of FiguresPrefaceList of AbbreviationsBibliography and Publication AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1: Catalogue of the Giza Slab StelaeChapter 2: The Archaeological History of the Giza Slab StelaeChapter 3: Notes on Previous Scholarly ResearchChapter 4: Comparative Remarks on Decoration and LayoutChapter 5: Interpretation and ConclusionsAppendix 1: Color PalaeographyAppendix 2: Hieroglyphic PalaeographyAppendix 3: Selected Linen ListsIndexes