An important examination of Coptic monastery ruins producing many fragments of Coptic manuscripts.

This is a facsimile reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1907 account of excavations at Gizeh and at Dier Rifeh in Upper Egypt, just south of Asyut. At Gizeh excavations focused on a cemetery lying on a ridge about 1 km south of the Great Pyramid while work at Rifeh extended from a well-known Coptic village for about 5 km southwards to beyond the village of Zowyeh, and mostly investigated several cemeteries in the plain of primarily XIth–XVIIth Dynasty date. The area contained numerous Coptic settlements and the ruins of Coptic monasteries at Balyzeh and Ganadleh were excavated, producing many fragments of Coptic manuscripts. A chronologically ordered account of the tombs excavated begins with those at Gizeh followed by Zaraby and Zowyeh and then Rifeh. Those at Rifeh produced around 150, previously rarely encountered, ‘soul houses’, being clay models of contemporary dwellings used as offering trays, which are discussed in detail. A classification of pottery is provided. Later burials were also excavated at the cemeteries close to Gizeh where three Demotic inscriptions and several cartonnages of papyri were recovered. The Demotic inscriptions and Coptic manuscripts are described with translations.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• INTRODUCTION
• 1. Work at Gizeh
• 2. Work at Rifeh
• 3. Coptic sites
• CHAPTER I THE IST DYNASTY. GIZEH.
• 4. The discovery of the tomb
• 5. The structure of the tomb
• 6. The mastaba and graves around
• 7. The stuccoed tomb
• 8. The plans of the burials
• 9. The stone vases
• 10. The palettes, tools, and flints
• 11. The toilet objects and ivories
• 12. The bracelet of hawks
• 13. The measurements
• CHAPTER II THE lIND AND IIIRD DYNASTIES. GIZEH.
• 14. The re-used tomb
• 15. The stone vasesr
• 16. The hill mastaba
• 17. Flint, marbles, and copper
• 18. The measurements
• CHAPTER III THE IVTH—VITH DYNASTIES. GIZEH.
• 19. The system of tombs
• 20. The inscriptions
• CHAPTER IV THE VITH DYNASTY. ZARABY AND ZOWYEH
• 21. The system of graves
• 22. The stone vases and pottery
• 23. The other objects
• CHAPTER V THE IXTH—XIITH DYNASTIES. RIFEH
• 24. Age of the cemetery
• 25. The rock-tombs
• 26. The tomb of Nekht-ankh
• 27. The tomb of Khnumu-hotep
• 28. The shoal graves
• 29. The statuettes and carvings
• 30. The alabaster vases
• 31. The beads
• 32. The weapons
• 33. The pottery
• CHAPTER VI THE SOUL-HOUSES. RIFEH.
• 34. Position of models
• 35. Origin of models
• 36. Imitations of houses
• 37. Date of models
• 38. The types
• 39. The trays of offeringss
• 40. A. Shelter without satah.
• 41. B. Shelter with satah
• 42. C. Hut chamber
• 43. D. Chamber with portico
• 44. E. Satah between mulqafs
• 45. F. Several chambers
• 46. G. Satah across mulqafs.
• 47. H. Satah divided in three
• 48. J. Two mulqafs and satahs
• 49. K. Closed door
• 50. L. No mulqafs. Furniture
• 51. M. Closed court
• 52. N. Stripes on wall
• 53. Walls and roofs
• 54. Stairways
• 55. Windows and doorways
• 56. Columns
• 57. The spout and offerings
• 58. The bins and corn-grinder
• 59. The furniture
• CHAPTER VII THE XIIIth—XVIth DYNASTIES. RIFEH.
• 60. The graves
• 61. The objects found
• 62. The pottery
• CHAPTER VIII THE XVIIIth—XXth DYNASTIES. RIFEH.
• 63. The tombs
• 64. The stone work
• 65. The shabtis
• 66. Funeral furniture and canopics
• 67. The alabaster vases
• 68. The pottery and clay models
• 69. The tomb with Ramessu III
• 70. The site of Khaemuas, Gizeh
• CHAPTER IX THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE POTTERY.
• 71. The IXth—Xth dynasties, Pl. XIII A
• 72. The Xth—Xlth dynasties, Pl. XIII B,C
• 73. The Xlth—Xllth dynasties, Pl. XIII D
• 74. Division into classes, XVIIIth dynasty.
• 75. Objects found with pottery
• 76. Cubit decimally divided
• 77. Tomb of Nekht-ankh
• 78. Hieratic Papyrus
• CHAPTER X SAITE AND LATER PERIODS.
• 79. Tombof Thary
• 80. Burials at Gizeh
• 81. Demotic inscriptions, Gizeh
• 82. Greek papyri, Rifeh
• 83. Coptic excavations
• CHAPTER XI THE DEMOTIC PAPYRI SIR HERBERT HTOMPSON, BART
• 84. Description of papyri
• 85. Papyri from case A
• 86. Papyri from case B
• 87. Papyri from case C, D
• 88. Papyri from case E
• 89. Papyri from case F, G, H, K
• 90. Tabular statement
• 91. Contract translated
• 92. Embalming contract
• 93. Account of ibises, etc.
• 94. List of cleruchs
• 95. Fragment of an historical romance
• CHAPTER XII THE COPTIC MANUSCRIPTS By W. E. CRUM.
• 96. The monastery of S. Apollo
• 97. Biblical and Apocryphal MSS
• 98. Liturgies and Homilies
• 99. Acta
• 100. History and aphorisms
• 101. Geography
• 102. Dates and officials
• 103. Taxation
• 104. Marriage contract
• 105. Accounts
• 106. The Dialect
• Present position of objects
• ADDENDUM on Libyan Inscriptions