エジプトダハシュール北地区発掘調査報告 : 1998〜1999年第4・5次調査

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The Egyptian Culture Center of Waseda University carried out the excavation of the fourth and the fifth field seasons at Dahshur North from December 1998 to March 1999. We have concentrated the research on the tomb which would seem to have originally belonged to one "Ipay, the Royal Butler." Whether Ipay actually was buried there is still unclear, though archaeological clearance of the subterranean chambers has been completed. The most conspicuous was a discovery of the granite sarcophagus measuring 2.8m in length, which was found in the innermost chamber. The inscription on the shabti and dockets suggested that the owner is a "Royal Scribe" and "Steward" Mes in the reign of Ramesses II. Judging from the total assemblage of the objects, the use of the tomb was dated from the late 18th Dyn. to the early 19th Dyn., which implies the same activity, as in the area by Anglo-Dutch expedition and Cairo University in SaqQara. Therefore, our research results shed the light on the discussion of the necropolis formation at the area expanding from Saqqara to Dahshur.
2000-08-01