Humanities Homework Help

QUESTION 1

1. In the
   early Ptolemaic period, how were mouths often rendered on figures?

5 points  

QUESTION 2

1. During
   the early Ptolemaic period, the foreign kings continued to build temples
   consistent with Egyptian structural traditions instead of Hellenistic
   forms.  

 True

 False

5 points  

QUESTION 3

1. During
   the Ptolemaic period, rules governed the type of attributes of offerings.
    What were the objects that could be offered to male deities, and
   what could only be offered to female deities?  

10 points  

QUESTION 4

1. At
   Edfu, the main cult center of the god ___________________, a living falcon
   was chosen was the reincarnation and was the main statue of decoration.

5 points  

QUESTION 5

1. This
   bull reincarnation increased in popularity during the Late and Ptolemaic
   Periods.  Who does it represent, how is its divinity signified, and
   what are traditional markings on this type of statue?

15 points  

QUESTION 6

1. In the
   fourth century, burial chapels often had relief decoration in the lintel
   area above the doorways.  What were the three themes that were most
   prominent? 

10 points  

QUESTION 7

1. In
   figure representation through Ancient Egypt, the leg striding forward is
   always the ‘back’ leg, or leg furthest from the viewer. 

 True

 False

5 points  

QUESTION 8

1. The
   tomb of high priest Thoth Petosiris contains scenes were Egyptian and
   Hellenistic scenes were merged.  Where were these scenes located
   within the temples and why? 

10 points  

QUESTION 9

1. Statues
   of the goddess Nephthys were often placed in burials. However, in the Late
   and Ptolemaic period this figure changed how?

5 points  

QUESTION 10

1. On
   the grid systems, gods would hold their sceptres seven squares in front of
   their center axis, and goddesses would hold their papyrus scepters only
   six squares in front.  What was the reason for this?

5 points  

QUESTION 11

1. Horus
   stelae, with images of young Horus standing on crocodiles and grasping
   snakes and other dangerous animals in his grasp, became increasingly
   common in the Ptolemaic period.  What was their function?

5 points  

QUESTION 12

1. Statues
   of men during this period can be divided between those that are idealizing
   and those that are realistic.  The realistic ones, likely derived
   from Hellenistic traditions, were identified how?

5 points  

QUESTION 13

1. What
   happened to the temples of Philae at Aswan in the 1960s?

5 points  

QUESTION 14

1. Sometimes
   during the Ptolemic period, royal cartouches were sometimes left blank in
   periods of disorder.  According to our text, what was the reasoning
   behind this?

5 points  

QUESTION 15

1. Well-preserved
   wooden stelae from this period have a ba, or the spirit of the deceased,
   in the form of a _____________________ placed on top.