Bryan Betsy M. The Reign of Thutmose IV

Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. — 416 p. — ISBN 0-8018-4202-6.In the analysis of any topic it is necessary to state the limitations of the data. The evidence brought to bear on the rule of Thutmose IV, king of Egypt in the early 14th century B.C., is largely monumental, often royal, and derives to the greatest extent from temple and tomb contexts. Inscriptions and decoration intended as eternal testament are formal rather than personal, and they contain ideological or religious symbolism rather than individual motives or characteristics. In interpreting these data, therefore, the following monograph has sought to isolate patterns from both the royal and non-royal material and thereby to identify the ideological, religious, and political attributes of Thutmose IV's kingship. The method employed has combined the techniques of historical and art historical analysis in an effort to interpret the types of evidence most fully.