CONTENTS
Preface
Abbreviations
I The Tomb Owner and his Dependents
II Dating of Irukaptah
III Architectural Features
IV Scenes and Inscriptions
V The Statues
VI Decoration and Colour Conventions
Plates
Index
Dr Ann McFarlane
Often referred to as the 'Butcher's Tomb', the decorated tomb
of Irukaptah in the Unis Cemetery at Saqqara has been fully recorded
for publication. A well-preserved example of Old Kingdom rock
architecture, it retains much of its painted decoration. An outstanding
feature is the large number of engaged statues, some left in various
stages of completion which provide valuable information on the
progressive steps in the execution of rock-cut statuary. The volume
includes some comparisons of significant artistic and architectural
features with data from other near-contemporary tombs.
Dr Ann McFarlane is Hon. Associate in Egyptology, Macquarie University, Sydney. She is the author of The God Min to the End of the Old Kingdom (Sydney, 1995), co-author (with N. Kanawati) Akhmim in the Old Kingdom Part I: Chronology and Administration (Sydney, 1992), and editor of BACE 19901999. She has been a participant in Australian excavations of Old Kingdom sites in Egypt for 20 years, currently at Saqqara.
86pp. 50 plates pb 0 85668 818 5 (ACE Report 15) November 2000 $99 / £45
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