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Papers by Dina Metawi
Publication of a block statue (JE 36668) with a separate fragmentary base (JE 36669). Both obje... more Publication of a block statue (JE 36668) with a separate fragmentary
base (JE 36669). Both objects came from the Karnak Cachette and
are on display at the Cairo Museum. The statue owner; a man
named Dd-Hr held a number of important priestly titles, such as: it-
nTr, Hm-nTr, Hm-Dw, and rdwy-nTr of Amun at Karnak. The statue
can be dated, on stylistic grounds, to the Post-Persian Period
This contribution publishes for the first time a wooden scribal palette in the Cairo Museum (King... more This contribution publishes for the first time a wooden scribal palette in the Cairo Museum (King Farouk Coll. no. 825). The object belongs to a man named s3-Jmn who served as a ‘scribe of the royal son’. In light of its inscriptional material, the palette is of Roman date. It provides a rare attestation for the title ‘zS-n-z3-nswt’ in Roman Egypt.
First publication of a block statue from the Karnak Cachette (CK 736), now in the basement of the... more First publication of a block statue from the Karnak Cachette (CK 736), now in the basement of the Cairo Museum (JE 37973). The statue was commissioned by the ‘sistrum player for Amun’ Asetreshet for her father Nakhtmontu; a prominent Theban priest at Karnak. The primary interest of the object is its owner’s title Hrj mnx.t n Jmn ‘superior of clothing of Amun’. The object is probably to be dated, on stylistic grounds, as well as by its inscriptional material, to the Ptolemaic era.
Publication of a limestone pair statue of Iryneferu and Mutakhet in the basement of the Cairo Mus... more Publication of a limestone pair statue of Iryneferu and Mutakhet in the basement of the Cairo Museum. It can be dated on stylistic grounds to the Eighteenth Dynasty. In it, Iryneferu bears the rarely attested title of ini Sfnw n Imn ‘Collector of bushes of Amun’. Mutakhet is not given any kinship term relating her to Iryneferu on the sculpture apart from being ‘his beloved’ and the “mistress of the house”. Yet, her name occurs on another pair statue (BM EA29), as well as on a funerary cone (UCL 37516) that possibly belong to the same Iryneferu. Interestingly, on BM EA29 she is referred to as “his daughter,” whereas on UCL 37516 she is said to be “his wife”.
This contribution publishes for the first time a limestone stela on display at the Cairo Museum (... more This contribution publishes for the first time a limestone stela on display at the Cairo Museum (JE 18924 [TR.20/1/21/31]) belonging to a man named Ṯnr, who served as an outline-draftsman in the Late Eighteenth Dynasty, probably in the reign of Thutmose IV / Amenhotep III, to judge by a dating on stylistic grounds. Interestingly, Osiris is designated on the stela as ḫnty ʾIꜢbt, “foremost of the East.”
Publication of a limestone dyad in the Cairo Museum (BN 104) representing Nebnefer, ‘a wab-aq pri... more Publication of a limestone dyad in the Cairo Museum (BN 104) representing Nebnefer, ‘a wab-aq priest of Amun in Henket-ankh’, and his wife. Stylistically the dyad is probably datable to the reign of Thutmose III, and it also bears his cartouche. Nebnefer’s filiation formula refers to him as 'born of the royal mother’, possibly making him a hitherto unknown brother of Thutmose III. If so, the dyad provides a previously unattested title for Queen Isis, the mother of Thutmose III: wrt xnr aAt (n) Imn. Notwithstanding Nebnefer’s titular association with the temple of Henket-ankh, Greek graffiti scratched on the statue base, published here for the first time, argue for a different provenance for the dyad.
Publication of two objects in the Cairo Museum: a kneeling naophorous statue (CG 670) and an Osir... more Publication of two objects in the Cairo Museum: a kneeling naophorous statue (CG 670) and an Osiris statuette (JE 37031). Both objects belong to Pedesi who served as a chamberlain of the divine adoratress, and can be dated on stylistic grounds to the transitional period between the Kushite and the early Saite Dynasty. CG 670 is an excellent example of the artistic trends of its period, and JE 37031 introduces a specific aspect of Osiris as “lord of light” or “luminary.” The article deals with the stylistic details of both sculptures, along with an analysis of their inscriptions.
Publication of a limestone stela from Saqqara on display in the Cairo Museum (JE 20222). The stel... more Publication of a limestone stela from Saqqara on display in the Cairo Museum (JE 20222). The stela was commissioned by a man named Neferher (Nfr-Hr) and can be dated, on stylistic grounds, to the post-Amarna period; reign of Tutankhamun or his immediate successor Ay.
In the basement of the Cairo Museum, is a basalt statuette of a man named Nakht-ankh. The object ... more In the basement of the Cairo Museum, is a basalt statuette of a man named Nakht-ankh. The object is part of a collection formerly belonging to King Farouk, which was confiscated after the 1952 revolution and was brought to the Cairo Museum. It bears no. 745 in the collection and the Special Register no. 121(box no. 6). No provenance or date is given for the statuette in the museum records. The stylistic details of the sculpture, however, are typical of the late fourth to early third centuries BC. Certain epigraphic features also support a Ptolemaic date for the statuette. The statuette owner Nakht-ankh held the combined title H3tj-c jmj-r ḥm-ntr ‘the count and overseer of priests’. Holders of this title directed local temples and played a significant role in mining expeditions, as evident from rock inscriptions discovered in Egypt’s southern eastern desert. The abrupt text on Nakht-ankh’s statuette gives no clue as to where he held his office, and his filiation does not contain enough details to allow him to be securely identified with other individuals. This paper discusses the stylistic and epigraphic details of the statuette. Furthermore, it hints at a possible relation between the statuette owner and a graffito from Wadi-el-Hudi (WH.29).
Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, 2015
Publication of a quartzite pair statue of Nebwa and his wife Mutnefert in the basement of the Cai... more Publication of a quartzite pair statue of Nebwa and his wife Mutnefert in the basement of the Cairo Museum (TR.29/9/14/5). A number of objects have already been attributed to Nebwa who served as ‘First prophet of Amun of PA-iw’ under Horemheb. In this paper, a yet unpublished statue, not without interest, can be added to
the list of monuments of this high official.
Publication of a limestone false door stela in the basement of the Cairo Museum (without number),... more Publication of a limestone false door stela in the basement of the Cairo Museum (without number), including commentary on its style, iconography, and palaeography. The owner of the false door, a man named ‘Wdja-djeri’, held a number of important titles, such as ‘the superintendant of the xntyw-S officials (tenants) of the palace (sHD xntyw-S pr-aA), the overseer of apportionments (imy-rA wpt), and the regulator of phyles of the pyramid ‘Established is the Perfection of Meryre’(mty n sA Mry-Ra Mn-nfr). The occurrence of Pepi I’s later throne name (Meryre) in the inscriptions offers a terminus ante quem non for the false door. Other stylistic and palaeographic details suggest a later date possibly in the early years of Pepy II’s reign.
Egyptian Journal of Tourism and Hospitality, 2014
Publication of a stelophoros statuette in the British Museum (BM EA 346). The statuette was commi... more Publication of a stelophoros statuette in the British Museum (BM EA 346). The statuette was commissioned by a man named Userhat for his father Kati. It can be linked to the group of stelophoroi, popular throughout the Eighteenth Dynasty, in which the deceased was represented kneeling behind a stela, his hands raised in a hymn of praise to the sun god. Stylistic details of the sculpture suggest a date in the reign of Amenhotep II, not excluding a later date under Thutmose IV.
Work in progress by Dina Metawi
by Sébastien Biston-Moulin, Anaïs Tillier, Cédric Larcher, Gabriella Dembitz, Charlie Labarta, Jérémy Hourdin, Ali Ali Abdel Halim, Romane Betbeze, Léo Cagnard, Silke Caßor-Pfeiffer, Marion Claude, Marie-Paule Jung, Dina Metawi, Elena Panaite, Anne-Hélène Perrot, Renaud Pietri, Mohamed Raafat Abbas, Laurie Rouvière Madiot, Chiara Salvador, and Florie Pirou
Cette première livraison de l’inventaire bibliographique des monuments, objets, scènes et inscrip... more Cette première livraison de l’inventaire bibliographique des monuments, objets, scènes et inscriptions des temples de Karnak a été rendue possible par le travail de dépouillement systématique de la documentation épigraphique des temples de Karnak dans le cadre du projet Karnak (Programme « Investissement d’Avenir » ANR-11-LABX-0032-01 Labex ARCHIMEDE). Débuté en 2013, ce projet d’édition des inscriptions des temples de Karnak a pour ambition de collecter, d’organiser et de rendre accessible le corpus des sources textuelles en hiéroglyphe, hiératique et démotique présentes ou issues des temples de Karnak. Depuis près de trois ans, ce projet rend ainsi progressivement disponibles dans une interface accessible en ligne les textes publiés ou encore inédits de Karnak, collationnés in situ.
Près d’un demi-siècle après la dernière version actualisée publiée de la Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings de Bertha Porter et Rosalind Moss consacrée aux temples thébains, ce nouvel inventaire de la décoration des temples de Karnak permet d’inclure l’abondante bibliographie parue depuis, dont les nombreux projets archéologiques et épigraphiques conduits par le Centre Franco-Égyptien d’Étude des Temples de Karnak depuis sa création en 1967 (15 volumes des Cahiers de Karnak, plus d’une vingtaine de monographies et des centaines d’articles).
Les premières versions de l’Inventaire des monuments, objets, scènes et inscriptions des temples de Karnak sont diffusées, avec une date de version, au format PdF depuis les sites internet du Centre Franco-Égyptien d’Étude des Temples de Karnak (MAE/USR 3172 du CNRS) et de l’équipe d’égyptologie de l’université de Montpellier (UMR 5140 du CNRS).
Project by Dina Metawi
Publication of a block statue (JE 36668) with a separate fragmentary base (JE 36669). Both obje... more Publication of a block statue (JE 36668) with a separate fragmentary
base (JE 36669). Both objects came from the Karnak Cachette and
are on display at the Cairo Museum. The statue owner; a man
named Dd-Hr held a number of important priestly titles, such as: it-
nTr, Hm-nTr, Hm-Dw, and rdwy-nTr of Amun at Karnak. The statue
can be dated, on stylistic grounds, to the Post-Persian Period
This contribution publishes for the first time a wooden scribal palette in the Cairo Museum (King... more This contribution publishes for the first time a wooden scribal palette in the Cairo Museum (King Farouk Coll. no. 825). The object belongs to a man named s3-Jmn who served as a ‘scribe of the royal son’. In light of its inscriptional material, the palette is of Roman date. It provides a rare attestation for the title ‘zS-n-z3-nswt’ in Roman Egypt.
First publication of a block statue from the Karnak Cachette (CK 736), now in the basement of the... more First publication of a block statue from the Karnak Cachette (CK 736), now in the basement of the Cairo Museum (JE 37973). The statue was commissioned by the ‘sistrum player for Amun’ Asetreshet for her father Nakhtmontu; a prominent Theban priest at Karnak. The primary interest of the object is its owner’s title Hrj mnx.t n Jmn ‘superior of clothing of Amun’. The object is probably to be dated, on stylistic grounds, as well as by its inscriptional material, to the Ptolemaic era.
Publication of a limestone pair statue of Iryneferu and Mutakhet in the basement of the Cairo Mus... more Publication of a limestone pair statue of Iryneferu and Mutakhet in the basement of the Cairo Museum. It can be dated on stylistic grounds to the Eighteenth Dynasty. In it, Iryneferu bears the rarely attested title of ini Sfnw n Imn ‘Collector of bushes of Amun’. Mutakhet is not given any kinship term relating her to Iryneferu on the sculpture apart from being ‘his beloved’ and the “mistress of the house”. Yet, her name occurs on another pair statue (BM EA29), as well as on a funerary cone (UCL 37516) that possibly belong to the same Iryneferu. Interestingly, on BM EA29 she is referred to as “his daughter,” whereas on UCL 37516 she is said to be “his wife”.
This contribution publishes for the first time a limestone stela on display at the Cairo Museum (... more This contribution publishes for the first time a limestone stela on display at the Cairo Museum (JE 18924 [TR.20/1/21/31]) belonging to a man named Ṯnr, who served as an outline-draftsman in the Late Eighteenth Dynasty, probably in the reign of Thutmose IV / Amenhotep III, to judge by a dating on stylistic grounds. Interestingly, Osiris is designated on the stela as ḫnty ʾIꜢbt, “foremost of the East.”
Publication of a limestone dyad in the Cairo Museum (BN 104) representing Nebnefer, ‘a wab-aq pri... more Publication of a limestone dyad in the Cairo Museum (BN 104) representing Nebnefer, ‘a wab-aq priest of Amun in Henket-ankh’, and his wife. Stylistically the dyad is probably datable to the reign of Thutmose III, and it also bears his cartouche. Nebnefer’s filiation formula refers to him as 'born of the royal mother’, possibly making him a hitherto unknown brother of Thutmose III. If so, the dyad provides a previously unattested title for Queen Isis, the mother of Thutmose III: wrt xnr aAt (n) Imn. Notwithstanding Nebnefer’s titular association with the temple of Henket-ankh, Greek graffiti scratched on the statue base, published here for the first time, argue for a different provenance for the dyad.
