Excavations at Mendes

Volume 1. the Royal Necropolis
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-04-13674-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 219 mm x 307 mm, Gewicht: 1043 g

Reihe: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

This volume constitutes the final report on the excavations at the royal necropolis of the city of Mendes, which occupied 5 summer seasons from 1991 to 1995. The burial of king Neferites I, founder of Dynasty 29 (399-393 B.C.) is described along with other burials, the city walls, the shrine of the fish-goddess and sundry inscriptions. The pottery recovered is treated in extenso, and sheds a flood of light on Mendes' trade relations in the 5th-4th Cent. B.C. with Phoenicia and the Greek islands.
Of particular interest is the startling new discovery of a massive destruction layer which can be pinpointed to around 343 B.C. This clearly reflects the reprisals taken by the conquering Persians after they had re-occupied Egypt.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Redford, Donald Bruce

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Ägyptologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. The Temenos Walls - D.B. Redford
2. The Sarcophagus and its Installation - D.B. Redford
3. The Relief-decoration of Nepherites’ Tomb and Related Epigraphy - D.B. Redford
4. The Third Intermediate & Saite Periods - D.B. Redford
5. The Inscriptions and Cursive Texts - D.B. Redford
6. Royal Necropolis: Object Catalogue - S. Redford
7. Ceramic Analysis - R. Hummel & S.B. Shubert
8. The Human Remains (Third Intermediate Period) - C. Lang
9. Charred Plant Remains - A.C. D’andrea
10. Faunal Remains - D. Brewer
11. Basket-handle Jars: Their Origin and Function - A.D. de Rodrigo
Plates - Edited by S. Redford
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Donald B. Redford, MA, Ph.D. (Toronto), FRSC is Professor of Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. He has published widely on Egyptian History and Archaeology, including Egypt, Canaan and Israel in Ancient Times (Princeton, 1992) and The Wars in Syria and Palestine of Thutmose III (Leiden, 2003).