Pottery from an Early Old Kingdom Terrace Quarry in West Saqqara (Egypt)

• Authors: Teodozja I. Rzeuska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The joint Polish-Egyptian archaeological mission (Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology in Cairo) working in Saqqara, west of the funerary complex of Netjerykhet discovered an Early Old Kingdom quarries system. The pottery presented in this article is the first such large assemblage dated to the Early Dynastic and early Old Kingdom periods (Third to Fourth Dynasty) found in the area investigated by the mission. Importantly, it provides valuable evidence of events which had occurred before the emergence of the Lower Necropolis in the late Old Kingdom.

Keywords

EN

pottery; Saqqara; Memphite necropolis; Early Dynastic Egypt; Old Kingdom Egypt

• Publisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences)
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 27
• Pages: 323–355

Contributors

author

Teodozja I. Rzeuska

• Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN, Warszawa

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