Middle Kingdom Ramesseum papyri tomb and its archaeological context / Gianluca Miniaci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miniaci, Gianluca, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Kitab - Egyptology in focus. Material culture of Ancient Egypt and Nubia ; 2752-6259 1.

Kitab - Egyptology in focus. Material culture of ancient Egypt and Nubia ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egyptian language--Papyri.

Egyptian language.

Antiquities.

Civilization.

Ramesseum (Thebes, Egypt).

Egypt--Antiquities.

Egypt.

Egypt--Civilization.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

xviii, 108 pages, color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Nicanor Books, 2020.

Summary:

In 1895-96, William Matthew Flinders Petrie and James Edward Quibell discovered a shaft-tomb below the Ramesseum, the funerary temple of Ramses II at Thebes, Egypt. This is most famous for having the largest group of Middle Kingdom papyri, also known as the Ramesseum Papyri found in a single spot together with a number of distinctive objects, such as carved ivory tusks and miniature figurines in various materials dated around XVIII century BC. Gianluca Miniaci attempts to thoroughly reconstruct the archaeological context of the tomb : the exact find spot (forgotten afterwards its discovery), its architecture, the identity of its owner(s) and recipient(s) of the assemblage of artifacts. A detailed analysis of the single artifacts, provided for the first time with full color photographic records and drawings and their network of relations, gives new life to the Ramesseum assemblage after more than a century from its discovery.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The History of the Discovery

The published report

The Archaeological Context

The Circulation of the Artefacts

The Location of the Tomb and its Architecture

The Dating of the Tomb (Sehetepibre's)

The Find-spot of the Group of Objects

The Assemblage of Artefacts

Description of the single artefacts

The Dating of the Assemblage

The `Contextuality' of the Assemblage

Uniqueness/regularity of the assemblage

Breakage

Traces of wear

Craftsmanship

The Number and Gender of the Recipient(s) of the Assemblage

Single individual assemblage

Multiple individual assemblage

Gender assumption

The Identity of the Recipient(s) of the Assemblage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781838118006

1838118004

OCLC:

1195921023

Publisher Number:

99988377051