The Temple of Ptah at Karnak III. La Favissa. BiGen 55.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 21835 |
| Format | 25 x 33 |
| Détails | 204 p., 189 illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782724707441 |
In December 2014, excavations near the Temple of Ptah at Karnak uncovered a favissa, a pit filled with objects, dug a few meters behind the deity's sanctuary. The pit contained thirty-eight movable objects, statues, statuettes and statuary applique elements, made of limestone, graywacke, copper alloy and Egyptian frit, sometimes covered with gold. The visualization and analysis of the filling of the favissa were made possible thanks to the contribution of modern photogrammetric survey methods and 3D modeling. Excavated at the end of the Ptolemaic period, the pit was used to house a "declassified" statue of the god Ptah dating from the New Kingdom, surrounded by movable elements and numerous Osirian bronzes, most of the objects dating back to the Third Intermediate Period and the Late Period (25th and 26th dynasties in particular). The analysis and interpretation of the filling in this work leads to an interest in Egyptian sacred caches as a whole and to considering the present deposit as evidence of the burial of a statue of the god Ptah in the context of Osirian rituals.
In December 2014, excavations near the Temple of Ptah at Karnak uncovered a favissa, a pit filled with objects, dug a few meters behind the deity's sanctuary. The pit contained thirty-eight movable objects, statues, statuettes and statuary applique elements, made of limestone, graywacke, copper alloy and Egyptian frit, sometimes covered with gold. The visualization and analysis of the filling of the favissa were made possible thanks to the contribution of modern photogrammetric survey methods and 3D modeling. Excavated at the end of the Ptolemaic period, the pit was used to house a "declassified" statue of the god Ptah dating from the New Kingdom, surrounded by movable elements and numerous Osirian bronzes, most of the objects dating back to the Third Intermediate Period and the Late Period (25th and 26th dynasties in particular). The analysis and interpretation of the filling in this work leads to an interest in Egyptian sacred caches as a whole and to considering the present deposit as evidence of the burial of a statue of the god Ptah in the context of Osirian rituals.