Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (17.2005(2007))

DEIR EL-BAHARI

EGYPT

bearing the name of Elatshepsut [Fig. 9],
fragments of ushebti and stone Canopic
jars [Fig. 10], parts of wooden funerary
equipment [Fig. 11], hieratic and Coptic
ostraca, very small fragments of hieroglyphic
and Coptic papyri, fragments of wooden
coffins and linen cartonnages, including
small pieces of excellent artistic quality.
One of the cartonnages belonged to Vizier
Pa-di-amonet, identified as the son of Vizier

Pamiu ("Pimui"), related to the royal
family of Takeloth III of the 23rd
(Theban) Dynasty.9 The name of the vizier
is also attested on one of the mummy
bandages from shaft S.7B/82 [Fig. 12].
The 27th regnal year of king Wser-maat
(prenomen of Osorkon III? or Piye?) was
found on at least two fragments of
mummy bandages discovered in shaft
S7A/82 [Fig. 13].


Fig. 12. Name of Vizier Pa-di-amonet on a piece
of mummy bandage from shaft tomb
S.7B/82 (Drawing A. Stupko)


Fig. 13■ The 27 th regnal year of king Wser-maat
on a mummy bandage from shaft tomb
S7A/82 (Drawing A. Stupko)

9 Ct. H. Kees, in: ASAE 54 (1957), 141-148; K.A. Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100-650 B.C.)
(Warminster 1986, 2nd ed. rev.), 567 (#489), 597 (15); D.A. Aston and J.H. Taylor, "The Family of Takeloth III and
the "Theban" Twenty-third Dynasty", in: Libya and Egypt c. 1300-750 B.C., ed. A. Leahy (London 1990), 131-154.

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