Alternate Title: مساهمة قصيرة في المناظر الطبيعية السابقة لحافة الصحراء في (بحيرة) أبوصير ، مصر. (Arabic)

المؤلفون: Toonen, Willem, Odler, Martin, Arias, Katarína, Krejčí, Jaromír, Brůna, Vladimír, Bárta, Miroslav, Willems, Harco

المصدر: Prague Egyptological Studies / Prazské Egyptologické Studie; 2020, Vol. 25, p103-110, 8p

مصطلحات موضوعية: GEOLOGICAL surveys, ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations, ARCHAEOLOGICAL surveying, ABU Sir Site (Jizah, Egypt), EGYPTIAN antiquities

Abstract (English): A geological survey of ten boreholes was carried out at the desert edge near Abusir to investigate the location and age of former lakes. These environments are suggested to have played an important role in the symbolic landscape of ancient Egypt by connecting the realms of the living and the dead. Based on our research, it can be excluded that an Old Kingdom lake was present at the investigated zone near Abusir, as the local subsoil was dominated by colluvial, aeolian and prehistorical fluvial deposits typical for the wadi and desert edge setting. Yet, all boreholes featured a distinct layer of degraded mud brick that was interpreted as a large platform or multiple features of Old Kingdom age. Potentially, these features were tied to boat-landing places, which could imply that a lake existed at the wadi-floodplain interface, not far from the investigated zone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract (Arabic): تم إجراء مسح جيولوجي لعشرة آبار عند الحافة الصحراوية بالقرب من أبوصير للتحقق من موقع وعمر البحيرات السابقة. يُعتقد أن هذه البيئات لعبت دورًا مهمًا في المشهد الرمزي لمصر القديمة من خلال ربط عوالم الأحياء والأموات. بناءً على بحثنا ، يمكن استبعاد وجود بحيرة من المملكة القديمة في المنطقة التي تم فحصها بالقرب من أبو صير ، حيث كانت التربة التحتية المحلية تهيمن عليها الرواسب النهرية الغروية والإيولية وعصور ما قبل التاريخ النموذجية لإعداد الوادي والحافة الصحراوية. ومع ذلك ، فقد تميزت جميع الآبار بطبقة مميزة من الطوب الطيني المتحلل الذي تم تفسيره على أنه منصة كبيرة أو ميزات متعددة لعصر الدولة القديمة. من المحتمل أن تكون هذه الميزات مرتبطة بأماكن هبوط القوارب ، مما قد يشير إلى وجود بحيرة في واجهة الوادي والسهل الفيضي ، وليس بعيدًا عن المنطقة التي تم فحصها. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Alternate Title: مقبرة كاإيرسو المكتشفة في أبوصير (33 AC). (Arabic)

المؤلفون: Bárta, Miroslav, Jirásková, Lucie, Krejčí, Jaromír, Odler, Martin, Brůna, Vladimír, Havelková, Petra Brukner, Sůvová, Zdeňka

المصدر: Prague Egyptological Studies / Prazské Egyptologické Studie; 2020, Vol. 25, p35-58, 24p

مصطلحات موضوعية: ABU Sir Site (Jizah, Egypt), PREHISTORIC cemeteries, ANTIQUITIES, PAVEMENTS, OSIRIS (Egyptian deity)

