Buch, Englisch, Band Volume 0, 212 Seiten
Buch, Englisch, Band Volume 0, 212 Seiten
Reihe: Griffith Institute Publications
ISBN: 978-0-900416-58-3
Verlag: Peeters Publishers
This book publishes three 'Tombs of the Nobles' on the Theban West Bank
in Egypt (nos. 294, 253, 254). The tombs, arranged around a single
courtyard, date to the 18th dynasty, between about 1400 and 1300 BC, and
belonged to middle to low-ranking officials in the granary and treasury
administration of Upper Egypt. The owners, Amenhotep, Knummose, and
Amenmose, were wealthy enough to build themselves well decorated tombs
with some unusual scenes, such as the 'Granary of Amun' in the tomb of
Khnummose and the house in the tomb of Amenmose.
This
publication is based on fieldwork carried out by an expedition from the
University of Cambridge between 1984 and 1990. The work began as a
project to complete work on the tomb of Amenmose initiated by Norman and
Nina de Garis Davies, the records of which are stored in the archives of
the Griffith Institute. It was subsequently expanded to include the two
other tombs in the courtyard and to a full excavation of the underground
areas, focussing especially on the later history of the tombs, which is
here presented in detail for the first time in a treatment of a
comparable group of tombs in the Theban Necropolis.
Elements
of the original burial equipment were preserved, allowing it to be
compared with other groups of the period. The tomb of Amenhotep was
usurped in the 20th dynasty by an official called Roma, who cut a new
set of burial chambers and added some paintings. Over the next 500
years, all three tombs were used again and again by later priests and
officials who were either unable or unwilling to cut new tombs of their
own. Ultimately more than 200 individuals may have been buried in the
tombs.
The publication includes specialist reports on
ceramics, human, animal, and botanical remains, and bracelets of the
Islamic period.
The Tombs of Amenhotep, Khnummose, and Amenmose at Thebes jetzt bestellen!
in Egypt (nos. 294, 253, 254). The tombs, arranged around a single
courtyard, date to the 18th dynasty, between about 1400 and 1300 BC, and
belonged to middle to low-ranking officials in the granary and treasury
administration of Upper Egypt. The owners, Amenhotep, Knummose, and
Amenmose, were wealthy enough to build themselves well decorated tombs
with some unusual scenes, such as the 'Granary of Amun' in the tomb of
Khnummose and the house in the tomb of Amenmose.
This
publication is based on fieldwork carried out by an expedition from the
University of Cambridge between 1984 and 1990. The work began as a
project to complete work on the tomb of Amenmose initiated by Norman and
Nina de Garis Davies, the records of which are stored in the archives of
the Griffith Institute. It was subsequently expanded to include the two
other tombs in the courtyard and to a full excavation of the underground
areas, focussing especially on the later history of the tombs, which is
here presented in detail for the first time in a treatment of a
comparable group of tombs in the Theban Necropolis.
Elements
of the original burial equipment were preserved, allowing it to be
compared with other groups of the period. The tomb of Amenhotep was
usurped in the 20th dynasty by an official called Roma, who cut a new
set of burial chambers and added some paintings. Over the next 500
years, all three tombs were used again and again by later priests and
officials who were either unable or unwilling to cut new tombs of their
own. Ultimately more than 200 individuals may have been buried in the
tombs.
The publication includes specialist reports on
ceramics, human, animal, and botanical remains, and bracelets of the
Islamic period.
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