Clay funerary figurines from tombs MMA 1151 and MMA 1152 in Sheikh Abd el-Gurna
A significant number of clay ushebtis comes from two Middle Kingdom tombs MMA 1151 and 1152 investigated by a Polish team in Western Thebes. The funerary figurines belong to a later phase of tomb reuse in the first millennium BC. Nine types were distinguished: six of baked clay and three of unbaked...
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| description | A significant number of clay ushebtis comes from two Middle Kingdom tombs MMA 1151 and 1152 investigated by a Polish team in Western Thebes. The funerary figurines belong to a later phase of tomb reuse in the first millennium BC. Nine types were distinguished: six of baked clay and three of unbaked clay. The types and their distribution in the Theban necropolis are discussed in this paper, including the implications of these findings for the debate on the existence of workshops manufacturing funerary goods in Thebes |
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| spelling | doaj.art-873fd44bb2bf49ffb37f3da44711e3f12024-04-08T12:04:43ZdeuUniversity of Warsaw PressPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean1234-54152083-537X2018-12-0127225927410.5604/01.3001.0013.331101.3001.0013.3311Clay funerary figurines from tombs MMA 1151 and MMA 1152 in Sheikh Abd el-GurnaMarta Kaczanowicz0University of Warsaw Faculty of ArchaeologyA significant number of clay ushebtis comes from two Middle Kingdom tombs MMA 1151 and 1152 investigated by a Polish team in Western Thebes. The funerary figurines belong to a later phase of tomb reuse in the first millennium BC. Nine types were distinguished: six of baked clay and three of unbaked clay. The types and their distribution in the Theban necropolis are discussed in this paper, including the implications of these findings for the debate on the existence of workshops manufacturing funerary goods in Thebeshttp://pam-journal.pl/gicid/01.3001.0013.3311ThebesTheban necropolisclay figurinesushebtishabtiSheikh Abd el-Gurna/Qurna |
| spellingShingle | Marta Kaczanowicz Clay funerary figurines from tombs MMA 1151 and MMA 1152 in Sheikh Abd el-Gurna Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean Thebes Theban necropolis clay figurines ushebti shabti Sheikh Abd el-Gurna/Qurna |
| title | Clay funerary figurines from tombs MMA 1151 and MMA 1152 in Sheikh Abd el-Gurna |
| title_full | Clay funerary figurines from tombs MMA 1151 and MMA 1152 in Sheikh Abd el-Gurna |
| title_fullStr | Clay funerary figurines from tombs MMA 1151 and MMA 1152 in Sheikh Abd el-Gurna |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clay funerary figurines from tombs MMA 1151 and MMA 1152 in Sheikh Abd el-Gurna |
| title_short | Clay funerary figurines from tombs MMA 1151 and MMA 1152 in Sheikh Abd el-Gurna |
| title_sort | clay funerary figurines from tombs mma 1151 and mma 1152 in sheikh abd el gurna |
| topic | Thebes Theban necropolis clay figurines ushebti shabti Sheikh Abd el-Gurna/Qurna |
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