Abstract (English): The tomb of Kairsu is located north of the pyramid of Neferirkare and is part of a so far unexplored cemetery dating to the reign of Neferirkare - Nyuserre. The mastaba features several highly unusual characteristics. Basalt blocks had been used for the pavement in front of the façade and in the chapel. To date, it is the only attestation of such a practice in a non-royal tomb in the Old Kingdom. Some of the titles of Kairsu show that he was a high ranking official. Kairsu was overseer of all royal works of the king and foremost of the House of Life. There was a very close link established between this institution, which was in fact a centre of knowledge and wisdom in the Old Kingdom, and the god of creation Khnum. It is also important that the House of Life appears from the reign of Nyuserre when Osiris is attested for the first time. Another important feature of the tomb is the fact that the statue of the tomb owner was placed in front of the sarcophagus. This only confirms the previous assumption that ancient Egyptians were placing statues not only in different areas of tombs' superstructures but also in the burial chambers. There is a strong possibility that the owner of the tomb may be identical to the famous sage of Egyptian history, who, according to a much later tradition, was author of the Loyalist teaching, Teaching for Kagemni and Teaching of Kairsu and also father of the early Sixth Dynasty vizier Kagemni. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract (Arabic): تقع مقبرة كاايرسو إلى الشمال من هرم الملك نفرإيركارع، وهي تعتبر جزء من جبانة غير مكتشفة حتى الآن تؤرخ بفترة حكم الملوك نفرإيركارع ونيوسررع. تتميز المصطبة بالعديد من الخصائص المعمارية غير العادية. حيث تم استخدام كتل من احجار البازلت لرصف الأرضية أمام الواجهتها وكذلك مقصورة القرابين. وحتى الآن تعتبر ظاهرة استخدام أحجار البازلت في أرضيات مقابر الأفراد هي الدليل الوحيد من مقبرة غير ملكية خلال عصر الدولة القديمة. تظهر بعض ألقاب كاايرسو أنه كان مسؤولاً رفيع المستوى. حيث حمل لقب المشرف على جميع الأعمال الملكية للملك، وكذلك لقب في مقدمة (أمام) بيت الحياة. حيث كان هناك ارتباطا وثيقا جذا بين هذه المؤسسة (بيت الحياة)، والتي كانت تعتبر في الواقع مركزا للمعرفة والحكمة في الدولة القديمة، وبين الإله الخالق خنوم. من المعروف أيضا أن بيت الحياة ظهر خلال عصر الملك نيوسررع، وهي نفس الفترة التي بدأت تشهد ظهور الإله أوزير لأول مرة. ميزة أخرى مهمة توجد بعمليرة كاايرسو و هي حقيقة أن تمثال صاحب المقبرة قد وضع أمام التابوت بحجرة الدفن. وهو الأمر الذي يؤكد الافتراض السابق بأن المصريين القدماء كانوا يضعون التماثيل ليس فقط في المناطق المختلفة من البناء العلوى للمقابر، ولكن أيضا في حجرات الدفن. وهناك احتمال كبير بأن يكون صاحب المقبرة هو نفسه الحكيم الشهير في التاريخ المصري، والذي كان وفقا لتقاليد لاحقة، مؤلفا لتعاليم الولاء، تعاليم كاجمني، وتعليم كاايرسو، وأيضا والد الوزير كاجمني من بداية الأسرة السادسة. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: VYMAZALOVÁ, HANA, HAVELKOVÁ, PETRA

المصدر: Anthropologie; 2019, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p87-104, 18p

مصطلحات موضوعية: TOMBS, ABU Sir Site (Jizah, Egypt), LIMESTONE, INTERMENT, ARCHAEOLOGICAL human remains

مستخلص: The article presents evidence uncovered by the mission of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague) at the necropolis of Abusir, Egypt. The tomb of Duaptah was one of the four rock-cut tombs uncovered in 2012 in the tomb complex of Princess Sheretnebty at Abusir South. The identity of the tomb's owner is given by inscriptions carved on limestone blocks which once decorated the tomb's entrance. The tomb contained two male burials in two burial chambers, and the remains of one female burial as well as some more scattered human remains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: SMOLÁRIKOVÁ, KVĚTA

المصدر: Anthropologie; 2019, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p75-78, 4p

مصطلحات موضوعية: EGYPTIAN tombs, ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations, ANTHROPOLOGY, TWENTY-sixth dynasty, Egypt, 664-525 B.C., ABU Sir Site (Jizah, Egypt)

مستخلص: The rather small Saite-Persian cemetery at Abusir was founded -- judging from the foundation deposits of Udjahorresnet -- at the very end of the 26^th Dynasty when this part of the extensive necropolis of the ancient capital Memphis attracted the attention of several prominent members of the royal court. The cemetery consists of a cluster of huge and smaller Late Period shaft tombs discovered in a relatively good state of preservation. Its founder, the famous Saite nobleman Udjahorresnet, together with other high dignitaries were -- surprisingly -- the first and only builders at this remotely situated site. Archaeological excavation and subsequent anthropological research by Professor Strouhal shows that albeit his mummy was no longer present, certainly due to the repeated robbery of the tomb, the poor remains of his embalmer's cache stored in a deep shaft dug in the south-western corner, within his funerary complex were preserved in sufficient quantity. However, this cannot be say about its quality. All collected data, mainly his shabtis, several fragments of magical bricks as well as a model of the offering table (Bareš 1999: 66-67) indicates that Udjahorresnet was really buried in this newly founded cemetery -- situated very close to the administrative centre of the country -- and not in his native town Sais in the Western Delta or somewhere in Persia as was supposed to date. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: BAREŠ, LADISLAV

