Ermant II. Bab el-Maganîn, (Ermant II, n°1-33).
French Institute of Oriental Archaeology| N° d'inventaire | 25488 |
| Format | |
| Détails | 176 p., numerous illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782724708516 |
This work provides hieroglyphic documentation of the Bab el-Maganîn sector, in the modern city of Ermant, south of Luxor. Nearly 300 meters from the main temple dedicated to the god Montu-Ra, a city gate built during the reign of Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD) testifies to a secondary cult domain, buried under the dwellings. Around it lie dozens of epigraphed blocks. These lapidary ensembles were partially published in 1940 by Robert Mond and Oliver Humphrys Myers, then by Adel Farid in 1979.
Under the auspices of the IFAO, the resumption of work on the Ermant site has gradually made it possible to bring together all of this scattered documentation, which has been significantly enriched by the archives of the Egypt Exploration Society in London. Among this heterogeneous epigraphic material, it is possible to propose a partial assemblage of a monumental door bearing the names of Ptolemy VI Philometor, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, and Ptolemy IX Philometor II. Despite their fragmentary nature, these inscriptions provide important information on the cults of the god Montu-Ra and his consorts in the Theban region during the Greco-Roman period.
This work provides hieroglyphic documentation of the Bab el-Maganîn sector, in the modern city of Ermant, south of Luxor. Nearly 300 meters from the main temple dedicated to the god Montu-Ra, a city gate built during the reign of Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD) testifies to a secondary cult domain, buried under the dwellings. Around it lie dozens of epigraphed blocks. These lapidary ensembles were partially published in 1940 by Robert Mond and Oliver Humphrys Myers, then by Adel Farid in 1979.
Under the auspices of the IFAO, the resumption of work on the Ermant site has gradually made it possible to bring together all of this scattered documentation, which has been significantly enriched by the archives of the Egypt Exploration Society in London. Among this heterogeneous epigraphic material, it is possible to propose a partial assemblage of a monumental door bearing the names of Ptolemy VI Philometor, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, and Ptolemy IX Philometor II. Despite their fragmentary nature, these inscriptions provide important information on the cults of the god Montu-Ra and his consorts in the Theban region during the Greco-Roman period.