The tombs of Asasif: archaeological explorationin the 2013/2014 season

Abstract

In the 2013/2014 season, a Polish team from the University of Wrocław started work inthe northern part of the Asasif necropolis, near the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari.An archaeological survey was carried out on the Asasif slope. Cleaning work and documentationwere undertaken of the architecture of four private tombs: MMA 509/TT 312, MMA 512,MMA 513/TT 314 and MMA 514, as well as the archaeological finds thereof. The rock-cut tombsbelong to a Middle Kingdom necropolis and were all reused in later times, especially in the ThirdIntermediate Period and Late Period.

Keywords

• Theban Necropolis
• Asasif
• Middle Kingdom
• Horhotep
• private rock-cut tombs