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Abusir XXV
The Shaft Tomb of Menekhibnekau, Vol. I: Archaeology
Květa Smoláriková (Author); Ladislav Bareš (Author); Renata Landgrafova (Author);
Jiri Janak (Author)
The tomb published in this volume is the third large Late Period shaft tomb that
has been excavated in the south-western part of the Abusir cemetery. It belongs
to Menekhibnekau, who held a number of important titles (among the “General”,
“Overseer of Libyans”, “Overseer of the kbnwt-vessels”, etc) under Ahmose II and
may have lived until the beginning of Dynasty 27. Although his tomb had been
robbed, a number of important and interesting pieces from his burial equipment,
including a seal of the necropolis and a faience menit with the name of Ahmose
II, have been found in his burial chamber. In a separate shaft, large embalmer’s
cache has been found that contained more than three hundred large storage
vessels and a number of smaller receptacles of different kind.
Ancient Egypt
9788073083809, £84.00, Available Now
HB, 360p, 39 coloured plates and 230 figures, Czech Institute of Egyptology
In Hathor’s Image I
the Wives and Mothers of Egyptian Kings from Dynasties I–VI
Vivienne G. Callender (Author)
This study of individual Egyptian queens is based on an earlier study, The Wives
of the Egyptian Kings, Dynasties I–XVII, which was a doctoral dissertation this
author presented at Macquaire University in 1992. This book differs from the
first in many ways because we now understand much more about these royal
women.
9788073083816, £84.00, Available Now
HB, 405p, 122 b/w illus, Czech Institute of Egyptology
New Epigrams of Palladas
A Fragmentary Papyrus Codex (P.CtYBR inv. 4000
Kevin Wilkinson (Author)
P.CtYBR inv. 4000, owned by Yale University’s Beinecke Library, is a fragmentary
papyrus codex that comprises parts of six bifolia (24 pages) and contains Greek
elegiac epigrams. In spite of the fact that there is no explicit declaration of
authorship in the remaining portions of the codex, all signs point to a single
author that can be identified with confidence as Palladas of Alexandria, who
is known from approximately 150 epigrams preserved in the Greek Anthology.
Palladas has a distinctive poetic voice - highly personal and topical, with a
tendency towards bitterly pessimistic observation on the world around him.
Among other points of interest, there is a satire of the victory titles claimed by
the emperors Diocletian and Galerius, a lament on the destruction of Alexandria,
a curious mention of the sufferings of the Egyptian goddess Triphis, and lampoons
of men from Hermopolis.
9780979975851, £40.00, January 2013
HB, 236p, American Studies in Papyrology 52, American Society of Papyrologists
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