Research Catalog

Title

The tomb of Maya and Meryt.

Publication

London : Egypt Exploration Society, 2012-

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Details

Additional Authors

• Raven, Maarten J.
• Martin, Geoffrey Thorndike.
• Dijk, Jacobus van, 1953-
• Frazer, Kenneth J.
• Egypt Exploration Society.
• Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden.

Description

volumes : illustrations (some color, some folded); 32 cm.

Summary

Maya was one of the most important officials of state under Tutankhamun. The holder of many titles in the administration, the chief of which was overseer of the treasury, he was also responsible for the security of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Maya and his wife Meryt erected a magnificent tomb at Saqqara, the necropolis of the capital city, Memphis. Wrecked in antiquity by tomb robbers, much remained nevertheless to be recorded by the EES-Leiden mission, which located the tomb in 1986. The present volume by Geoffrey T. Martin provides a full record of the architecture, scenes and texts in the superstructure, as well as the unique painted substructure reliefs of the monument, detailed indexes, and an overview of the life of the tomb-owners. Publisher's note.

Series Statement

• Excavation memoir ; 99th
• Excavation memoir ; 65th.
• Excavation memoir ; 117th.

Uniform Title

• Excavation memoir ; 99th.
• Excavation memoir ; 65th.
• Excavation memoir ; 117th.

Subjects

• Tombs > Egypt > Ṣaqqārah
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Ṣaqqārah
• Ṣaqqārah (Egypt) > Antiquities

Note

• At head of title: Egypt Exploration Society in collaboration with the National Museum of Antiquities Leiden.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

I. The reliefs, inscriptions, and commentary -- 2. Objects and skeletal remains -- 3. The New Kingdom pottery.

ISBN

• 9780856982064
• 0856982067
• 9780856981395
• 0856981397
• 9780856982453
• 0856982458

OCLC

• ocm54984280
• 54984280
• SCSB-4251520

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries