Asyut – The Capital That Never Was
edited by Jochem Kahl and Andrea Kilian
This volume introduces latest research on the necropolis of ancient Asyut and a broad spectrum of different topics. It opens with a deep insight in the long history of the ancient town of Asyut and its different functions throughout history, followed by a contribution highlighting the connections between the city and the oases of Kharga and Dakhla via the Darb el Arba’in, the ancient caravan route through the Western Desert. Research on the temple of Wepwawet, chief deitiy of Asyut, closes the section on the ancient town itself. Turning to the necropolis on Gebel Asyut al-gharbi, an as yet unpublished tomb of a high official of the late 11th/early 12th Dynasty is presented, followed by contributions on material culture including an in-depth analysis of a statue head found during recent fieldwork, an iconographical study on the depiction of wedjat-eyes on Asyuti coffins of the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom; the detailed analysis of a hitherto unpublished coffin and a study on the “Book of the Two Ways” inscribed on another coffin from Asyut. Objects discussed include wooden models and their correlation with wall decoration, latest finds of pottery offering trays and first results of the examination of Asyuti stone offering tables. New Kingdom and Late Period finds are discussed in an article with new information on ushebtis from the collections of Sayed Bey Khashaba and the Museo Gregoriano in Citta del Vaticano, and in a typological analysis of faience chalices with a focus on recent finds of The Asyut Project. The volume closes with a hitherto unpublished copy of spell 72 of the Book of the Dead that is inscribed on the early Ptolemaic mummy cartonnage of Padiamun found during fieldwork and an article that details Christian tomb stelae and the special local Asyuti formulae used for inscribing them.
- Edited by Jochem Kahl
- Edited by Andrea Kilian
Other Titles in this Series
Seven Seasons at Asyut
First Results of the Egyptian-German Cooperation in Archaeological Fieldwork
Volume 2
Perspektivenwechsel
Eine Reflexion archaologischen Arbeitens in Agypten: Die lokalen Grabungsarbeiter des Asyut Project
Volume 8
Tomb M12.3 at Asyut
A unique testimony from the 12th Dynasty. With contributions by Ursula Verhoeven and Jannik Korte, Claudia Maderna-Sieben, Joachim Friedrich Quack, Fabian Wespi
Volume 19
The Tomb of the Dogs at Asyut
Faunal Remains and Other Selected Objects with contributions by Jochem Kahl and Gunter Vittmann
Volume 9
Chronological Overview of Pottery from Asyut
A contribution to the history of Gebel Asyut al-gharbi
Volume 7
Der Survey der spatantiken und mittelalterlichen christlichen Denkmaler in der Nekropole von Assiut/Lykopolis (Mittelagypten)
Mit einem Beitrag von Thomas Beckh (Die Keramik aus dem Survey am Gebel Assiut al-gharbi)
Volume 14
Dipinti von Besuchern des Grabes N13.1 in Assiut
Band 1, Teil 1: Besuchertexte, Lehren und Lieder des Neuen Reiches von Ursula Verhoeven unter Mitarbeit von Svenja A. Gulden. Band 1, Teil 2: Zeichnungen von Besuchern des Neuen Reiches von Eva Gervers. Band 1, Teil 3: Texte und Zeichnungen aus islam
Volume 15
Ornamente in Bewegung
Die Deckendekoration der Grossen Querhalle im Grab von Djefai-Hapi I. in Assiut
Volume 6
Gottesworte in Assiut
Eine Palaographie der reliefierten Monumentalhieroglyphen der Ersten Zwischenzeit und der 12. Dynastie
Volume 16
Die Zeit selbst lag nun tot darnieder
Die Stadt Assiut und ihre Nekropolen nach westlichen Reiseberichten des 17. bis 19. Jahrhunderts: Konstruktion, Destruktion und Rekonstruktion
Volume 5
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