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DOI Artikel:Karkowski, Janusz; el-Bialy, Mohammed: Gurna: new find of decorated blocks in Gurna
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GURNA
EGYPT
GURNA
NEW FIND OF DECORATED BLOCKS
IN GURNA
Janusz Karkowski, Mohammed el-Bialy
The six decorated blocks here presented were found in front of the house of Sheikh el-Tayeb,
opposite the southern edge of Dr ah abu'l-Nag'a. They were discovered in a hole that had
opened on the night of November 21, 1998, in the asphalt road that leads to Deir el-
Bahari.^ The present authors recorded the blocks and described them in 1999■ The comments
at the end of this communication are based on the files of the Polish Epigraphic Mission
collected at Deir el-Bahari and elsewhere.
1) The discovery was made by Mr. Mohammed el-Bialy, SCA Director of Antiquities of Gurna, who intervened
immediately to repair the damage to the road that gives access to the temple site in Deir el-Bahari.
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EGYPT
GURNA
NEW FIND OF DECORATED BLOCKS
IN GURNA
Janusz Karkowski, Mohammed el-Bialy
The six decorated blocks here presented were found in front of the house of Sheikh el-Tayeb,
opposite the southern edge of Dr ah abu'l-Nag'a. They were discovered in a hole that had
opened on the night of November 21, 1998, in the asphalt road that leads to Deir el-
Bahari.^ The present authors recorded the blocks and described them in 1999■ The comments
at the end of this communication are based on the files of the Polish Epigraphic Mission
collected at Deir el-Bahari and elsewhere.
1) The discovery was made by Mr. Mohammed el-Bialy, SCA Director of Antiquities of Gurna, who intervened
immediately to repair the damage to the road that gives access to the temple site in Deir el-Bahari.
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