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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808708403321

Autore

Redford Donald B

Titolo

Excavations at Mendes / / by Donald B. Redford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2004-

ISBN

1-280-91484-X

9786610914845

90-474-0482-3

1-4294-2746-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Culture and history of the ancient Near East, , 1566-2055 ; ; v. 20

Disciplina

932

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt - Mendes (Extinct city)

Mendes (Extinct city)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Volme 2 Susan Redford added as editor.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

v. 1. The Royal Necropolis

Sommario/riassunto

This volume constitutes the final report on the excavations at the royal necropolis of the city of Mendes, which occupied 5 summer seasons from 1991 to 1995. The burial of king Neferites I, founder of Dynasty 29 (399-393 B.C.) is described along with other burials, the city walls, the shrine of the fish-goddess and sundry inscriptions. The pottery recovered is treated in extenso, and sheds a flood of light on Mendes' trade relations in the 5th-4th Cent. B.C. with Phoenicia and the Greek islands. Of particular interest is the startling new discovery of a massive destruction layer which can be pinpointed to around 343 B.C. This clearly reflects the reprisals taken by the conquering Persians after they had re-occupied Egypt.