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The Memphite tomb of Crown Prince Sheshonq and his funerary furniture. MIFAO 149
LENZO Giuseppina, MEFFRE Raphaële, PAYRAUDEAU Frédéric.

The Memphite tomb of Crown Prince Sheshonq and his funerary furniture. MIFAO 149

IFAO
€46,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 28434
Format 24.5 x 32.5
Détails 204 p., 122 color plates outside the text, publisher's hardcover.
Publication Cairo, 2023
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782724709643
This work is devoted to the publication of the tomb and funerary material of the royal son and high priest of Ptah Sheshonq of the XXII Dynasty (circa 830 BCE). Found in Memphis in 1942, they were moved to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo shortly after their discovery. The burial constitutes one of the rare decorated tombs of the Third Intermediate Period. The funerary scenes and texts engraved on its walls show similarities with those of the tomb of Pharaoh Osorkon II at Tanis (NRT I) as well as with the Theban papyrus of Nestanebeticheru, daughter of the high priest of Amun Pinedjem II, preserved in the British Museum (Greenfield Papyrus). Since the tomb was discovered intact, its funerary material, consisting of approximately 400 objects preserved in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the Suez Museum, and the Faculty of Arts in Alexandria, is a remarkable testimony to the objects taken to their tombs by members of the elite at this time. Some were specifically prepared for Sheshonq's burial, while others had probably already been used during his lifetime. The study of this collection also provides an opportunity to examine his other monuments and his titles, notably that of "crown prince."
This work is devoted to the publication of the tomb and funerary material of the royal son and high priest of Ptah Sheshonq of the XXII Dynasty (circa 830 BCE). Found in Memphis in 1942, they were moved to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo shortly after their discovery. The burial constitutes one of the rare decorated tombs of the Third Intermediate Period. The funerary scenes and texts engraved on its walls show similarities with those of the tomb of Pharaoh Osorkon II at Tanis (NRT I) as well as with the Theban papyrus of Nestanebeticheru, daughter of the high priest of Amun Pinedjem II, preserved in the British Museum (Greenfield Papyrus). Since the tomb was discovered intact, its funerary material, consisting of approximately 400 objects preserved in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the Suez Museum, and the Faculty of Arts in Alexandria, is a remarkable testimony to the objects taken to their tombs by members of the elite at this time. Some were specifically prepared for Sheshonq's burial, while others had probably already been used during his lifetime. The study of this collection also provides an opportunity to examine his other monuments and his titles, notably that of "crown prince."