Tombs of the South Asasif Necropolis: New Discoveries and Research (2012-14)

Includes bibliographical references.

New discoveries and research, 2012-2014. Theban sacred landscape in the Twenty-fifth Dynasty -- South Asasif Necropolis: excavation, conservation, and reconstruction -- Religious texts in the tombs of Karakhamun and Karabasken -- Reuse of the tombs of Karakhamun and Karabasken in later periods -- Burial assemblages and other finds. Karnak's Quaysides: The Embankments from the New Kingdom to the Kushito-Saite Period Mansour Boraik Tombs of Karakhamun and Karabasken, 2012-14: Fieldwork Elena Pischikova, Fathy Yaseen Abd el Karim, Ramadan Ahmed Ali, and Ezz El Din Kamal El Noby Conservation and Reconstruction of the Tomb of Karakhamun, 2012-14 Elena Pischikova, Ahmed Ali Hussein, Afaf Fathallah Phillips, and Abdelrazk Mohamed Ali Remarks on the Architecture of the Lichthof in TT 223, Karakhamun Dieter Eigner Second Report on Work on the Fragments of the Stundenritual (Ritual of the Hours of the Day) in TT 223 Erhart Graefe Toward a Better Understanding of the Ritual of the Hours of the NIght (Stundenritual) Kenneth Griffin The Vignette of BD 32 in the Tomb of Karakhamun Miguel Ángel Molinero Polo and Margarida Redondo Vilanvova Paleography of the Texts of the Burial Chamber of the Tomb of Karakhamun Miguel Ángel Molinero Polo and Andrea Rodríguez Valls Texts of the Tornische and the Adjacent Walls in the Tomb of Karabasken Miguel Ángel Molinero Polo A New High Steward of the God's Wife Nitocrcis: Padibastet, Grandson of Pabasa and Successor of Padihorresnet Erhart Graefe The Fragments of Doorjambs of Padihor, the (Overseer) of the Outlilne-draftsmen and Chamberlain of the God's Wife, from the first Pillared Hall of the Tomb of Karakhamun (TT 223) Erhart Graefe Recarved Kushite Head from the Tomb of Karakhamun? (Further Remarks on the Dating of the South Asasif Necropolis) Elena Pischikova Coptic Ostraca in the Tombs of the South Asasif Necropolis Matthias Müller Material from a Possible Industrial Area in the Tomb of Karakhamun (TT 223) Paul T. Nicholson Pottery from the Tombs of Karakhamun and Karabasken Julia Budka Faunal Remains in the Tomb of Karabasken (TT 391) Salima Ikram

It is the second joint publication of the members of the American-Egyptian archaeological team South Asasif Conservation Project, working under the auspices of the Ministry of State for Antiquities and directed by the editor. The Project is dedicated to the clearing, restoration, and reconstruction of the tombs of Karabasken (TT 391) and Karakhamun (TT 223) of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, and the tomb of Irtieru (TT 390) of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, on the West Bank of Luxor. This volume will cover the next three seasons of the work of the Project from 2012 to 2014. Essays by the experts involved in the work of the Project concentrate on new archaeological finds, reconstruction of the tombs' decoration and introduction of the high officials who usurped the tombs of Karakhamun and Karabasken in the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty. The volume focuses particularly on the reconstruction of the ritual of the Hours of the Day and Night and BD 125 and 32 in the tomb of Karakhamun, the textual program of the tomb of Karabasken, as well as Coptic ostraca, faience objects, pottery, and animal bones found in the necropolis.