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The ruins of the mortuary complex named Enduring-are-the Places of
Khakaure-true-of-voice in Abydos are located at South Abydos.
Erected for pharaoh Khakaure-Senwosret III (ca. 1878-1841 BC) of
Dynasty 12, the Abydos complex includes a subterranean royal tomb
built beneath a peak anciently called Anubis-Mountain, and a
mortuary temple named Nefer-Ka (Beautiful-is-the-Ka) established
for the afterlife cult of Senwosret III. Although the Egypt
Exploration Fund initially discovered and examined the site between
1899-1902, the Senwosret III complex has for the last century
remained enigmatic, partially through virtue of its location at
Abydos. It has often been identified as an Abydene royal cenotaph.
In 1994 the University of Pennsylvania-Yale University-Institute of
Fine Arts, NYU Expedition initiated a renewed program of excavation
at South Abydos. A focus of this work has been a comprehensive
investigation of the Senwosret III mortuary temple. Excavation of
the temple's well-preserved architecture in tandem with work on its
surroundings now provides the basis for a detailed reconstruction
of this major Middle Kingdom royal mortuary temple. The volume
includes six parts arranged in twenty-two chapters with three
appendixes. Part I examines the organization of the Senwosret III
complex as a whole. Part II is devoted to the architecture and
functions of the containment building that housed the stone-built
cult structure named Nefer-Ka . Part III examines the architecture,
decorative and statue program of the cult building proper and
presents a reconstruction of the building's layout and appearance.
Part IV discusses the significant archaeological contexts that
surround the temple including external activity areas, refuse
deposits and the temple's ceramic assemblage. Part V includes
publication of the seal corpus associated with the temple and
presents a model of the temple's administrative structure based on
institutional stamp seals and private name seals. Part VI examines
the current evidence pertaining to the tomb enclosure and Senwosret
III's subterranean tomb. The volume includes drawings and
photographs of approximately one thousand objects: relief, statue
and architectural fragments, small objects, seals and seal
impressions, and ceramics. In its overall characteristics, the
Senwosret III complex is an innovative royal mortuary
establishment. Although it has discernible roots in the preceding
royal pyramid tradition, the complex as a whole displays traits
which presage the New Kingdom format of royal burial complex in the
Valley of the Kings. Its hidden tomb at the foot of Anubis-Mountain
, paired with its cultivation-edge mortuary temple makes this site
pivotal in the evolution of the Egyptian royal mortuary complex.
The volume addresses our understanding of this site as either a
cenotaph or burial complex for Senwosret III, and the cult of this
king which was maintained at South Abydos for some 150 years until
its decline at the end of the 13th Dynasty, ca. 1700 BC.
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