The Cemeteries of Qasr Ibrim

by A.J. Mills

Book cover: The Cemeteries of Qasr Ibrim

Extent: 187 pages

Publisher: Egypt Exploration Society

Subjects: Ancient Egypt

Series: Excavation Memoir

Series volume number: 51

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 1982)

ISBN: 9780856980787

Price: $23.00

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Based on W. B. Emery’s unpublished work, this volume reports on the 1961 excavations at Qasr Ibrim cemeteries, detailing grave structures, types, and contents in cemeteries 192, 192A, 192B, 192C, 192D, and 193. It includes chapters on Meroitic and Coptic texts and an appendix with brief reports on individual finds.


Based on work by W. B. Emery’s still unpublished at his death in 1971, the volume presents a report of the excavations at the cemeteries of Qasr Ibrim in 1961, detailing the superstructure, grave type and burial contents of the graves in cemeteries 192, 192A, 192B, 192C, 192D and 193. To these are added brief chapters on the Meroitic and Coptic texts discovered there and an appendix with brief reports on a number of individual finds.

  • By (author) A.J. Mills