المصدر: Anthropologie; 2019, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p69-74, 6p

مصطلحات موضوعية: ANTHROPOLOGY, EGYPTIAN history, EGYPTIAN tombs, INTERMENT, ABU Sir Site (Jizah, Egypt)

مستخلص: The paper presents a brief outline of the history of the anthropological examinations done in the western part of the Czech archaeological concession at the ancient Egyptian necropolis at Abusir near Cairo (Strouhal 1998, 1999, 2002a, b, c, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, Strouhal -- Klír 2006, Strouhal -- Němečková 2004, 2008, Strouhal -- Němečková -- Khattar 2007, Strouhal -- Němečková -- Kouba 2003, Malá 2012). The tombs that have been unearthed here from 1980 until present are dated to around the middle of the first millennium B.C.E. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Alternate Title: ЗАНИМЉИВ СЛУЧАЈ ХЕРЕСАНХ, „САВРШЕНЕ СВИРАЧИЦЕ МИНОВОГ СИСТРУМА" И „СВЕШТЕНИЦЕ КРАЉЕВЕ СЕСТРЕ ФИЛОТЕРЕ" (Serbian)

المؤلفون: MARKOVIĆ, NENAD

المصدر: Istraživanja: Journal of Historical Researches; 2018, Issue 29, p7-21, 15p

مصطلحات موضوعية: WOMEN priests, ANCIENT cemeteries, ABU Sir Site (Jizah, Egypt)

مصطلحات جغرافية: MEMPHIS (Extinct city), SAQQARAH (Egypt)

Abstract (English): The present paper aims to resolve problems around the identification of Heresankh, a perfect player of the sistrum of Min and a priestess of the king's sister Philotera, and to propose her position within the powerful family of high priests of Memphis during the Ptolemaic rule. The study reveals that she most likely belonged to the secondary branch of the same family, both lines having the joint ancestor in the priest Anemhor, who was in fact the father of Nesisti-Pedubast, the earliest known high priest of Ptah under the Hellenistic Dynasty. She most likely lived between 249 BC and 183 BC. The marriage union of her related parents, Neferibre and Herankh, must have influenced her social standing at Memphis since Heresankh is the only known priestess of the most important sanctuaries within the Memphite necropolis, namely the Sarapieion, the Osirion of Rutiset and the Anoubieion, all located at Saqqara and Abusir. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract (Serbian): Рад настоји да разреши проблеме везане за идентификацију Хересанх, „савршене свирачице Миновог систрума" и „свештенице краљеве сестре Филотере", и да предложи њен положај унутар бочне гране моћне породице врховних свештеника Мемфиса у време владавине династије Птоломеида. Истраживање указује да је она највероватније припадала бочној грани исте породице чије су обе линије имале заједничког претка у свештенику Анемхору, који је заправо био отац Несисти-Педубаста, првог Птаховог првосвештеника под хеленистичком династијом. Она је највероватније живела између 249. и 183. године пре нове ере. Брачна заједница њених родитеља, Неферибреа и Херанх, који су били у сродству морала је да утиче на њен друштвени положај у Мемфису будући да је Хересанх једина позната свештеница из најважнијих светилишта мемфиске некрополе - Серапеона, Озириона Рутисета и Анубиона, која се сва налазе у Сакари и Абусиру. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: Vymazalová, Hana

المصدر: Prague Egyptological Studies / Prazské Egyptologické Studie; 2017, Vol. 19, p66-80, 15p

مصطلحات موضوعية: ABU Sir Site (Jizah, Egypt), EGYPTIAN tombs, LIMESTONE, OLD Kingdom, Egypt, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C.

