TY - JOUR
T1 - The Twenty-Fifth Dynasty Theban Mortuary Temple of the Vizier Nebneteru, Reused by Khonsuirdis and Others
AU - Howley, Kathryn
AU - Creasman, Pearce Paul
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition, Pima Community College Centre for Archaeological Field Training (Tucson, Arizona), Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona, and the Institute of Archaeological Research & Discovery.
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PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - The Third Intermediate Period temple tomb, or mortuary temple, of Nebneteru, most often referred to as the tomb of Khonsuirdis, was described by Petrie as ‘one of the most prominent landmarks of the western side of Thebes’, yet remains little discussed in the scholarly literature. It was excavated by Petrie in the 1890s and more fully by an Italian team in the 1970s, but never fully published. The scattered references to archaeological and textual evidence for the monument and those interred within it are surveyed in this article, including new evidence from the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition’s excavations at the adjoining site of the Tausret Memorial Temple. In light of recently updated understandings of Third Intermediate Period material culture, an argument is made for a revised early Twenty-Fifth Dynasty dating of the monument. The mortuary temple of Nebneteru, though little known, offers a rare and interesting glimpse into the funerary belief and practice of the Egyptian high élite in the early Twenty-Fifth Dynasty.
AB - The Third Intermediate Period temple tomb, or mortuary temple, of Nebneteru, most often referred to as the tomb of Khonsuirdis, was described by Petrie as ‘one of the most prominent landmarks of the western side of Thebes’, yet remains little discussed in the scholarly literature. It was excavated by Petrie in the 1890s and more fully by an Italian team in the 1970s, but never fully published. The scattered references to archaeological and textual evidence for the monument and those interred within it are surveyed in this article, including new evidence from the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition’s excavations at the adjoining site of the Tausret Memorial Temple. In light of recently updated understandings of Third Intermediate Period material culture, an argument is made for a revised early Twenty-Fifth Dynasty dating of the monument. The mortuary temple of Nebneteru, though little known, offers a rare and interesting glimpse into the funerary belief and practice of the Egyptian high élite in the early Twenty-Fifth Dynasty.
KW - Khonsuirdis
KW - Nebneteru
KW - Third Intermediate Period
KW - mortuary temple
KW - temple tomb
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U2 - 10.1177/03075133211042904
DO - 10.1177/03075133211042904
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118571553
SN - 0307-5133
VL - 107
SP - 105
EP - 114
JO - Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
JF - Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
IS - 1-2
ER -