25 Years of Archaeological and Epigraphic Work at Saqqara. Reconstructing the Tomb of Imephor Impy Nikauptah from Kom el-Khamaseen
Between 2019 and 2022, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona carried out archaeological excavations at the necropolis of Kom el-Khamaseen, in southwest Saqqara. The site has been excavated in its entirety. The “Kom el-Khamaseen Project”, however, is much older. It began with a small survey in 1997,...
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I28-R145-13730_oai2025-11-17 Cervelló Autuori, Josep 2023-12-01 Between 2019 and 2022, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona carried out archaeological excavations at the necropolis of Kom el-Khamaseen, in southwest Saqqara. The site has been excavated in its entirety. The “Kom el-Khamaseen Project”, however, is much older. It began with a small survey in 1997, making it 25 years old in 2022. The survey did not lead to an excavation because in 1999 the site was violently looted, resulting in the destruction of the funerary buildings that once stood there and the theft of many artefacts (decorated limestone blocks and block fragments and funerary statuettes) that later appeared on the antiquities market around the world. This paper explains the history of this research project and, based on all the evidence recovered from the site (after the 1999 looting and during the recent excavations) and traced in the antiquities market, proceeds to the reconstruction of the tomb of the best documented individual in the necropolis: the high priest of the gods Ptah and Sokar of Memphis called Imephor Impy Nikauptah. Entre 2019 y 2022 han tenido lugar las excavaciones arqueológicas de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona en la necrópolis de Kom el-Khamasin, en Saqqara suroeste. El yacimiento ha sido excavado en su totalidad. El “Proyecto Kom el-Khamasin”, sin embargo, es mucho más antiguo. Empezó con una pequeña prospección en el año 1997, por lo que en 2022 se cumplieron los 25 años. La prospección no dio paso a una excavación porque en 1999 el lugar fue objeto de un violento saqueo que destruyó los edificios funerarios que hubo en él y supuso que muchas piezas (bloques y fragmentos de bloques de caliza decorados y estatuillas funerarias) fueran robadas y aparecieran después en el mercado de antigüedades de todo el mundo. En este trabajo se explica la historia de este proyecto de investigación y, a partir de toda la evidencia recuperada del lugar (tras el saqueo de 1999 y durante las excavaciones recientes) y rastreada en el mercado de antigüedades, se procede a la reconstrucción de la tumba del personaje mejor documentado de la necrópolis: el sumo sacerdote de los dioses Ptah y Sokar de Menfis llamado Imephor Impy Nikauptah. application/pdf text/html https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/rihao/article/view/13730 10.34096/rihao.n24.13730 spa Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/rihao/article/view/13730/12194 https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/rihao/article/view/13730/12273 Revista del Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental 'Dr. Abraham Rosenvasser'; Núm. 24 (2023) 2683-9660 0325-1209 Saqqara First Intermediate Period Memphite priesthood archaeological plundering Saqqara Primer Período Intermedio sacerdocio menfita expolio arqueológico 25 Years of Archaeological and Epigraphic Work at Saqqara. Reconstructing the Tomb of Imephor Impy Nikauptah from Kom el-Khamaseen 25 años de trabajos arqueológicos y epigráficos en Saqqara. Reconstruyendo la tumba de Imephor Impy Nikauptah de Kom el-Khamasin info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=rihao&d=13730_oai |
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Between 2019 and 2022, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona carried out archaeological excavations at the necropolis of Kom el-Khamaseen, in southwest Saqqara. The site has been excavated in its entirety. The “Kom el-Khamaseen Project”, however, is much older. It began with a small survey in 1997, making it 25 years old in 2022. The survey did not lead to an excavation because in 1999 the site was violently looted, resulting in the destruction of the funerary buildings that once stood there and the theft of many artefacts (decorated limestone blocks and block fragments and funerary statuettes) that later appeared on the antiquities market around the world. This paper explains the history of this research project and, based on all the evidence recovered from the site (after the 1999 looting and during the recent excavations) and traced in the antiquities market, proceeds to the reconstruction of the tomb of the best documented individual in the necropolis: the high priest of the gods Ptah and Sokar of Memphis called Imephor Impy Nikauptah. |
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25 Years of Archaeological and Epigraphic Work at Saqqara. Reconstructing the Tomb of Imephor Impy Nikauptah from Kom el-Khamaseen |
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25 Years of Archaeological and Epigraphic Work at Saqqara. Reconstructing the Tomb of Imephor Impy Nikauptah from Kom el-Khamaseen |
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25 Years of Archaeological and Epigraphic Work at Saqqara. Reconstructing the Tomb of Imephor Impy Nikauptah from Kom el-Khamaseen |
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