Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier, Part 1: The A-Group Royal Cemetery at Qustul, Cemetery L (Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition) - Hardcover

Williams, Bruce B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 091898646X ISBN 13: 9780918986467

Publisher: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1986

Synopsis

This volume is the first of twelve scheduled to present the materials excavated under the direction of Professor Keith C. Seele in a concession that extended from the Abu Simbel temples to the Sudan frontier in two seasons, 1962-63 and 1963-64. It presents, in detail, Cemetery L at Qustul, which is a small cemetery containing unusually large and wealthy tombs of A-Group. The tombs, badly plundered and fire damaged, contained pharaonic images on A-Group objects, indicating that they belonged to rulers from the period before Egypt's First Dynasty. Many finds are unique; decorated objects give direct evidence in context for the date of famous carved stone and ivory objects from early Egypt. This lavishly illustrated volume details the elaborate A-Group painted pottery and decorated objects as well as more common finds, with individual chapters on the tombs, pottery, small objects, epigraphy, and a discussion of the special importance of Cemetery L in early Nubia with its possible role in the development of pharaonic Egypt.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 091898646X
• ISBN 13: 9780918986467
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 388