New Egyptian tomb type found at Abusir South? Report on the excavations of mud brick complex AS 103

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RIV/00023272:_____/18:10134178

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

New Egyptian tomb type found at Abusir South? Report on the excavations of mud brick complex AS 103

Original language description

In the autumn season of 2017, four mud brick structures designated as AS 103 were excavated in the area of the south-eastern part of the New Kingdom temple (AS 70-73). It is a complex of four corridor chapels/tombs (in an area of 15.0 x 12.7 m), with single or composed niches in the western inner walls. One of the niches in Corridor Chapel 1 was cased with red-painted wooden planks. Shafts were detected in front of the niches, a fairly uncommon phenomenon in Egyptian tomb architecture. The term &quot;hollow tomb with a shaft below a niche&quot; is being proposed for this new tomb (sub)type. A preliminary study of the pottery leads to the conclusion that the tombs were built from the east to the west, with Corridor Chapels 4, 3 and 2 built successively in the Third Dynasty and Corridor Chapel 1 in the Fifth Dynasty. Even though they were funeral structures, not many burials were excavated: the remains of a single human body have been found. The structures did not contain many finds, either. However, four white limestone offering basisns were uncovered in situ. One of them was inscribed with the female name Nfr.t-jw=s. It is evident that the excavations have brought to light new insights into burial practices of non-elite people of the Old Kingdom period. In the context of Abusir South, AS 103 represents the first thoroughly excavated complex of such a type of tombs. Based on preliminary probing, similar structures are very likely located nearby, continuing in all directions.

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60102 - Archaeology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Pražské egyptologické studie / Prague Egyptological Studies

ISSN

1214-3189

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Volume of the periodical

Neuveden

Issue of the periodical within the volume

21

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

73-93

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