Dra Abu el-Naga

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Coordinates: 25 ° 44 ′ 7 ″  N , 32 ° 37 ′ 14 ″  E

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Archaeological site in Dra Abu el-Naga (2005)

Dra Abu el-Naga ( Arabic ذراع أبو النجا, DMG Ḏirāʿ Abū n-Naǧā ) is an ancient Egyptian necropolis west of Thebes . It is located in Upper Egypt at the entrance of the dry valley that leads towards Deir el-Bahri , north of another necropolis, al-Asasif .

Dra Abu el-Naga has been used as a cemetery since the First Intermediate Period . There are other burials from the Middle Kingdom , but the place has been increasingly used as a cemetery, especially since the end of the 12th Dynasty ( Middle Kingdom ). Various shaft graves date from this time, some of which contained well-preserved, decorated coffins. Giuseppe Passalacqua found the pristine grave of a middle official named Mentuhotep here between 1822 and 1825 , which contained three inscribed and painted coffins as well as various wooden models. The shaft grave of Geheset, which was laid in two coffins, dates from the late 12th dynasty. The outer one originally came from her husband Ameni and is decorated on the inside with coffin texts and device friezes. In recent excavations, the stele of a certain Jayseneb, who presumably held office in the early 13th dynasty, was found in a shaft grave.

Dra Abu el-Naga acted as the royal necropolis for the pharaohs from the 17th dynasty . Recent excavations confirmed the grave of Nub-cheper-Re Anjotef , who was buried under or near a small pyramid. A fragment of the pyramidion was recovered during the excavations . A little south of the pyramid was the burial chapel of the treasurer Teti, who was in office under the ruler. In the small chapel there were still remains of wall paintings, including the ruler's cartouche . It is believed that it houses the tomb of Amenhotep I ( AN B ).

Numerous decorated funerary chapels date from the 18th and 19th dynasties in particular. Although most New Kingdom officials were buried in other parts of the Theban necropolis, important dignitaries are also buried here. From the reign of Hatshepsut z. B. the grave ( TT11 ) of the treasurer Djehuty , whose burial chamber is decorated with the book of the dead. This is a peculiarity because the underground burial chambers, even of high officials, were mostly undecorated. Various smaller burials, mainly from the 17th Dynasty and the early 18th Dynasty, were discovered in the vicinity of this grave. A tomb from the early 18th dynasty still contained a well-preserved set of bows and arrows.

On April 18, 2017, Egyptian archaeologists announced the discovery of a well-preserved tomb with several mummies and colorful wooden coffins. The tomb is about 3,500 years old and dates from the 18th dynasty (1550–1295 BC), and later, during the 21st dynasty (1075–652 BC), more mummies are said to have been added . In addition to the large finds, the researchers also discovered numerous small figures as grave goods.

See also

literature

  • Gianluca Miniaci: The necropolis of Dra Abu el-Naga. In: M. Betrò, P. Del Vesco, G. Miniaci: Seven Seasons at Dra Abu el-Naga. The Tomb of Huy (TT14): Preliminary Results. Pisa 2009, pp. 13-33.
  • Daniel Polz : The pyramid complex of King Nub-Cheper-Re in Dra 'Abu el-Naga. A preliminary report. Verlag von Zabern, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-8053-3259-9 .
  • Daniel Polz: The beginning of the New Kingdom. To the history of a turning point. (= Special publications of the German Archaeological Institute, Cairo Department, Volume 31 ), De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2007, ISBN 3-11-019347-7 .
  • Daniel Polz (Ed.): Made for eternity: The coffins of Imeni and Geheset. Mainz am Rhein 2007, ISBN 978-3-8053-3794-6 .
  • Daniel Polz: Dra ʿ Abu el-Naga, Egypt. Investigations into the formation and development of an Upper Egyptian residential necropolis. The work of 2015 and 2016. In: German Archaeological Institute (Hrsg.): E-research reports of the German Archaeological Institute . Faszikel 2, 2016, ISSN  2198-7734 , p. 6–13 , urn : nbn: de: 0048-DAI-EDAI-F.2016-2-00-2 .

Web links

Commons : Dra Abu el-Naga  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Drāʿ Abū en-Nagā  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gianluca Miniaci: The archaeological exploartion of Dra Abu el-Naha. In: M. Betrò, P. Del Vesco, G. Miniaci: Seven Seasons at Dra Abu el-Naga. The Tomb of Huy (TT14): Preliminary Results. Pisa 2009, p. 38.
  2. ↑ Daniel Polz: Created for eternity: The coffins of Imeni and Geheset.
  3. ↑ D. Franke: The Jaysend stele from the K01.12 mine. In: Daniel Polz: The pyramid complex of King Nub-Cheper-Re in Dra 'Abu el-Naga. Pp. 73-83.
  4. ↑ Daniel Polz: The pyramid complex of King Nub-Cheper-Re in Dra 'Abu el-Naga. Pp. 20-24.
  5. ↑ Daniel Polz: The pyramid complex of King Nub-Cheper-Re in Dra 'Abu el-Naga. Pp. 10-14.
  6. ^ José Galán: The Inscribed Burial Chamber of Djehuty (TT 11). In: José Galán, Betsy M. Bryan, Peter F. Dorman (Eds.): Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut. Chicago 2014, ISBN 978-1-61491-024-4 , pp. 247-272.
  7. ↑ Darcia Garcia, José Galán: An Archaery set from Dra Abu el-Naga. In: Egyptian Archeology. 49, autumn 2016, pp. 24–28.
  8. ↑ Excavations in Egypt: Archaeologists discover a millennia-old grave near Luxor. In: tagesanzeiger.ch. April 18, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017 .