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Aksamit, Joanna: Stone Vessels from Edfu in the National Museum in Warsaw
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calcite or serpentine cylindrical ointment jars. The group second in number
were kohl-pots: six vessels of this shape were found in the chamber, among
them a kohl-pot madę of pink porphyry'7 and the above mentioned vessel of
the same shape with a four-legged support.57 58 From the same chamber come the
three already mentioned ovoid flasks with ribbed necks,59 as well as five
serpentine cosmetic palettes, two stone mirror-handles, fragments of personal
ornaments, an amethyst scarab,60 a smali bonę crocodile,61 a smali offering
tray62 and a difficult to determine number of pottery vessels. Contrary to
deposit NO XXIII, the repertory of objects coming from tomb T. LIII seems
to be fairly homogeneous as far as the categories of objects and their datę are
concerned. The eąuipment of tomb T. LIII seems to indicate a datę closer to
the end of the Middle Kingdom rather than to its beginning (12* - 13*
Dynasty). The number of objects found in that tomb is exceptionally high for
the Edfu necropolis, but tombs from the same period discovered at other sites
could contain even over 100 objects.63 A close parallel to the shape repertory
of the stone vessels from tomb T. LIII is provided by the necropolis in Esna,
where tomb 153E contained altogether 21 stone vessels: cylindrical ointment
jars, kohl-pots (including two with supports), and one ovoid fiask with a
ribbed neck.64
The above mentioned two kohl-pots dated to the early 18* Dynasty (ill. 7)
were found in tomb T. XLVII, together with another vessel of the same type
with incised cartouche of God's Wife Satamon, probably a daughter of King
Ahmose.65 That name indicates that tomb T. XLVII should be dated to the
times directly before the necropolis was abandoned.66 67 The early 18* Dynasty
datę for the tomb is confirmed also by the pottery included in the eąuipmentA
57 Inv. no. 140655, see: Tell Edfou 1938/1, p. 49, no. 126, pl. XXI, 1.
58 Cf. notę 12. An almost identical vessel was found at El-Kubanieh North: Junker, op. cit.,
p. 145, pl. 25, no. 27, currently in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien, AS 7086: Seipel, op.
cit., p. 152, no. 80; two similar specimens belonged also to the eąuipment of tomb 153E in
Esna: Downes, op. cit., p. 99, fig. 77. Vessels of the same type, unprovenanced, see: Vandier
dAbbadie, op. cit., p. 74, no. 245, with an unsubstantiated dating to the llth Dynasty, as well
as Bourriau, op. cit., p. 142, no. 145a, 12th - 13th Dynasty.
59 Cf. notę 14.
60 Tell Edfou 1938/1, p. 32, no. 6, not illustrated.
61 Inv. no. 139626, see: Tell Edfou 1938/1, p. 130, no. 689, pl. XLy 1.
62 Inv. no. 139467, see: Tell Edfou 1938/1, p. 121, no. 604, pl. XLII, 4.
63 Cf. Kemp, Merrillees, op. cit., pp. 116-1 47, a list of 112 objects found by Garstang in tomb
416 at Abydos.
64 Downes, op. cit., pp. 98-99.
65 Tell Edfou 1938/1, p. 47, no. 106, pl. XX, 8, Cairo JE 68780. About God's Wife Satamon
see: C. Vandersleyen, “Satamun I”, in Lexikon der Agyptologie, ed. by W Helck, E. Otto,
W Westendorf, vol. V, Wiesbaden 1984, col. 485.
66 Cf T.I. Rzeuska, “La necropole pharaoniąue au debut du Nouvel Empire. La ceramiąue
d'Edfou au Musee national de Varsovie”, in Tell Edfou soixante ans apres..., op. cit., pp. 59-71.
67 Tell Edfou 1938/1, p. 61, no. 231, p. 65, no. 253, fig. 52, Inv. no. 139195, ibid., p. 69, no. 270,
fig. 65, see also: Tajemnicza królowa Hatszepsut / Geheimnisuolle Kónigin Hatschepsut,
Warsaw 1997, p. 174, no. 83.
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were kohl-pots: six vessels of this shape were found in the chamber, among
them a kohl-pot madę of pink porphyry'7 and the above mentioned vessel of
the same shape with a four-legged support.57 58 From the same chamber come the
three already mentioned ovoid flasks with ribbed necks,59 as well as five
serpentine cosmetic palettes, two stone mirror-handles, fragments of personal
ornaments, an amethyst scarab,60 a smali bonę crocodile,61 a smali offering
tray62 and a difficult to determine number of pottery vessels. Contrary to
deposit NO XXIII, the repertory of objects coming from tomb T. LIII seems
to be fairly homogeneous as far as the categories of objects and their datę are
concerned. The eąuipment of tomb T. LIII seems to indicate a datę closer to
the end of the Middle Kingdom rather than to its beginning (12* - 13*
Dynasty). The number of objects found in that tomb is exceptionally high for
the Edfu necropolis, but tombs from the same period discovered at other sites
could contain even over 100 objects.63 A close parallel to the shape repertory
of the stone vessels from tomb T. LIII is provided by the necropolis in Esna,
where tomb 153E contained altogether 21 stone vessels: cylindrical ointment
jars, kohl-pots (including two with supports), and one ovoid fiask with a
ribbed neck.64
The above mentioned two kohl-pots dated to the early 18* Dynasty (ill. 7)
were found in tomb T. XLVII, together with another vessel of the same type
with incised cartouche of God's Wife Satamon, probably a daughter of King
Ahmose.65 That name indicates that tomb T. XLVII should be dated to the
times directly before the necropolis was abandoned.66 67 The early 18* Dynasty
datę for the tomb is confirmed also by the pottery included in the eąuipmentA
57 Inv. no. 140655, see: Tell Edfou 1938/1, p. 49, no. 126, pl. XXI, 1.
58 Cf. notę 12. An almost identical vessel was found at El-Kubanieh North: Junker, op. cit.,
p. 145, pl. 25, no. 27, currently in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien, AS 7086: Seipel, op.
cit., p. 152, no. 80; two similar specimens belonged also to the eąuipment of tomb 153E in
Esna: Downes, op. cit., p. 99, fig. 77. Vessels of the same type, unprovenanced, see: Vandier
dAbbadie, op. cit., p. 74, no. 245, with an unsubstantiated dating to the llth Dynasty, as well
as Bourriau, op. cit., p. 142, no. 145a, 12th - 13th Dynasty.
59 Cf. notę 14.
60 Tell Edfou 1938/1, p. 32, no. 6, not illustrated.
61 Inv. no. 139626, see: Tell Edfou 1938/1, p. 130, no. 689, pl. XLy 1.
62 Inv. no. 139467, see: Tell Edfou 1938/1, p. 121, no. 604, pl. XLII, 4.
63 Cf. Kemp, Merrillees, op. cit., pp. 116-1 47, a list of 112 objects found by Garstang in tomb
416 at Abydos.
64 Downes, op. cit., pp. 98-99.
65 Tell Edfou 1938/1, p. 47, no. 106, pl. XX, 8, Cairo JE 68780. About God's Wife Satamon
see: C. Vandersleyen, “Satamun I”, in Lexikon der Agyptologie, ed. by W Helck, E. Otto,
W Westendorf, vol. V, Wiesbaden 1984, col. 485.
66 Cf T.I. Rzeuska, “La necropole pharaoniąue au debut du Nouvel Empire. La ceramiąue
d'Edfou au Musee national de Varsovie”, in Tell Edfou soixante ans apres..., op. cit., pp. 59-71.
67 Tell Edfou 1938/1, p. 61, no. 231, p. 65, no. 253, fig. 52, Inv. no. 139195, ibid., p. 69, no. 270,
fig. 65, see also: Tajemnicza królowa Hatszepsut / Geheimnisuolle Kónigin Hatschepsut,
Warsaw 1997, p. 174, no. 83.
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