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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Faience objects from the Tomb MMA 1152 at Sheikh Abd el-Gurna

2015, 24, No. 1

Patryk Chudzik

0000-0003-4300-5584

University of Warsaw, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology

Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw

University of Warsaw, Institute of Archaeology

Andrzej Ćwiek

0000-0002-7877-1820

Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0010.0123

Publication date

28.02.2016

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Arts and humanities

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archeology

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English

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Abstract

Excavations in the area of tomb MMA 1152 at Sheikh Abd el-Gurna, conducted since 2003, have uncovered a substantial set of faience objects coming from burials made there during the later Pharaonic Period, before the tomb became a hermitage for Coptic monks. Analysis of the material points to several episodes of reuse of the original Middle Kingdom structure in the Third Intermediate Period and the Late Period.

Keywords:

Sheikh Abd el-Gurna,Third Intermediate Period,Late Period,burial,mummy,faience,amulets,shabtis,bead-nets

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