An enigmatic graffito from the sun temple of Nyuserre and the meaning of the so-called “slaughterhouse”

• Authors: Nuzzolo Massimiliano
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

For a long time the presence of a “slaughterhouse” in the sun temple of Nyuserre has been taken for granted as the result of the investigation conducted by Ludwig Borchardt in Abu Ghurab in 1898–1901. However, several pieces of archaeological and textual evidence, including the documents from the Abusir papyri, which are contemporary with the sun temples, challenge this reconstruction. An important element in this discussion may probably come from the correct reading and interpretation of a hieratic inscription found inside the so-called “slaughterhouse” and later on completely forgotten. To this inscription, and the important institutions mentioned therein, we shall pay attention in this article.

Keywords

EN

Nyuserre; sun temple; slaughterhouse; alabaster basins; gs-pr pr-nswt - w bt

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Pražské egyptologické studie (Prague Egyptological Studies)
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 17
• Pages: 52-66

Contributors

author

Nuzzolo Massimiliano

• Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University