Stadt und Tempel von Elephantine: 39./40./41. Grabungsbericht

From autumn 2010 to spring 2013 the German Archaeological Institute and the Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt continued the investigation of the city and temples of Elephantine (Aswan). The preliminary report presents the results of some of the projects c...

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Authors: Seidlmayer, Stephan Johannes 1957- (Author) ; Arnold, Felix 1972- (Author) ; Drauschke, Jörg 1973- (Author) ; Kopp, Peter (Author) ; Pilgrim, Cornelius von (Author) ; Wefers, Stefanie 1979- (Author)
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Language:German
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Published: Harrassowitz [2017]
In: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo
Year: 2016, Volume: 72, Pages: 197-226
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Egypt (Antiquity) / Culture / Elephantine / City walls / Temple / Buntmetallproduktion
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
HH Archaeology
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Summary:From autumn 2010 to spring 2013 the German Archaeological Institute and the Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt continued the investigation of the city and temples of Elephantine (Aswan). The preliminary report presents the results of some of the projects conducted during this period. As part of the ongoing rehabilitation work at the museum buildings located on the island of Elephantine, excavations were conducted near the northeastern limit of the ancient town. Among the earliest remains found in the area is a well preserved section of the city wall of the late 2nd dynasty. Outside the perimeter of this wall Nile sediments dating to the Old Kingdom were identified, as well as settlement remains of the 6th to 12th dynasties. Several pottery kilns of the early Middle Kingdom were discovered here. A later city wall appears to have been constructed during the reign of Senwosret III and it seems to have existed until the early New Kingdom. The documentation and study of the relief blocks originating from the Khnum temple of the New Kingdom was continued. Many of the blocks can be attributed to the temple house, the courtyard and the first pylon built by Thutmosis III, as well as to the festival courtyard which was added by Amenophis II. Some of the blocks appear to originate from other, so far unknown buildings of the temple complex, including a cult building of Thutmosis I and II, a barque station of Hatshepsut and a construction of Thutmosis IV. The aim of another project has been the investigation of workshop areas of the Late Antique Period. During the excavation of a house dating to the 5th–9th centuries AD, evidence for the baking of bread, the keeping of animals and the production of granodiorite bowls has been found. Nearby an oven used for smelting non-ferrous metal was identified. Fragments of melting pots, casting molds and slag provide information on the production process
ISSN:0342-1279
Contains:Enthalten in: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Abteilung Kairo, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo