The Rock-Tombs of Qubbet el-Hawa North. A new Necropolis and its Impact on Upper Egypt and Lower Nubia

北库贝特哈瓦 (Qubbet el-Hawa) 的岩石坟墓。

• 批准号: 339666446
• 负责人: Professorin Dr. Friederike Seyfried
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/339666446?language=en
• 关键词: Rock; Tombs; Qubbet; el; Hawa

The objective of this long-term project comprises the scientific excavation, documentation and publication of the recently discovered necropolis called Qubbet el-Hawa North in the region of Aswan (Upper Egypt). The find spot has been unknown to the scientific community until 2012, when the rock tombs had been discovered by local looters. The venture is based on a bilateral cooperation between the Ministry of Antiquities of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the local inspectorate of Aswan together with the German partners. The invitation for this joint venture has been offered by the Egyptian authorities in 2014. The region in question is situated on the west bank of the Nile and covers approximately 25.000 sqm. This cemetery turned out to be the direct chronological and geographical continuation of the main necropolis of the site, some 800 m to the south. Most of the ten – hitherto unknown – rock tombs can be dated to the New Kingdom (1550–1100 BC). A regional elite-necropolis of this important period was unidentified so far. The presence of the new necropolis closes a big gap in terms of the comprehension of local administrative patterns in the region of Aswan. Disregarding the severe damage by the looters inside the tombs, a lot of in-situ findings are traceable in the courtyards. Furthermore a huge amount of contemporary pottery is still preserved, which will help to clarify the chronological situation based on a detailed typological study for this particular region. The unique tomb architecture and the unusual delicate decoration as well as the hieroglyphic inscriptions will highlight many cultural aspects like the local development of rock-cut tombs or art historian and stylistic questions. In comparison with other Upper Egyptian nomes and the residential features at Thebes the necropolis of the Qubbet el-Hawa North will play a significant role. Prosopographical studies regarding the personal names and the depicted persons – in connection with anthropological and genetic investigations of skeletons and mummies – will offer the opportunity to estimate the quota of Nubian officials, priests and high ranking soldiers within the Ancient Egyptian local administration during the New Kingdom. It is of great importance in reference to further stratigraphical studies that at least two rock-cut tombs of the new necropolis can be dated to the late Old Kingdom (ca. 2200 BC).All those comprehensive studies will be based on the scientific documentation and publication of the individual tombs in a new special series related to the Qubbet el Hawa North. The results of the excavations of this new necropolis will shed new light on the understanding of many different archaeological and social aspects of the region in the 2nd millennium BC.

这个长期项目的目标包括对最近在阿斯旺（上埃及）地区发现的名为 Qubbet el-Hawa North 的墓地进行科学发掘、记录和出版。直到 2012 年，当地的盗墓者发现了这些石墓，科学界才知道这个发现地点。该合资企业基于阿拉伯埃及共和国文物部、阿斯旺当地检查机构与德国合作伙伴之间的双边合作。埃及当局于 2014 年向该合资企业发出邀请。该地区位于尼罗河西岸，占地约 25,000 平方米。事实证明，该墓地是该遗址主要墓地在时间和地理上的直接延续，位于南部约 800 m 处。十座至今未知的岩石墓穴中的大多数可追溯到新王国时期（公元前 1550 年至公元前 1100 年）。这一重要时期的区域精英墓地至今尚未确定。新墓地的存在弥补了人们对阿斯旺地区当地行政模式的理解方面的巨大差距。尽管墓葬内部遭到盗墓者的严重破坏，但在庭院中仍能找到很多现场发现的东西。此外，大量的当代陶器仍然保存下来，这将有助于根据对该特定地区的详细类型学研究来澄清年代情况。独特的墓葬建筑、异常精致的装饰以及象形文字铭文将突出许多文化方面，例如岩石墓葬的当地发展或艺术史和风格问题。与其他上埃及诺米和底比斯的住宅特征相比，库贝特哈瓦北墓地将发挥重要作用。关于人名和所描绘人物的相貌学研究——结合对骨骼和木乃伊的人类学和基因调查——将为估计新王国时期古埃及地方政府内努比亚官员、牧师和高级士兵的配额提供机会。新墓地中至少有两座岩石墓葬的历史可以追溯到古王国晚期（约公元前 2200 年），这对于进一步的地层学研究具有重要意义。所有这些综合研究都将基于与 Qubbet el Hawa North 相关的新特别系列中各个墓葬的科学记录和出版。这座新墓地的发掘结果将为了解公元前两千年该地区的许多不同考古和社会方面提供新的线索。