DOI Artikel:
Aksamit, Joanna: Stone Vessels from Edfu in the National Museum in Warsaw
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4. Vessels from
the Mastaba V
(inv. no. 140708)
b. squat spheroid
vessel with tubular
handles (13881 1)
a. spouted bowl
(Old Kingdom,
6"' Dynasty):
a
b
The National Museum
Warsaw
(photo Z. Doliński)
The bulk of the stone vessels from Edfu once belonged to the eąuipment of
the tombs excavated at the necropolis in the south-western part of the tell.
Only the already mentioned earliest vessels do not appear in the excavation
reports; they could have been found as loose fragments scattered over the
excavated area.14 If the above supposition is correct, the vessels in ąuestion
could be regarded as an indication of the occupation of the tell at Edfu before
the 5th Dynasty, to which are dated the earliest mastabas discovered by the
French and Franco-Polish expeditions. A 5th Dynasty datę has been given to the
isolated mastaba discovered in 1932 in the Southern part of the excavated
area.15 * * * * 20 In the National Museum there are five stone vessels from the eąuipment
of that mastaba: two collared beakers, a smali globular jar, a cylindrical
ointment jar, and the upper part of a large cylindrical ointment jar originally
madę in two pieces (ill. I).21 To the 5th Dynasty should be dated also the already
mentioned globular jar with the titles of King Elnis incised on the shoulder,22
which was found in the burial shaft of the mastaba NOI I.23 Two other calcite
vessels coming from that shaft are also in Warsaw: a smali, slender cylindrical
ointment jar24 and a smali globular jar with a short neck (ill. 2).25 A bes vase
with a lid, found together with the three above mentioned vessels, is currently
in the Cairo Museum26 and a diorite top of the offering table from the
15 Perhaps: Tell Edfou 1938/1, p. 51, no. 148; Tell Edfou 1939, p. 182, no. 129.
20 Alliot, Rapport 1932, p. 41.
21 Inv. nos. 140611, 140617, 140629, 139915, 140615, see: ibid., p. 37, pl. XXXII, 1-2, 4-5;
pl. XXXIII, 1 (nos. 2-3), 2 (nos. 2-4).
22 Cf. notę 5 above.
23 Tell Edfou 1939, pp. 36-40.
24 Inv. no. 139667, see: ibid., p. 177, no. 76, pl. XVI, 15.
25 Inv. no. 140698, see: ibid., p. 177, no. 78, pl. XVI, 18.
26 Inv. no. JE 71820 A and B, cf. ibid., p. 177, nos. 77 and 82, pl. XVI, 16.
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the Mastaba V
(inv. no. 140708)
b. squat spheroid
vessel with tubular
handles (13881 1)
a. spouted bowl
(Old Kingdom,
6"' Dynasty):
a
b
The National Museum
Warsaw
(photo Z. Doliński)
The bulk of the stone vessels from Edfu once belonged to the eąuipment of
the tombs excavated at the necropolis in the south-western part of the tell.
Only the already mentioned earliest vessels do not appear in the excavation
reports; they could have been found as loose fragments scattered over the
excavated area.14 If the above supposition is correct, the vessels in ąuestion
could be regarded as an indication of the occupation of the tell at Edfu before
the 5th Dynasty, to which are dated the earliest mastabas discovered by the
French and Franco-Polish expeditions. A 5th Dynasty datę has been given to the
isolated mastaba discovered in 1932 in the Southern part of the excavated
area.15 * * * * 20 In the National Museum there are five stone vessels from the eąuipment
of that mastaba: two collared beakers, a smali globular jar, a cylindrical
ointment jar, and the upper part of a large cylindrical ointment jar originally
madę in two pieces (ill. I).21 To the 5th Dynasty should be dated also the already
mentioned globular jar with the titles of King Elnis incised on the shoulder,22
which was found in the burial shaft of the mastaba NOI I.23 Two other calcite
vessels coming from that shaft are also in Warsaw: a smali, slender cylindrical
ointment jar24 and a smali globular jar with a short neck (ill. 2).25 A bes vase
with a lid, found together with the three above mentioned vessels, is currently
in the Cairo Museum26 and a diorite top of the offering table from the
15 Perhaps: Tell Edfou 1938/1, p. 51, no. 148; Tell Edfou 1939, p. 182, no. 129.
20 Alliot, Rapport 1932, p. 41.
21 Inv. nos. 140611, 140617, 140629, 139915, 140615, see: ibid., p. 37, pl. XXXII, 1-2, 4-5;
pl. XXXIII, 1 (nos. 2-3), 2 (nos. 2-4).
22 Cf. notę 5 above.
23 Tell Edfou 1939, pp. 36-40.
24 Inv. no. 139667, see: ibid., p. 177, no. 76, pl. XVI, 15.
25 Inv. no. 140698, see: ibid., p. 177, no. 78, pl. XVI, 18.
26 Inv. no. JE 71820 A and B, cf. ibid., p. 177, nos. 77 and 82, pl. XVI, 16.
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