A better than very good hardback copy in a very good slightly rubbed dustjacket: firm, clean, square and tight with no underlining or splits. Note: this book once belonged to renowned author and academic M.A.R. Barker and so shows his personal name and ownership details at the prelims.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The South Cemeteries of Lisht: Volume II, The Control Notes and Team Marks

Publisher

Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition

Publication Date

1990

Language

English

ISBN 10

0870995510

ISBN 13

9780870995514

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

Weight

28 ounces

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This volume is the second in the series of publications on the Museum's excavations in the South Cemeteries of Lisht, Egypt. The series will eventually include contributions on a wide range of subjects, such as religious architecture, wall decoration and religious texts, works of art and funerary equipment. While the first volume described the funerary complex of an Egyptian king, the inscriptions published here supply important information about the organization of labor at an ancient construction site: the workmen, the scheduling of transport and building activities, and the control of the compulsory labor system. The inscriptions are inconspicuous, most of them were written by untrained hands with rough brushes on the coarse surface of building stones, yet they provide a behind-the-scenes view of the construction process of pharaonic architecture. Philippe de Montebello Director, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, from the director's foreword

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