Paperback ISBN: 9789464260151 | Hardback ISBN: 9789464260168 | Imprint: Sidestone Press | Format: 210x280mm | 380 pp. | Language: English | 75 illus. (bw) | 275 illus. (fc) | Keywords: Sudan; Nubia; New Kingdom; Sai Island; funerary practise; tomb architecture; burial customs; funerary archaeology; Egyptian archaeology; Egyptology | download cover
New Kingdom burial customs in Nubia (northern Sudan) are well traceable by means of large cemeteries, in particular Egyptian style rock-cut shaft tombs with pyramidal superstructures. These tombs and their contents have lately been discussed as important data sets offering insights into the diverse population, material culture, funerary and social practices in New Kingdom Nubia.
A new rock-cut shaft tomb, potentially with pyramidal superstructure (Tomb 26), was discovered by the AcrossBorders project on Sai Island in 2015. This tomb yielded intact interments of officials connected with the Egyptian administration of colonial Nubia, buried together with family members and rich burial assemblages. Tomb 26 allows a close comparison with contemporaneous evidence from the nearby New Kingdom town of Sai, therefore providing a more complete picture of life and death in New Kingdom colonial Nubia. This book is the final publication of Tomb 26, its architecture and material culture, including chapters on geology, human remains, scientific analyses and a compilation of the material discovered. New information provided by AcrossBorders excavations of Tomb 26 contribute to recently discussed questions regarding cultural encounters and social practices in New Kingdom Nubia. Comparable material from other tombs on Sai and elsewhere in Nubia is discussed in order to stress the relevance of the new discovery.
The archaeological contextualisation of Tomb 26, in combination with scientific analyses like strontium isotope analysis, offers fresh information on the complex coexistence of various cultural groups on Sai with slightly different approaches to their cultural and social affinities during the New Kingdom. Overall, Tomb 26 and its associated finds are of prime significance for understanding lived experience on New Kingdom Sai and more broadly in New Kingdom Nubia.
with contributions by
Johannes Auenmüller, Cajetan Geiger, Rennan Lemos, Andrea Stadlmayr and Marlies Wohlschlager
Preface
Julia BudkaChapter 1: Introduction
Julia BudkaChapter 2: AcrossBorders’ excavations in SAC5
Julia BudkaChapter 3: The architecture and building phases of Tomb 26
Julia BudkaChapter 4: The geology of Tomb 26
Cajetan GeigerChapter 5: The artefacts including the ceramics of Tomb 26
Julia BudkaChapter 6: Anthropological report of human remains recovered from Tomb 26
Marlies Wohlschlager and Andrea StadlmayrChapter 7: The individual tomb groups of Tomb 26
Julia BudkaChapter 8: The reconstruction of the use-life of Tomb 26
Julia BudkaChapter 9: Tomb 26 in the context of cemetery SAC5
Julia BudkaChapter 10: Cemetery SAC5 and its relation to the New Kingdom town of Sai
Julia BudkaChapter 11: Khnummose and a group of New Kingdom stone shabtis – insights into colonial society in 18th Dynasty Nubia
Johannes Auenmüller and Rennan LemosChapter 12: Summary
Julia BudkaBibliography
Appendix
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