Current Research in Egyptology 2017: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Symposium

Current Research in Egyptology 2017 presents papers delivered during the eighteenth meeting of this international conference, held at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, 3–6 May, 2017. Some 122 scholars from all over the world gathered in Naples to attend three simultaneous sessions of papers and posters, focussed on a large variety of subjects: Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt, Nubian Studies, Language and Texts, Art and Architecture, Religion and Cult, Field Projects, Museums and Archives, Material Culture, Mummies and Coffins, Society, Technologies applied to Egyptology, Environment. The participants attended seven keynote presentations given by Rosanna Pirelli (Egyptologist), Irene Bragantini (Roman Archaeologist) and Andrea Manzo (Nubian Archaeologist) from the University of Naples “L’Orientale”; Marilina Betrò (Egyptologist) from Pisa University; Patrizia Piacentini (Egyptologist) from Milan University; Christian Greco (Director of Turin Egyptian Museum) and Daniela Picchi (Archaeological Museum of Bologna). Delegates were able to take advantage of a guided tour of the Oriental Museum Umberto Scerrato (University of Naples “L’Orientale”), access to the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN) and guided tours of the archaeological site of Pompeii and the Gaiola Underwater Park. The editors dedicate this volume to the late Prof. Claudio Barocas who inaugurated the teaching of Egyptology and Coptic Language and Literature in Naples.

Table of Contents

Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Aba Island – Sudan – Ahmed Hussein Abdelrahman Adam

Livelihood activities and food tradition in Kushite Nubia – Marco Baldi

The Valley of the Queens: some preliminary remarks on the social identity of the 18th-dynasty tomb owners – Emanuele Casini

Current and past research between Tebtynis and Padua: from sand to aerospace – Giulia Deotto, Ian Begg, Alessandra Menegazzi, Carlo Urbani, Andrea Meleri, Luca Toninello, Luigi Magnini, Laura Burigana, Armando De Guio, Ivana Angelini, Cinzia Bettineschi, Gianmario Molin, Giuseppe Salemi, Paola Zanovello

Forgotten treasures: a journey (re)discovering the amulets of the Kerma Culture in the storerooms of the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston and in the Sudan National Museum of Khartoum – Elena D’Itria

Tahai’s Secret: a Closer Look at the Coffin Ensemble of Lady Tahai from the ‘Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig’ in Switzerland – Charlotte Hunkeler

Three’s a Crowd: the Possibility of Polygyny in New Kingdom Thebes – Ellen Jones

‘They were like lions roaring upon the mountain-crests’: Soundscapes of war in New Kingdom Egypt – Uroš Matić

The curious case of priest Iufaa. Preliminary remarks on texts on the inner side of the outer sarcophagus – Diana Míčková

One More for the Road: Beer, Sacrifice and Commemoration in Ancient Nubian Burials of the Classic Kerma Period – Elizabeth Minor

Old Kingdom sarcophagi – The Abusir corpus – Věra Nováková

Coffin Text spell 246: A description of the moon in conjunction with the sun – Gyula Priskin

Macro-lithic tools and cupules in the Gash Delta (Eastern Sudan): a preliminary study – Francesco Michele Rega

Stone architectural elements of the monastery at Manqabad and their typological classification – Anna Salsano

The monumental tombs of the Asasif from the 25th-26th dynasties, between «cultural archive» and place of worship – Valeria Tappeti

Glazed terracotta decorations from the palace of Natakamani (B1500) at Napata: a typological and iconographical analysis. Italian Archaeological Mission in Sudan at Jebel Barkal (Università Ca' Foscari, Venice) – Salvatore Taurino

Egyptian metrics: a morphological approach – Stefano Vittori