Volume 8 (2025)
Sous le Ciel Étoilé: Proscynème Cordial au Dr Nadine GUILHOU–AMBROISE
One more «Great One of the Tens of Upper Egypt» from the Eastern Necropolis at Gizah
Kormysheva, Eleonora
Abstract:
The present article examines fragments of inscriptions on the limestone blocks which were discovered by the Russian Archaeological Mission at Gizah (RAMG) in the sector of unpublished Minor Cemetery II, in 2014, during the excavations of the RAMG, situated to the East from the Tomb of Tjenti I (GE 11). The blocks were discovered inside the shaſt. It is possible that the discovered fragments originally did not belong to the Complex 59С, and were randomly found inside the shaſt. Two fragments of limestone slabs belong to the same object and contain the Offering Formula Ḥtp-di-Nsw. Epigraphic features and Palaeography of the analysed inscription presumably reveals that the discovered blocks may be dated not earlier than the end of Dynasty V. In all probability, taking into account the arguments regarding palaeographic features of the studied inscription, one may ascertain that it might have been compiled during the era of Dynasty VI, or maybe even just at the end of the same Dynasty.
Citation:
Kormysheva, E. 2025. «One more «Great One of the Tens of Upper Egypt» from the Eastern Necropolis at Gizah», JHIE 8: 237–247
DOI:
10.5281/zenodo.19061969
Language: en
Submitted on 2024-02-20; accepted on 2025-08-09
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