Les Papyrus De La Mer Rouge: Le Journal De Dedi Et Autres Fragments De Journaux De Bord Papyrus Jarf C, D, E, F, Aa (2) (Memoires Publies Par Les Membres de l'Institut Francais d'Ar) (French Edition) - Softcover

Tallet, Pierre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2724708059 ISBN 13: 9782724708059

Publisher: Institut Francais D'Archeologie Orientale, 2021

Synopsis

This second volume devoted to the batch of papyri discovered in 2013 on the site of Wadi el-Jarf (on the western coast of the Gulf of Suez) completes the publication of the logbooks which were part of this collection of archives. Much more fragmentary than papyri A and B -which reported the work of Inspector Merer's phyle in the transportation of limestone blocks from the quarries of Tourah to the Giza plateau-, papyri C, D, E and F record other missions which were assigned to the same team, presumably for a period of about a year. One of these documents, papyrus C, is probably about the building of a harbour near the Mediterranean coast, and confirms the role that hwt-foundations could have played during the early 4th dynasty in the development of areas such as the Nile Delta. Papyrus D, which was probably issued by a scribe named Dedi, shows the activity of several "phyles" from the same team in repetitive tasks relating to supply and guard which were probably linked to the functioning of the Valley temple of Khufu, and maybe also of his royal palace, at the foot of his funerary complex.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institut Francais D'Archeologie Orientale
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 2724708059
• ISBN 13: 9782724708059
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312