Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Middle Kingdom tombs of Asasif: archaeological fieldwork in 2017

2018, 27, 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

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.1999

Publication date

21.12.2018

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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

The recent works in the 2017 season at the North Asasif Necropolis have led to the discovery of Middle Kingdom burial assemblages, as well as funerary equipment dated to the Third Intermediate Period. Besides, the cleaning work conducted in the funerary complex of Meru revealed more materials from the Late Roman Era, which proves the existence of the Coptic hermitage inside the tomb. This new archaeological evidence provides an important insight into the development of the North Asasif Necropolis during the Pharaonic era and in later periods. The fourth season of the archaeological fieldwork at the site focused on seven Middle Kingdom funerary complexes: tomb of Khety (TT 311), MMA 509, MMA 511, MMA 512, MMA 514, MMA 515 and tomb of Meru (TT 240).

Keywords:

Theban Necropolis,North Asasif,Middle Kingdom,rock-cut tombs,Khety,Meru

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