Seafaring expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom : excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt

1. Verfasser: Bard, Kathryn A. , [VerfasserIn]
Fattovich, Rodolfo , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.
Umfang/Format: xvi, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; 96
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245 1 0 |a Seafaring expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom :  |b excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt /  |c by Kathryn A. Bard, Rodolfo Fattovich. 
300 |a xvi, 233 pages :  |b illustrations, maps ;  |c 24 cm. 
490 1 |a Culture and history of the ancient Near East  |v volume 96 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (page 199-226) and index. 
505 0 |a Egyptian Long-distance Trade, Pharaonic Expeditions and Direct Control of Sources of Raw Materials in Northeast Africa and the Sinai in the Middle Kingdom -- Introduction -- Mining Turquoise and Copper in the Sinai -- The Harbor Site at Ayn Soukhna -- Mining Galena at Gebel Zeit -- Mining Gold and Quarrying Stone in the Wadi Hammamat -- Nubian Resources and Egyptian Occupation -- The Harbor at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis -- Archaeological Investigations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis -- The Pharaonic Harbor at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis -- Archaeological Investigations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis -- Evidence of Ships and Cargo Boxes -- Sealings, Stelae and Ostraca -- Ceramics -- Stone Tools -- Plant and Animal Remains -- Environmental Context of the Harbor Site -- Chronology of the Harbor Site -- Summary : Archaeological and Geological Investigations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis -- Spatial Use of the Mersa/Wadi Gawasis Harbor in the 12th Dynasty -- Overview -- The Eastern Terrace -- The Harbor --^Central Terrace and Western Terrace Top -- Western Terrace Slope -- Western Terrace Slope, North -- Western Terrace Slope, South -- Caves 2 and 3 -- Cave 5 -- Cave 7 and the Alcove Shrine -- Harbor Edge -- Production Area -- Ramps (slipways?) -- Western Terrace, Southern Slope -- Beach Area above the Harbor -- Stelae Associated with the Gallery-Caves -- Spatial Organization of the Harbor of Saww Compared to the Harbors at Ayn Soukhna and Wadi El-Jarf -- Organization of Mersa/Wadi Gawasis Seafaring Expeditions in the 12th Dynasty : The Textual Evidence -- Textual Evidence at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis -- Stelae -- Cargo Box Inscriptions -- Sealings and Papyri -- Ostraca -- Two Wooden Tags -- Dates of Known Expeditions Based on Textual Evidence -- Translation by Eugene Cruz-Uribe of the Hieroglyphic Text of the Ankhu Stela (Eastern Jamb, Central Block, and Western Jamb) Found at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis by A.M. Sayed and Recorded in These Articles --^Organization of Seafaring Expeditions from Mersa/Wadi Gawasis in the 12th Dynasty : Archaeological Evidence at the Harbor -- Archaeological Evidence of Seafaring Expeditions at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis -- Shipbuilding -- Ship Technology -- Ship Wood -- Cargo Boxes -- Rope/Ship Rigging -- Linen : Ship Sails, Caulking(?), and Clothing -- Copper Alloy Strips for Ship Timber Fastenings -- Other Expedition Supplies: Clothing, Footwear, Camp Furnishings -- Egyptian Ceramics at the Harbor Site -- Non-Egyptian Ceramics at the Harbor Site -- Shelter for Expedition Members -- Food Supplies and Storage, Food Processing and Baking/Cooking -- Local Production of Stone Tools -- Non-Egyptian Stone Tools at the Harbor Site -- Summary -- Appendix : Bread Baking Experiments -- Ancient Egyptian Bread Making -- Evidence of Bread Making at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis -- Experimenting with Middle Kingdom Bread Making -- Conclusions --^Interpreting Ideology at Saww : Ritual Practices, Memorial Shrines, and Commemorative Stelae -- Ceremonial Shrines and Commemorative Stelae at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis -- Shrines Constructed along the Red Sea Coast -- Shrines/Monuments on the Terrace Top Overlooking Wadi Gawasis -- The Alcove Shrine along the Western Terrace Slope -- Stelae -- Stelae in Monumental Structures -- Stelae at Mersa Gawasis -- Stelae Placed in Niches Carved in the Western Terrace Wall -- Use of Stelae at Saww -- Mersa/Wadi Gawasis Stelae and the Gods -- Archaeology of Ritual and Religion at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis -- The Land of Punt : A View from Mersa/Wadi Gawasis -- Punt and Mersa/Wadi Gawasis -- The Land of Punt : Egyptian Evidence -- Location of Punt : Natural Resources (Figure 41) -- The Land of Punt : Cultural Evidence (Figure 43) -- Punt and Bia-Punt, and the Evidence from Mersa/Wadi Gawasis : Inscriptions -- Punt and the Evidence from Mersa/WadiGawasis : Paleoethnobotanical Remains and Lithics --^Punt and the Evidence from Mersa/Wadi Gawasis : Exotic Ceramics -- Location of Bia-Punt and Punt: Ceramic Evidence at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis -- Long-distance Routes Involved in the Punt Expeditions -- Routes from Egypt to Punt/Bia-Punt -- The Levant and Maritime Trade with Punt -- Land Routes from the Nile Valley to the Red Sea Coast -- Sea Route to and from the Southern Red Sea -- Land Routes in Punt/Bia-Punt -- Maritime Expeditions to Punt/Bia-Punt -- The 12th Dynasty Punt/Bia-Punt Expeditions from Mersa/Wadi Gawasis. 
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651 0 |a Mersa Gawasis Site (Egypt)  |x Antiquities. 
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