The Cemeteries of Qasr Ibrim. A Report of the Excavations Conducted by W.B. Emery in 1961. (Fifty-First [51st] Excavation Memoir).

Mills, A. J., T. G. H. James (Editor).

ISBN 10: 0856980781 / ISBN 13: 9780856980787

Published by London, Egypt Exploration Society, 1982

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Large quarto. Pp. 94. Plus 93 plates, including frontispiece. HARDCOVER, bound in the original burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine, with dust-jacket. A very fine copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Fifty-First Excavation Memoir. HIT-1.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cemeteries of Qasr Ibrim. A Report of the Excavations Conducted by W.B. Emery in 1961. (Fifty-First [51st] Excavation Memoir).
• Publisher: London, Egypt Exploration Society
• Publication Date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0856980781
• ISBN 13: 9780856980787
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology: Ancient Egypt, Egyptology

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Synopsis

Based on work by W. B. Emery's still unpublished at his death in 1971, the volume presents a report of the excavations at the cemeteries of Qasr Ibrim in 1961, detailing the superstructure, grave type and burial contents of the graves in cemeteries 192, 192A, 192B, 192C, 192D and 193. To these are added brief chapters on the Meroitic and Coptic texts discovered there and an appendix with brief reports on a number of individual finds.