Tombs of the South Asasif Necropolis: New Discoveries and Research 2012-2014

by Elena Pischikova (Editor)

Overview

This volume is the second joint publication of the members of the American–Egyptian South Asasif Conservation Project, working under the auspices of the Ministry of State for Antiquities and directed by the editor. The Project is dedicated to the clearing, restoration, and reconstruction of the tombs of Karabasken (TT 391) and Karakhamun (TT 223) of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, and the tomb of Irtieru (TT 390) of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, on the West Bank of Luxor. This volume covers the three seasons of work of the Project from 2012 to 2014.
Essays by the experts involved in the work of the Project concentrate on new archaeological finds, reconstruction of the tombs’ decoration, and introduction of the high officials who usurped the tombs of Karakhamun and Karabasken in the Twenty-sixth Dynasty. The volume focuses particularly on the reconstruction of the ritual of the Hours of the Day and Night and BD 125 and 32 in the tomb of Karakhamun, the textual program of the tomb of Karabasken, as well as Coptic ostraca, faience objects, pottery, and animal bones found in the necropolis.
Contributors: Julia Budka, Mansour Bureik, Diethelm Eigner, Erhart Graefe, Kenneth Griffin, Salima Ikram, Matthias Müller, Paul Nicholson, Elena Pischikova, Miguel Molinero Polo

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789774167249
Publisher:	American University in Cairo Press, The
Publication date:	07/01/2017
Series:	Tombs of the South Asasif Necropolis
Edition description:	Vol 1
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Elena Pischikova is the director of the American–Egyptian South Asasif Conservation Project. She is currently a research scholar at the American Universityin Cairo, and teaches at Fairfield Universityin Connecticut. She is the editor of Tombs of the South Asasif Necropolis: Thebes, Karakhamun (TT 223), and Karabasken (TT 391) in the Twenty-fifth Dynasty (AUC Press, 2013).

Table of Contents

Theban Sacred Landscape in the Twenty-fifth Dynasty
1. Karnak Quaysides: Embankments from the New Kingdom to the Kushito-Saite Period 722-525 BC, Mansour Bureik
South Asasif Necropolis : Excavation, Conservation and Reconstruction
2. Tombs of Karakamun and Karabasken in 2012–2014, Elena Pischikova
3. Architecture of the Open Court of the Tomb of Karakhamun, Dieter Eigner
Religious Texts in the Tombs of Karakhamun and Karabasken
4. Reconstruction of the Ritual of the Hours of the Day (“Stundenritual”) in TT 223 (Second Report), Erhart Graefe
5. Ritual of the Hours of the Night, Kenneth Griffin
6. Spell 32 of the Book of the Dead on the North Wall of the First Pillared Hall, Miguel Molinero Polo and Margarida Redondo Vilanova
7. Paleography of the Spell 125 of the Book of the Dead in the Burial Chamber, Miguel Molinero Polo and Andrea Rodriguez Valls
8. Texts of the “Tornische” in the tomb of Karabasken, Miguel Molinero Polo
Reuse of the Tombs of Karakhamun and Karabasken in Later Periods
9. A New High Stewart of the God’s Wife Nitokris: Padibastet, Grandson of Pabasa and Successor of Padihorresnet (Twenty-sixth Dynasty Usurper of the Tomb of Karabasken, Erhart Graefe
10. The Fragments of Door-jambs of the [Overseer] of the Draftsmen and Chamberlain of the God’s Wife, Padihor (Twenty-sixth Dynasty Usurper of the First Pillared Hall of the Tomb of Karakahamun), Erhart Graefe
11. Sculptural Workshop in the Open Court of the Tomb of Karabasken, Elena Pischikova
12. Coptic Ostraca in the Tombs of the South Asasif Necropolis, Matthias Müller
Burial Assemblages and Other Finds
13. Faience Objects and their Production in the South Asasif Necropolis, Paul Nicholson
14. Pottery in the Tombs of Karakahamun and Karabasken, Julia Budka
15. Faunal Remains in the Tomb of Karabasken, Salima Ikram