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Excavations at the Western Kom at Tell el-Farkha 2007–2008

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Ciałowicz K. M.

Recherches Archéologiques Nouvelle Serie

2010

vol. 2

203-228

During the field campaigns at the Western Kom in Tell el-Farkha carried in 2007-2008, studies on remains of the admninistrative-cultic centre, discovered in 2001 and 2006 were continued. Some new rooms northward and southward to the shrine were uncovered. The first ones seem to be erected in a hurry and for temporary use. Excavations within the shrine provided the most important results. New votive objects were discovered, scattered within the whole area of shrine as well as intentionally hidden beneath their floor and walls. Especially worth mentioning are well preserved specimen of so called hes-jar, fragment of pottery figurine (sitting boy?), collection of ivory figurines and finally geywacke spoon with a crocodile-shaped handle. Another findings (seal decorated with representations of gazelle and falcon-Horus, ostrich egg, gazelle horn), as well as comparison of them with similar artifacts discovered in other parts of the tell, allow us to hypothesize that this animals might symbolize the name of cult centre and the whole town at Tell el-Farkha or be linked to the divine forces worshiped in both discovered shrines.

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Excavations at the Western Kom at Tell el-Farkha 2007–2008