An archaeozoological, archaeological, and religious-historical examination of the Ptolemaic-Roman temple herd and burial ground at Syene

这个项目的研究重点是位于今天的阿斯旺城市空间中的一个动物墓地，它从公元前2世纪上半叶一直使用到公元1世纪末。这里至少有315只动物，主要是绵羊，但也有狗、猫和小牛，与墓葬物品一起被存放在浅凹地中。一座由几个庭院环绕的梯形建筑显示了与墓葬和墓葬物品密切的时间和功能关系。这座建筑的中心部分包括一个升高的、两个房间的讲台，可以从北面通过楼梯进入。建筑的建设阶段可以与动物墓地的连续使用阶段相关联。对从这一仪式区域发现的陶器、墓葬物品和动物墓葬进行详细分析，旨在记录埋葬习俗，并评估历时的数量和质量变化，例如物种谱或物种和墓葬物品的内容和空间分布。该项目与考古学、考古学和埃及学密切合作，旨在阐明这一独特的动物墓地的类型和性质及其在托勒密和早期罗马城市锡耶纳的作用，同时更深入地了解当地的动物崇拜和相关的宗教观念。

Research in this project focuses on an animal necropolis situated in the urban space of present-day Aswan, which has been in use from the first half of the 2nd century BC till the end of the 1st century AD. Here at least 315 animals, mainly sheep but also dogs, cats and calves were deposited in shallow depressions together with grave goods. One terraced building surrounded by several courtyards shows a close chronological and functional relationship to the burials and grave goods. The centrepiece of this building consists of a raised, two-roomed podium that could be accessed from the north by a staircase. The construction phases of the building can be correlated with the consecutive phases of utilization of the animal cemetery. A detailed analysis of the ceramics, grave goods and the animal burials recovered from this ritual precinct is intended in order to document burial customs and evaluate diachronically quantitative and qualitative changes, e.g. in species spectrum or content and spatial distribution of species and grave goods. In close collaboration with Archaeology, Archaeozoology and Egyptology, this project intends to shed light on the type and nature of this unique animal cemetery and its role within the Ptolemaic and Early Roman city of Syene whilst providing deeper insight into local animal worship and associated religious conceptions.