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MÜLLER Vera
Tell el-Dab'a XVII

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Opferdeponierungen in der Hyksoshauptstadt Auaris (Tell el-Dab'a) vom späten mittleren Reich bis zum frühen neuen Reich Teil I: Auswertung und Deutung der Befunde und Funde Teil II: Katalog der Befunde und Funde
Publisher: VÖAW
Format: Teil I: 436 Seiten, Teil II: 488 Seiten, zahlr. SW-Abb., 30,5x23,5cm, broschiert
Serial:  Denkschriften der Gesamtakademie  45
Serial:  Untersuchungen der Zweigstelle Kairo des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts  39
ISBN13: 978-3-7001-6097-7

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In the course of the long lasting excavations by Manfred Bietak in the Hyksos capital Avaris in the eastern Nile delta pits were discovered in contexts of temples, houses and tombs. They were filled with pottery vessels and some of them with animal bones as well. These deposits can be divided into two groups in regard of their contents: those with relics of offering meals which were also partly subdued to burning rituals and the ritual breakage of vessels, and those with symbolic fillings in the form of miniature vessels. In the present publication consisting of two volumes, one focus was laid on the analysis of the pottery vessels, as the exploration of ceramics is still a considerable desiderate in Egyptology. Another focal point is the analysis of the pits' contents in their respective contexts. Furthermore, the evaluation of the cultural contexts of these offering practices are considered which are the more important in a town like Avaris consisting of Egyptians and Near Easterns at the same time. more...

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