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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781494803321

Autore

Rothe Russell Dale

Titolo

Pharaonic Inscriptions from the Southern Eastern Desert of Egypt / Russell D. Rothe, William K. Miller, and George (Rip) Rapp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winona Lake, Ind. : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-57506-592-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (516 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RappGeorge <1930->

MillerWilliam K

Disciplina

493/.1

Soggetti

Inschrift

Ägyptisch

Hieroglyphenschrift

Inscriptions, Egyptian

Inscriptions, Egyptian - Egypt - Eastern Desert

Arabische Wüste Nord

Ägypten Altertum

Arabische Wüste (Ägypten)

Egypt Eastern Desert

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 501-504) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Qena Watershed -- Chapter 3. Edfu Watershed -- Chapter 4. Kom Ombo Watershed -- Chapter 5. Other Wadis -- Chapter 6. GIS Analysis and Conclusions -- Appendix A. Paleography -- Appendix B. Indices and Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

The University of Minnesota Eastern Desert Expedition had its beginnings in 1975, when co-authors George (Rip) Rapp, T. H. Wertime, and J. D. Muhly visited cassiterite (tin ore) mines in the southern Eastern Desert of Egypt. Near the farthest west of these mines, they were shown a group of pharaonic inscriptions by M. F. el-Ramly of the Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority. The inscriptions were photographed, and the photos were given to an



Egyptologist to translate. Much later, in 1991, senior author Russell D. Rothe read about the photos in a footnote in an unrelated article. After obtaining copies of the photos from Rapp, he translated the inscriptions with the help of co-author William K. Miller and others. Over the next decade, Rothe, Rapp, and Miller traversed the 60,000-sq.-km area between the Nile and the Red Sea, mostly on foot, photographing inscriptions and systematically surveying the entire region. The results of their investigations of the inscriptional remains found in this vast, mountainous desert are here published for the first time; the corpus will be an important addition to our knowledge of the range and scope of the activities of the ancient Egyptians, especially outside the Nile Valley.