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.

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include dedications, lists of workmen and minor priests, a stela dedicated to the god Imhotep with an important historical content, and masons' marks which show some of the construction history of the galleries.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

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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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Author

John D. Ray

John Ray is Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology in the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has a particular interest in the demotic script, and has published widely on this. His volume The Archive of Hor was also published by the Egypt Exploration Society, as was much of his initial work on the decipherment of the Carian script. He has held visiting appointments at Yale University and in the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.

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