Faience objects from the Tomb MMA 1152 at Sheikh Abd el-Gurna

Abstract

Excavations in the area of tomb MMA 1152 at Sheikh Abd el-Gurna, conducted since2003, have uncovered a substantial set of faience objects coming from burials made there duringthe later Pharaonic Period, before the tomb became a hermitage for Coptic monks. Analysis of thematerial points to several episodes of reuse of the original Middle Kingdom structure in the ThirdIntermediate Period and the Late Period.

Keywords

• Sheikh Abd el-Gurna
• Third Intermediate Period
• Late Period
• burial
• mummy
• faience