The sarcophagus of the High Priest of Amun, Menkheperre, from the coptic monastery of Apa Moses at Abydos

During excavations at Abydos between 2009 and 2011, a fragment of a red granite sarcophagus inscribed with the Book of Gates was discovered within a Coptic monastery just to the south of the New Kingdom temple of Seti I. Archaeological and textual evidence potentially identify the monastery as that...

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Authors: Damarany, Ayman (Author) ; Cahail, Kevin M. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Harrassowitz [2017]
In: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo
Year: 2016, Volume: 72, Pages: 11-20
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Egypt (Antiquity) / Culture / Grave / Symbolics / Copts / Monastery / History 1292 BC-1186 BC
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion