Abstract

El presente artículo es fruto de una investigación sobre la representación de la danza en las tumbas tebanas privadas del Reino Nuevo (1550-1070 a.C.). En él se pretende poner en contexto la representación de la danza dentro de las conocidas escenas de banquete de la XVIII dinastía (1550-1295 a.C.), así como analizar, mediante el estudio de todas las escenas encontradas, sus características principales y su simbología. Por último, se intentará explicar su posible interpretación, basada en el contexto en el que aparecen, y las convenciones utilizadas para su representación. Por lo tanto, se resaltarán los elementos comunes de estas escenas (ubicación, iconografía…) que son los que nos ayudan a entender su significado e importancia. Se trata de un tema relevante, ya que estas escenas de banquete en las que aparecen bailarinas estaban cargadas de contenido simbólico y estético, y servían de nexo entre el difunto y los visitantes de la tumba. Tenían así, por lo tanto, una gran importancia para el pensamiento religioso egipcio, pues ayudaban a la supervivencia del difunto en el Más Allá. The present paper is the result of an investigation about the representation of dance within the banquet scenes found in the decoration of the private Theban tombs of the New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.). It aims to put in context the representation of dance within the well-known banquet scenes of the Eighteenth Dynasty (1550-1295 B.C.), as well as analyse, through the study of all the scenes found, its main characteristics and its symbolism. Finally, I will try to explain its possible interpretation, based on the context in which the images appear, and the conventions used for its representation. Therefore, the common elements in these scenes (location, iconography…) will be highlighted as they are the key to understand their meaning and importance. This is a relevant issue, since these banquet scenes in which we can see female dancers were loaded with symbolic and aesthetic content, and would serve as a link between the deceased and the visitors of the tomb. They had, therefore, a great importance for Egyptian religious thought as they helped the survival of the deceased in the Hereafter.

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