The Red Sea Papyri II. The “Dedi Journal” and other logbook fragments (Jarf Papyri C, D, E, F, Aa). MIFAO 145.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 25135 |
| Format | |
| Détails | 312 pages, plates, publisher's cardboard. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782724708059 |
This second volume, devoted to the batch of papyri discovered in 2013 at the site of Wadi el-Jarf (on the western coast of the Gulf of Suez), completes the publication of the logbooks that were part of this set of archives. Much more fragmentary than papyri A and B, which reported the work of the phyle of Inspector Merer in the transport of limestone blocks from Tourah to the Giza Plateau, papyri C, D, E and F record other missions that were assigned to the same team, probably during a period of a little over a year. One of these documents, papyrus C, probably relates to the development of a port structure near the Mediterranean coast, and confirms the role that the foundations could play. in the development of regions such as the Nile Delta at the beginning of the 4th century dynasty. Papyrus D, which comes from a scribe named Dedi, depicts the activity of several phyles of the same team in repetitive tasks of surveillance and supply, which are probably linked to the operation of the Valley Temple of King Cheops, and perhaps even of his palace, at the foot of his funerary complex at Giza.
This second volume, devoted to the batch of papyri discovered in 2013 at the site of Wadi el-Jarf (on the western coast of the Gulf of Suez), completes the publication of the logbooks that were part of this set of archives. Much more fragmentary than papyri A and B, which reported the work of the phyle of Inspector Merer in the transport of limestone blocks from Tourah to the Giza Plateau, papyri C, D, E and F record other missions that were assigned to the same team, probably during a period of a little over a year. One of these documents, papyrus C, probably relates to the development of a port structure near the Mediterranean coast, and confirms the role that the foundations could play. in the development of regions such as the Nile Delta at the beginning of the 4th century dynasty. Papyrus D, which comes from a scribe named Dedi, depicts the activity of several phyles of the same team in repetitive tasks of surveillance and supply, which are probably linked to the operation of the Valley Temple of King Cheops, and perhaps even of his palace, at the foot of his funerary complex at Giza.