Image, words, magic: A case study of the influence of images on the use of amulets from Egypt and Mesopotamia

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dc.contributor.advisorCornelius, Izaken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorFritz, Annerieen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Ancient Studies.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-03T06:39:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-21T14:34:51Z
dc.date.available2021-03-03T06:39:17Z
dc.date.available2021-04-21T14:34:51Z
dc.date.issued2021-03
dc.descriptionThesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2021.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis intends to examine to what degree the use of images on certain objects may have influenced the way in which such artefacts had been used. To this end this thesis utilizes ancient amulets from both Egypt and Mesopotamia as case studies. The iconographic method as adapted by Bonfiglio (2016) is applied throughout. This method allows for a closer examination not only of the amulets, but of the image-function relationship and the visual awareness behind the use of images as well. The corpus of this thesis consists of eight amulets of varying types, functions and origin, with supporting examples provided as additional figures in the body of the text. This allows for the focus of the study to remain with images and their role with regards to the use of these objects rather than the objects themselves.The study concludes that while the interpretation of the image as the determinative factor in the use of the amulet may be valid, the eventual ambiguity as to the validity of this interpretation as well as its opposite, in equal measure, may require further study in order to reach a definitive conclusion.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie tesis is om ondersoek in te stel na die mate van invloed wat die beeldmateriaal moontlik op die gebruik van sekere artefakte kan hê. In hierdie tesis word amulette van Egipte en Mesopotamië as gevallestudies gebruik. Die ikonografiese metode soos aangepas deur Bonfiglio (2016) word in die studie as metode gebruik. Hierdie metode laat ‘n meer indiepte ondersoek van die objekte toe, die verhouding tussen die beeld en die funksie van die amulette, sowel as die vlak van doelbewuste gebruik van die beeld. Die korpus van die studie bestaan uit agt amulette van verskeie tipes, funksies en oorsprong. Ondersteunende voorbeelde word afsonderlik in die teks verskaf. Dit verseker dat die fokus van die studie by die beeld bly en die invloed op die gebruik van die amulette eerder as die amulette self. Die gevolgtrekking van die studie bespreek die grondigheid van die interpretasie dat die beeld bepaal hoe die artefakte gebruik is, maar lig uit dat die teenoorgestelde interpretasie ook moontlik is en dat daar meer ondersoek ingestel moet word om tot ‘n meer beslisde gevolgtrekking te kom.af_ZA
dc.description.versionMasters
dc.format.extentxiv, 108 pages : illustrationsen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/109980
dc.language.isoaf_ZAaf_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
dc.subjectAmulets, Egyptianen_ZA
dc.subjectEgypt -- Antiquitiesen_ZA
dc.subjectArt, Assyro-Babylonianen_ZA
dc.subjectArt and mythologyen_ZA
dc.subjectMythology, Assyro-Babylonianen_ZA
dc.subjectArt -- Historyen_ZA
dc.subjectAmuletsen_ZA
dc.subjectMagic -- Cross cultural studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectMagic, Ancienten_ZA
dc.subjectTalismansen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.titleImage, words, magic: A case study of the influence of images on the use of amulets from Egypt and Mesopotamiaen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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