Animal offerings and mysterious vultures: Animal bones from the Lepsius No. 25 Tomb Complex (Abusir, Egypt)

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1553/AEundL34s305" target="_blank" >10.1553/AEundL34s305</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Animal offerings and mysterious vultures: Animal bones from the Lepsius No. 25 Tomb Complex (Abusir, Egypt)

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The tomb complex Lepsius No. 25, located in the southern part of the royal cemetery in Abusir Centre, is an unusual architectural monument consisting of two mastabas leaning on each other. Princess Hanebu and her female relative were probably buried in it during the second half of the Fifth Dynasty. The architectural complex has been extensively damaged by stone- and tombrobbers, and by secondary burying both in its interior and exterior. In addition to the fragmentary preserved skeletal remains of the tomb owners, parts of burial equipment, and other evidence of material culture, animal bones were also discovered during the archaeological excavation. They document how the food offerings in the burial equipment of both tomb owners looked like - they are evidence of the high status of both ladies. The animal bones also indicate the usage of animals and their parts during the cult activities in the chapel in Tomb Lepsius 25/1. The assemblage of animal bones was analysed according to the individual finding units inside and outside the tombs. The analyses also brought important results in concern with the &quot;head and hooves&quot; ritual. An interesting find was the discovery of vulture bones, which probably originated in the 1st millennium BC from the fill of the construction pit in Tomb Lespius 25/1. It cannot be ruled out that this may have resulted from efforts to meet the high demand for larger bird species for votive purposes in the Falcon catacombs in Northern Saqqara. (C) 2025 Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. All rights reserved.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Animal offerings and mysterious vultures: Animal bones from the Lepsius No. 25 Tomb Complex (Abusir, Egypt)

Popis výsledku anglicky

The tomb complex Lepsius No. 25, located in the southern part of the royal cemetery in Abusir Centre, is an unusual architectural monument consisting of two mastabas leaning on each other. Princess Hanebu and her female relative were probably buried in it during the second half of the Fifth Dynasty. The architectural complex has been extensively damaged by stone- and tombrobbers, and by secondary burying both in its interior and exterior. In addition to the fragmentary preserved skeletal remains of the tomb owners, parts of burial equipment, and other evidence of material culture, animal bones were also discovered during the archaeological excavation. They document how the food offerings in the burial equipment of both tomb owners looked like - they are evidence of the high status of both ladies. The animal bones also indicate the usage of animals and their parts during the cult activities in the chapel in Tomb Lepsius 25/1. The assemblage of animal bones was analysed according to the individual finding units inside and outside the tombs. The analyses also brought important results in concern with the &quot;head and hooves&quot; ritual. An interesting find was the discovery of vulture bones, which probably originated in the 1st millennium BC from the fill of the construction pit in Tomb Lespius 25/1. It cannot be ruled out that this may have resulted from efforts to meet the high demand for larger bird species for votive purposes in the Falcon catacombs in Northern Saqqara. (C) 2025 Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. All rights reserved.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60102 - Archaeology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Agypten und Levante

ISSN

1015-5104

e-ISSN

1813-5145

Svazek periodika

Neuveden

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

34

Stát vydavatele periodika

IN - Indická republika

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

281-299

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85218741652