Middle Kingdom tombs of Asasif: archaeological fieldwork in 2017

• Authors: Chudzik, Patryk

Abstracts

EN

The recent works in the 2017 season at the North Asasif Necropolis have led to the discovery of Middle Kingdom burial assemblages, as well as funerary equipment dated to the Third Intermediate Period. Besides, the cleaning work conducted in the funerary complex of Meru revealed more materials from the Late Roman Era, which proves the existence of the Coptic hermitage inside the tomb. This new archaeological evidence provides an important insight into the development of the North Asasif Necropolis during the Pharaonic era and in later periods. The fourth season of the archaeological fieldwork at the site focused on seven Middle Kingdom funerary complexes: tomb of Khety (TT 311), MMA 509, MMA 511, MMA 512, MMA 514, MMA 515 and tomb of Meru (TT 240).

Keywords

EN

Theban Necropolis; North Asasif; Middle Kingdom; rock-cut tombs; Khety; Meru

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 27(1)
• Pages: 183-194

Dates

published

2019-05-14

Contributors

author

Chudzik, Patryk

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.1999