On the Path to the Place of Rest: Demotic Graffiti relating to the Ibis and Falcon Cult from the Spanish-Egyptian Mission at Dra Abu el-NagaꜤ (TT 11, TT 12, TT 399 and Environs)
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In this volume Christina Di Cerbo and Richard Jasnow publish 92 Demotic graffiti, along with several ostraca and mummy bandages, from Theban Tombs 11, 12, Tomb-399-, and environs recorded and studied under the aegis of the Spanish Mission at Dra Abu el-Naga directed by Jose Galan. These texts from the mid-second century BCE were inscribed on the tomb walls by workers of the Ibis and Falcon cult, who used the New Kingdom tombs as burial places for mummified birds dedicated to the gods Thoth ...






















