Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

The tombs of Asasif: archaeological exploration in the 2013/2014 season

2015, 24, No. 1

Patryk Chudzik

0000-0003-4300-5584

University of Warsaw, Institute of Archaeology

University of Warsaw, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology

Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0009.9909

Publication date

28.02.2016

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

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archeology

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English

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Abstract

In the 2013/2014 season, a Polish team from the University of Wrocław started work in the northern part of the Asasif necropolis, near the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari. An archaeological survey was carried out on the Asasif slope. Cleaning work and documentation were undertaken of the architecture of four private tombs: MMA 509/TT 312, MMA 512, MMA 513/TT 314 and MMA 514, as well as the archaeological finds thereof. The rock-cut tombs belong to a Middle Kingdom necropolis and were all reused in later times, especially in the Third Intermediate Period and Late Period.

Keywords:

Theban Necropolis,Asasif,Middle Kingdom,Horhotep,private rock-cut tombs

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