The Pharaonic Mining Zone of South Sinai II. Pre- and Protodynastic Inscriptions of Wadi 'Ameyra (CCIS No. 273-335). MIFAO 132.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 19827 |
| Format | 21 x 29.7 |
| Détails | 194 p., illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2015 |
| Etat | Nine |
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The site of Wadi Ameyra was discovered during a prospecting campaign carried out in South Sinai in 2012. On the upper part of a rock face overlooking the drain of a small wadi appears a large series of drawings and texts attesting to the presence of Egyptian teams in the southwest of the Peninsula throughout a period of at least four centuries, between Naqada III A (c. 3200 BC) and the beginning of the Second Dynasty (c. 2800 BC). In particular, compositions mentioning the name of Iry-Hor – the penultimate ruler of the “0th Dynasty” – as well as those of Narmer and Djer, the first and third rulers of the First Dynasty. These documents emphasize the prestige of the royal function either through the representation of large vessels with which the sovereign is explicitly associated by the engraving of his serekh, or by depicting the king's ability to triumph over his enemies. The brief hieroglyphic compositions that appear in this collection – place names, names, and titles of officials – are among the oldest currently known. This second volume devoted to the mining area of South Sinai is therefore presented as a direct complement to the work entitled The Mining Area of South Sinai. Complementary Catalogue of the Inscriptions of Sinai, MIFAO 130, published in 2012. It records nos. 273 to 335 of an inventory of the inscriptions of Sinai discovered since 1952, the date of the 2nd edition of the Inscriptions of Sinai published by AH Gardiner, TE Peet, and J. Černý.
The site of Wadi Ameyra was discovered during a prospecting campaign carried out in South Sinai in 2012. On the upper part of a rock face overlooking the drain of a small wadi appears a large series of drawings and texts attesting to the presence of Egyptian teams in the southwest of the Peninsula throughout a period of at least four centuries, between Naqada III A (c. 3200 BC) and the beginning of the Second Dynasty (c. 2800 BC). In particular, compositions mentioning the name of Iry-Hor – the penultimate ruler of the “0th Dynasty” – as well as those of Narmer and Djer, the first and third rulers of the First Dynasty. These documents emphasize the prestige of the royal function either through the representation of large vessels with which the sovereign is explicitly associated by the engraving of his serekh, or by depicting the king's ability to triumph over his enemies. The brief hieroglyphic compositions that appear in this collection – place names, names, and titles of officials – are among the oldest currently known. This second volume devoted to the mining area of South Sinai is therefore presented as a direct complement to the work entitled The Mining Area of South Sinai. Complementary Catalogue of the Inscriptions of Sinai, MIFAO 130, published in 2012. It records nos. 273 to 335 of an inventory of the inscriptions of Sinai discovered since 1952, the date of the 2nd edition of the Inscriptions of Sinai published by AH Gardiner, TE Peet, and J. Černý.