The tombs of Kaisebi (AS 76) and Ptahwer (AS 76b) at Abusir South
The excavations at Abusir South have already uncovered many tombs that have added valuable information to the general knowledge of the development of the Old Kingdom society, its burial and funeral habits, and last but not least social relations and their impact on the lives of ancient Egyptian...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | ces |
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Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Pražské Egyptologické Studie |
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| Online Access: | https://sites.ff.cuni.cz/pes/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2018/01/Dulikova-%E2%80%93-Jiraskova-%E2%80%93-Vymazalova-%E2%80%93-Kytnarova-%E2%80%93-Havelkova_3-26.pdf |
| Summary: | The excavations at Abusir South have already uncovered
many tombs that have added valuable information to
the general knowledge of the development of the Old
Kingdom society, its burial and funeral habits, and last but
not least social relations and their impact on the lives of
ancient Egyptian officials. One of the latest discoveries is
the tomb of “the elder of the judicial hall”, Kaisebi (AS 76),
and the adjoining tomb of Ptahwer (AS 76b), which are
located to the south of the anonymous mastaba (AS 54),
lying on the most prominent spot of the whole Abusir
South area. Kaisebi and Ptahwer built their tombs
between this huge mastaba (AS 54) and a recently
discovered 18.5 m long ship, both dated to the end of the
Third Dynasty.
Tomb AS 76 was constructed in two phases in the
course of the late Fifth and Sixth Dynasties. The first one
consisted of a rather small rectangular mastaba with a
chapel, a northern niche, a serdab, and two shafts. The
cruciform chapel of Kaisebi’s mastaba with colourful wall
paintings contains a well-preserved false door in situ. Later
on, the original structure was enlarged by an annexe
(AS 76b) attached to the eastern wall of AS 76, which
included another offering place and two burial shafts. |
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| ISSN: | 1214-3189 1801-3899 |