31 Dec 2011
by John D. Ray

Texts from the Baboon and Falcon Galleries: Demotic, Hieroglyphic and Greek Inscriptions from the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara

Discover the fascinating graffiti from Saqqara’s Baboon and Falcon galleries: dedications, priests’ lists, a stela to Imhotep, masons’ marks, Greek dream records, and insights into ancient animal cults.

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This volume features all the graffiti from the Baboon and Falcon galleries at the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara, excavated for the Egypt Exploration Society by Bryan Emery between 1966 and 1971. The graffiti include dedications, lists of workmen and minor priests, a stela dedicated to the god Imhotep with an important historical content, and masons' marks which show some of the construction history of the galleries. There is also a Greek graffito listing the contents of dreams or visions, and a series of dedications on bronze temple furniture which mention a hitherto unknown god. Jars with hieroglyphic signs shed light on one of the main characters found in the Greek Hermetic literature, and a selection of ostraca give insights into the management of the animal cults.

  • ISBN: 978-0-85698-205-7 (paperback)
  • Series: Texts from Excavations 15
  • Published: 2011
  • Size: 297 × 210 mm
  • Pages: 388

Contents 

Contents

Figures

Abbreviations used in this Volume 

Part One: Inscriptions from the Baboon Galleries

Preface

  • Section A: Baboon Obituaries Written on Limestone Blocks
  • Section B: Three Stelae Concerned with the Cult of the Baboon
  • Section C: Hieroglyphic and Demotic Graffiti and Related Inscriptions
  • Section D: Demotic Masons’ Marks and Related Inscriptions
  • Section E: Greek Texts from the Area of the Baboon Galleries
  • Section F: Pictorial Graffiti

Part Two: Inscriptions from the Falcon Galleries

Preface

  • Section G: The So-called ‘Imhotep’ Stela
  • Section H: The Demotic Graffiti from the Galleries
  • Section J: Demotic Inscriptions on Funerary Jars and a Miniature Sarcophagus
  • Section K: Inscriptions on Items of Bronze Temple Furniture
  • Section L: Demotic Ostraca from the Sacred Animal Necropolis
  • Section M: A Linear Graffito from the South Ibis Galleries

Concordance

  • EES Excavation Numbers, Egyptian Antiquities Organisation Register Numbers, and Text Entries

Plans

Indexes

  • Hieroglyphic and Demotic
  • Greek
  • Arabic
  • General

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