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The Family of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy from Thebes (TT 414)
revisited provides fresh material about the identity of one of the
key figures of the family that reused the Saite tomb of Ankh-Hor
(TT 414) in the Asasif from the 4th century BCE onwards. It is the
woman Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu, who was previously listed in the
genealogical register of TT 414 as Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy's
daughter and wife of one of his sons, Hor. By examining objects
found by the agents of the consuls in the 19th century CE and those
found by the Austrian mission in the 1970s in TT 414 and in wider
Theban contexts, the authors are able to identify
Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu, wife of Hor, as another, until now overlooked
individual, separate from his sister with the same name. The
examination of the funerary assemblage of Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu and of
objects belonging to her husband, daughter and sons reveals not
only details of Late Dynastic and Ptolemaic burial customs in
Thebes but also additional information on the priesthood of Khonsu
and of the sacred baboons in this era. This new identification of a
previously overlooked person, the mistress of the house and
daughter of the first prophet of Amun, Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu (G108 +
G137), demonstrates that the finds from TT 414 are still far from
being processed in their totality. This material has the potential
to provide answers to some of the open questions regarding Late
Dynastic/Ptolemaic Thebes and to contextualise funerary
assemblages.
As reflected in the title From Microcosm to Macrocosm: Individual
households and cities in Ancient Egypt and Nubia, both a
micro-approach introducing microhistories of individual sites
according to recent archaeological fieldwork incorporating
interdisciplinary methods as well as general patterns and regional
developments in Northeast Africa are discussed. This combination of
research questions on the micro-level with the macro-level provides
new information about cities and households in Ancient Egypt and
Nubia and makes the book unique. Architectural studies as well as
analyses of material culture and the new application of
microarchaeology, here especially of micromorphology and
archaeometric applications, are presented as case studies from
sites primarily dating to the New Kingdom (Second Millennium BC).
The rich potential of well-preserved but still not completely
explored sites in modern Sudan, especially as direct comparison for
already excavated sites located in Egypt, is in particular
emphasised in the book. Settlement archaeology in Egypt and Nubia
has recently moved away from a strong textual approach and
generalised studies to a more site-specific approach and household
studies. This new bottom-up approach applied by current fieldwork
projects is demonstrated in the book. The volume is intended for
all specialists at settlements sites in Northeast Africa, for
students of Egyptology and Nubian Studies, but it will be of
interest to anyone working in the field of settlement archaeology.
It is the result of a conference on the same subject held in 2017
as the closing event of the European Research Council funded
project AcrossBorders at Munich.
As reflected in the title From Microcosm to Macrocosm: Individual
households and cities in Ancient Egypt and Nubia, both a
micro-approach introducing microhistories of individual sites
according to recent archaeological fieldwork incorporating
interdisciplinary methods as well as general patterns and regional
developments in Northeast Africa are discussed. This combination of
research questions on the micro-level with the macro-level provides
new information about cities and households in Ancient Egypt and
Nubia and makes the book unique. Architectural studies as well as
analyses of material culture and the new application of
microarchaeology, here especially of micromorphology and
archaeometric applications, are presented as case studies from
sites primarily dating to the New Kingdom (Second Millennium BC).
The rich potential of well-preserved but still not completely
explored sites in modern Sudan, especially as direct comparison for
already excavated sites located in Egypt, is in particular
emphasised in the book. Settlement archaeology in Egypt and Nubia
has recently moved away from a strong textual approach and
generalised studies to a more site-specific approach and household
studies. This new bottom-up approach applied by current fieldwork
projects is demonstrated in the book. The volume is intended for
all specialists at settlements sites in Northeast Africa, for
students of Egyptology and Nubian Studies, but it will be of
interest to anyone working in the field of settlement archaeology.
It is the result of a conference on the same subject held in 2017
as the closing event of the European Research Council funded
project AcrossBorders at Munich.
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