People: SHERETNEBTY, Princess of Egypt

مستخلص: The paper presents preliminary results of the exploration of another part of the Abusir South non-royal cemetery. Structures AS 66 and AS 69 were partly uncovered in the spring season of 2012 during the exploration of the tomb complex of Princess Sheretnebty, AS 68. During the fall season of 2015 and fall season of 2016, the structures were explored and documented, revealing a mastaba, AS 69, above the rock-cut tombs of Sheretnebty (AS 68c) and Nefer (AS 68d) and an enigmatic area, AS 66, above the rock-cut tombs of Duaptah (AS 68a) and Shepespuptah (AS 68b), which appears not to have been a tomb but perhaps an enclosed open area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: Dulíková, Veronika, Jirásková, Lucie, Vymazalová, Hana, Kytnarová, Katarína Arias, Havelková, Petra

المصدر: Prague Egyptological Studies / Prazské Egyptologické Studie; 2017, Vol. 19, p3-26, 24p

مصطلحات موضوعية: ABU Sir Site (Jizah, Egypt), OLD Kingdom, Egypt, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C., EGYPTIAN tombs, EGYPTIAN inscriptions, POTTERY

مستخلص: The excavations at Abusir South have already uncovered many tombs that have added valuable information to the general knowledge of the development of the Old Kingdom society, its burial and funeral habits, and last but not least social relations and their impact on the lives of ancient Egyptian officials. One of the latest discoveries is the tomb of “the elder of the judicial hall”, Kaisebi (AS 76), and the adjoining tomb of Ptahwer (AS 76b), which are located to the south of the anonymous mastaba (AS 54), lying on the most prominent spot of the whole Abusir South area. Kaisebi and Ptahwer built their tombs between this huge mastaba (AS 54) and a recently discovered 18.5 m long ship, both dated to the end of the Third Dynasty. Tomb AS 76 was constructed in two phases in the course of the late Fifth and Sixth Dynasties. The first one consisted of a rather small rectangular mastaba with a chapel, a northern niche, a serdab, and two shafts. The cruciform chapel of Kaisebi's mastaba with colourful wall paintings contains a well-preserved false door in situ. Later on, the original structure was enlarged by an annexe (AS 76b) attached to the eastern wall of AS 76, which included another offering place and two burial shafts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: Sůvová, Zdeňka, Hlouchová, Marie Peterková, Bělohoubková, Dana, Havelková, Petra

المصدر: Prague Egyptological Studies / Prazské Egyptologické Studie; 2017, Vol. 19, p53-65, 13p

مصطلحات موضوعية: ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations, ABU Sir Site (Jizah, Egypt), EGYPTIAN tombs, ECONOMIC determinism, ANCIENT cemeteries, ANTHROPOLOGY

مستخلص: This article summarises the excavations of tomb AS 91, uncovered during the autumn season of 2016 at Abusir South. The mastaba was highly damaged and its superstructure had almost completely disappeared. Three shafts were detected in the mastaba core. Shafts 1 and 2 were rather shallow, but to the contrary, Shaft 3 was considerably deeper, and at its bottom, an unfinished burial chamber was hewn. The burial had been looted, but a few fragmentarily preserved human bones, a fairly high number of animal remains, and even two Barn Owl skeletons were collected there. The archaeological report is supported by an archaeozoological analysis of the animal remains and by an anthropological study of the fragmentary human bones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: Nuzzolo, Massimiliano, Zanfagna, Patrizia

المصدر: Prague Egyptological Studies / Prazské Egyptologické Studie; 2017, Vol. 19, p110-123, 14p

مصطلحات موضوعية: REMOTE-sensing images, ABU Sir Site (Jizah, Egypt), EGYPTIAN architecture, ARCHAEOLOGICAL finds

People: USERKAF, King of Egypt, ca. 3rd century B.C.

مستخلص: The sites of Abusir and Abu Ghurab, with their unique mingling of funerary and religious architecture, and the incredible heritage of written papyrus documents, represent a crucial area for the understanding of the historical, architectural and religious evolution of Old Kingdom Egypt. However, many of their topographical and archaeological features remain unclear, especially as regards the identification of the four missing sun temples, which are documented in textual sources of the time but have been never located. The present article wishes to further our knowledge of the sacred landscape of the area during the Fifth Dynasty thanks to the combined analysis of archaeological data, the historical cartography of the area, and new remote sensed imagery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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