Scarabs, Scaraboids, Seals and Seal Impressions from Medinet Habu
by Emily Teeter and Terry G. Wilfong
(Hardback) (Published)
(August 2003)
ISBN: 9781885923226
8.86 x 11.65 inches
Price: $95.00
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Medinet Habu in western Thebes (modern Luxor, Egypt) is dominated by the great mortuary temples of King Ramesses III, and Kings Aye and Horemheb. Catalogue of 349 objects from approx. 1470 BC to the eighth century AD. Each is described and illustrated. These scarabs and scaraboids are one of the largest groups excavated from any site in Egypt.
Medinet Habu in western Thebes (modern Luxor, Egypt) is dominated by the great mortuary temples of King Ramesses III (ca. 1182 BC), and Kings Aye and Horemheb (ca. 1324-1293 BC). It served as the seat of the regional government in the Late New Kingdom, and an important Coptic Christian community grew up within its great fortification walls. For nearly 1,500 years Medinet Habu played a central role in Egyptian religion, life, and politics. In 1924, the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago began the documentation of Medinet Habu, but the last facet of the documentation – the publication of thousands of objects excavated at the site – was interrupted by World War II. This book, the first of a projected multiple volume series, marks the resurrection of the project to publish the small finds. It includes a catalogue of 349 scarabs, scaraboids (including lentoids, cowroids, and buttons), heart scarabs and their Sons of Horus amulets, heart amulets, seals, and seal impressions on bullae, vessel stoppers, amphora handles, mudbricks, and funerary cones that date from approximately 1470 BC to the eighth century AD. Each object is described and illustrated and, whenever possible, placed in its original archaeological context. These scarabs and scaraboids comprise one of the largest groups of such material excavated from any site in Egypt.
- By (author) Emily Teeter
- By (author) Terry G. Wilfong
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