BIFAO 122

The Bulletin of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (BIFAO) has covered the entire field of Egyptology since its first appearance in 1901. Studies published in the BIFAO have a chronological spread from prehistory to the Byzantine period, illustrating the present state of research in the disciplines of archaeology, epigraphy, lexicography, iconography and philology. Among the 16 contributions that make up BIFAO 122 are the preliminary report of archaeological excavations carried out at Tell el-Samara in the eastern Nile Delta by a joint IFAO and Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities mission, which unearthed the remains of one of the most ancient villages known so far in Egypt; the study of some stone blocks bearing the name of Ramesses II discovered in 2019 in the masonry of a building in the center of the mound at Plinthine (Kom el-Nugus), which show Ramesside involvement in the western part of the Delta, particularly at the northern edge of Mareotes, although it was long thought to be devoid of occupation before the Ptolemaic period; a reassessment of chronological data from Snefru’s reign on the basis, among other sources, of some unpublished photographic archives; the presentation of a set of sealings and of impressions of royal seals from the Sixth Dynasty recovered in the southern part of the governors’ palace at Balat; two studies on funerary masks from the Roman period, one presenting a new complete and unique portrait, and some fragments uncovered in the necropolis of ancient Philadelphia. The excavations of the Spanish mission at Dra Abu el-Naga are highlighted through two studies, one of which concerns a series of complete hemp pieces, which provide an opportunity to consider in detail the particularities of the use of hemp, the technical characteristics of its manufacture, and the known parallels. One should also note the publication of P. Vatican 38566, written by at least two scribes, which sheds light on a little-known tradition of the Book of the Dead during the Third Intermediate Period; and of that of an unusual stele from the Greco-Roman period, most probably of Theban origin, belonging to a certain Pashermontu-panakht, whose post-mortem divinization led to his being assimilated to Montu-Ra.

Gabolde Luc, Gabolde Marc Jean Claude Goyon (1937-2021) Cherpion Nadine Jean-Pierre Corteggiani (1942-2022) Aksenova Anastasia Formation de la collection egyptienne au Musee national de la Republique du Tatarstan (MNRT), Russie AlAlbert Florence, Lenzo Giuseppina Une tradition du Livre des Morts de la transition XXIe-XXIIe dynasties: l'exemple du P. Vatican 38566 Ciavatti Aurore Le regne de Snefrou: nouvel examen des sources chronologiques Dalino Edwin Amenouahsou et les deux Sobek de Gebelein. Prosopographie et geographie religieuse d'Jnr.ty a Jw-Mjtrw Dhennin Sylvain Reevaluation des catacombes des animaux de Dendara Dhennin Sylvain, Somaglino Claire Un temple de Ramses II au Kom el-Nogous (Plinthine): nouvelles donnees sur l'implication ramesside en Mareotide Gehad Basem, Corcoran Lorelei H., Ibrahim Mahmoud, Hammad Ahmed, Samah Mohamed, Abdo Abd Allah, Fekry Omar Newly Discovered Mummy Portraits from the Necropolis of Ancient Philadelphia - Fayum Griselle Sophie La representation du defunt et de la defunte sur les masques funeraires de Meir (70-110 apr. J.-C.) Guyot Frederic, Ahmed Abdel Azim Muhammad, Hochstrasser-Petit Christiane, Lesur Josephine, Midant-Reynes Beatrix, Muhammad Rafat Investigating the Nile Delta's First Settlements: Excavations at Tell el-Samara 2016-2019 Medini Lorenzo Aha et Ounout dans la Chapelle blanche de Sesostris Ier a Karnak Pantalacci Laure Une collection de scelles dans le palais des gouverneurs a Balat Pillon Andrea La terrasse d'Hathor a Dendara et la reversion des offrandes divines: un element du paysage cultuel des villes au Moyen Empire Rodriguez Frade Pia Tissus de chanvre trouves par la mission archeologique espagnole a Dra Abou el-Naga Thiers Christophe Strategies pour une divinisation: la stele insolite de Pachermontou-panakht Verly Georges, Auenmuller Johannes, Delvaux Luc, Rademakers Frederik W. "Re-Membering" Osiris: Late Period Casting Moulds and Osirian Ritual? Villar Gomez Alba, Garcia Gonzalez David A Third Intermediate Period Stone Stela from Dra Abu el-Naga Adresses des auteurs

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