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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465394703321

Autore

Veldmeijer A. J

Titolo

Sandals, shoes and other leatherwork from the coptic monastery Deir El-Bachit [[electronic resource] ] : analysis and catalogue / / André J. Veldmeijer ; [illustrations, Erno Endenberg & André J. Veldmeijer]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : Sidestone Press, 2011

ISBN

1-299-28184-2

90-8890-142-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EndenbergErno

Disciplina

932

Soggetti

Footwear - Egypt - Qurna - History

Leatherwork - Egypt - Qurna - History

Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt - Qurna

Coptic monasteries - Egypt - Qurna

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Analysis -- pt. II. Catalogue.

Sommario/riassunto

The Coptic monastery and cemetery Deir el-Bachit stands on the hilltop of Dra' Abu el-Naga, the well-known necropolis in Qurna (West Bank, Luxor). It is the largest Coptic monastery complex preserved in Western Thebes and the first monastery that has been systematically investigated. The excavation of the monastery was started as a DFG-Project des Ägyptologischen Instituts der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Muenchen in close collaboration with the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Abteilung Kairo. Until the start of the investigations in 2001 with a survey, little research was done. After