News from an Old Excavation: Two Hitherto Unnoticed Measure Capacity Signs on an Egyptian Stone Vessel of the Middle Kingdom from Royal Tomb II at Byblos

Ahrens, Alexander (2012). News from an Old Excavation: Two Hitherto Unnoticed Measure Capacity Signs on an Egyptian Stone Vessel of the Middle Kingdom from Royal Tomb II at Byblos. Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, 4(2), pp. 1-4. University of Arizona

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Excavated by French Egyptologist P. Montet in the 1920s, Royal Tomb II at Byblos (Bronze Age Gubla) yielded a significant number of Egyptian objects of the Middle Kingdom. Among these finds is a stone vessel with lid that carries the cartouche of a king named Amenemhat, often believed to be Amenemhat IV of the late Middle Kingdom. Hitherto unnoticed by the scholarly community, however, are two Egyptian measure capacity signs on the stone vessel itself. Since measure capacity signs on stone vessels dating to the Middle Kingdom are only rarely attested even in Egypt, the signs on the stone vessel from Royal Tomb II at Byblos therefore contribute considerably to our understanding of the use and application of such signs. The article deals with the examination of these signs and tries to correlate them with the actual capacity of the vessel.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of Archaeological Sciences > Near Eastern Archaeology 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of Archaeological Sciences
UniBE Contributor:	Ahrens, Alexander
Subjects:	900 History > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499)
ISSN:	1944-2815
Publisher:	University of Arizona
Language:	English
Submitter:	Miroslav Novak
Date Deposited:	09 May 2014 11:28
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:32
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/48387