Balat X. Ein Werkstattkomplex im Palast der 1. Zwischenzeit in Ayn Asil. FIFAO 71.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 16287 |
| Format | 26.5 x 31 |
| Détails | 480 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2012 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782724706116 |
After their palace burned down at the end of the Old Kingdom (around 2180-2150), the governors of the Dakhla oasis moved back into the area. In the southern part of the building, the monumental structures of former warehouses served as a setting for workshops and service dwellings, particularly bakeries.
The tenth volume of the series Balat is dedicated to a craft unit producing mainly flint and copper tools whose activity developed during the 1st Intermediate Period.
The workshop's architecture is characterized by a light, highly adaptable structure. The whole structure functions organically, without any real specialization of spaces. The lithic material is representative of the "on plates" industry. The sickle elements constitute the bulk of a production in which empirical adaptations compensate for a technical decline.
The functional study defines a necessary, but until now poorly documented, component of palace life. From a historical perspective, the presence of a workshop producing sickles is an indication, in times reputed to be a period of recession, of the permanence of a palatial organization that controlled the agriculture of the oasis.
After their palace burned down at the end of the Old Kingdom (around 2180-2150), the governors of the Dakhla oasis moved back into the area. In the southern part of the building, the monumental structures of former warehouses served as a setting for workshops and service dwellings, particularly bakeries.
The tenth volume of the series Balat is dedicated to a craft unit producing mainly flint and copper tools whose activity developed during the 1st Intermediate Period.
The workshop's architecture is characterized by a light, highly adaptable structure. The whole structure functions organically, without any real specialization of spaces. The lithic material is representative of the "on plates" industry. The sickle elements constitute the bulk of a production in which empirical adaptations compensate for a technical decline.
The functional study defines a necessary, but until now poorly documented, component of palace life. From a historical perspective, the presence of a workshop producing sickles is an indication, in times reputed to be a period of recession, of the permanence of a palatial organization that controlled the agriculture of the oasis.