On the path to the place of rest : Demotic graffiti relating to the Ibis and Falcon cult from the Spanish mission at Dra Abu el-Nagaʻ (TT 11, TT 12, tomb -399-, and environs) /
"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-Nagaʻ directed by José Galán. These texts...
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Lockwood Press,
[2021].
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Call Number: PJ1821 .D73 O5 2021
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a On the path to the place of rest : |b Demotic graffiti relating to the Ibis and Falcon cult from the Spanish mission at Dra Abu el-Nagaʻ (TT 11, TT 12, tomb -399-, and environs) / |c by Christina Di Cerbo and Richard Jasnow ; with contributions by José M. Galán, Francisco Bosch-Puche, and Salima Ikram. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Atlanta, GA : |b Lockwood Press, |c [2021]. | |
| 300 | |a xvii, 312 pages, 80 pages of plates : |b illustrations (some color) , plans (some color) ; |c 29 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a "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-Nagaʻ directed by José Galán. 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 and Horus. This varied corpus of texts includes not only votive formulae and lists of names, but, most unusually, labels for chambers and halls to guide the men depositing the mummies through the labyrinthine catacombs. The cult workers also recorded important burials and memorialized events of special significance, as when a massive conflagration broke out that consumed several mummies and damaged the tomb walls. The Mission's conservators recovered many hitherto virtually invisible graffiti. Numerous inscriptions posed daunting epigraphic challenges; the text editors employed computer applications, especially DStretch, in order to enhance the digital images forming the basis for decipherment. In an introductory chapter Galán discusses the work of the Spanish Mission at Dra Abu Nagaʻ and recounts the complicated history of this important area of the Theban Necropolis down to the Roman period. The graffiti illustrate how New Kingdom tombs were reused for the sacred animal cult in the Ptolemaic period. Francisco Bosch-Puche and Salima Ikram contribute a detailed chapter analyzing the archaeological context of the graffiti and the material evidence for the animal cult in the site. The volume, a holistic study of this area at the twilight of Pharaonic history, represents a true collaboration between archaeologists and philologists"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 546 | |a Inscriptions in Egyptian with English translations ; supplementary text in English. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Egyptian language |y Demotic, ca. 650 B.C.-450 A.D. |v Texts. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Dra Abu el-Naga Site (Thebes, Egypt) | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Di Cerbo, Christina, |e editor | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Jasnow, Richard, |e editor | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Galán, José M., |e contributor | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Bosch-Puche, Francisco, |e contributor | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Ikram, Salima, |e contributor | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
| 942 | |2 lcc |c BK | ||