Publication of two objects in the Cairo Museum: a kneeling naophorous statue (CG 670) and an Osir... more Publication of two objects in the Cairo Museum: a kneeling naophorous statue (CG 670) and an Osiris statuette (JE 37031). Both objects belong to Pedesi who served as a chamberlain of the divine adoratress, and can be dated on stylistic grounds to the transitional period between the Kushite and the early Saite Dynasty. CG 670 is an excellent example of the artistic trends of its period, and JE 37031 introduces a specific aspect of Osiris as “lord of light” or “luminary.” The article deals with the stylistic details of both sculptures, along with an analysis of their inscriptions.
Publication of a limestone stela from Saqqara on display in the Cairo Museum (JE 20222). The stel... more Publication of a limestone stela from Saqqara on display in the Cairo Museum (JE 20222). The stela was commissioned by a man named Neferher (Nfr-Hr) and can be dated, on stylistic grounds, to the post-Amarna period; reign of Tutankhamun or his immediate successor Ay.
In the basement of the Cairo Museum, is a basalt statuette of a man named Nakht-ankh. The object ... more In the basement of the Cairo Museum, is a basalt statuette of a man named Nakht-ankh. The object is part of a collection formerly belonging to King Farouk, which was confiscated after the 1952 revolution and was brought to the Cairo Museum. It bears no. 745 in the collection and the Special Register no. 121(box no. 6). No provenance or date is given for the statuette in the museum records. The stylistic details of the sculpture, however, are typical of the late fourth to early third centuries BC. Certain epigraphic features also support a Ptolemaic date for the statuette. The statuette owner Nakht-ankh held the combined title H3tj-c jmj-r ḥm-ntr ‘the count and overseer of priests’. Holders of this title directed local temples and played a significant role in mining expeditions, as evident from rock inscriptions discovered in Egypt’s southern eastern desert. The abrupt text on Nakht-ankh’s statuette gives no clue as to where he held his office, and his filiation does not contain enough details to allow him to be securely identified with other individuals. This paper discusses the stylistic and epigraphic details of the statuette. Furthermore, it hints at a possible relation between the statuette owner and a graffito from Wadi-el-Hudi (WH.29).
Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, 2015
Publication of a quartzite pair statue of Nebwa and his wife Mutnefert in the basement of the Cai... more Publication of a quartzite pair statue of Nebwa and his wife Mutnefert in the basement of the Cairo Museum (TR.29/9/14/5). A number of objects have already been attributed to Nebwa who served as ‘First prophet of Amun of PA-iw’ under Horemheb. In this paper, a yet unpublished statue, not without interest, can be added to
the list of monuments of this high official.
Publication of a limestone false door stela in the basement of the Cairo Museum (without number),... more Publication of a limestone false door stela in the basement of the Cairo Museum (without number), including commentary on its style, iconography, and palaeography. The owner of the false door, a man named ‘Wdja-djeri’, held a number of important titles, such as ‘the superintendant of the xntyw-S officials (tenants) of the palace (sHD xntyw-S pr-aA), the overseer of apportionments (imy-rA wpt), and the regulator of phyles of the pyramid ‘Established is the Perfection of Meryre’(mty n sA Mry-Ra Mn-nfr). The occurrence of Pepi I’s later throne name (Meryre) in the inscriptions offers a terminus ante quem non for the false door. Other stylistic and palaeographic details suggest a later date possibly in the early years of Pepy II’s reign.
Egyptian Journal of Tourism and Hospitality, 2014
Publication of a stelophoros statuette in the British Museum (BM EA 346). The statuette was commi... more Publication of a stelophoros statuette in the British Museum (BM EA 346). The statuette was commissioned by a man named Userhat for his father Kati. It can be linked to the group of stelophoroi, popular throughout the Eighteenth Dynasty, in which the deceased was represented kneeling behind a stela, his hands raised in a hymn of praise to the sun god. Stylistic details of the sculpture suggest a date in the reign of Amenhotep II, not excluding a later date under Thutmose IV.
by Sébastien Biston-Moulin, Anaïs Tillier, Cédric Larcher, Gabriella Dembitz, Charlie Labarta, Jérémy Hourdin, Ali Ali Abdel Halim, Romane Betbeze, Léo Cagnard, Silke Caßor-Pfeiffer, Marion Claude, Marie-Paule Jung, Dina Metawi, Elena Panaite, Anne-Hélène Perrot, Renaud Pietri, Mohamed Raafat Abbas, Laurie Rouvière Madiot, Chiara Salvador, and Florie Pirou
Cette première livraison de l’inventaire bibliographique des monuments, objets, scènes et inscrip... more Cette première livraison de l’inventaire bibliographique des monuments, objets, scènes et inscriptions des temples de Karnak a été rendue possible par le travail de dépouillement systématique de la documentation épigraphique des temples de Karnak dans le cadre du projet Karnak (Programme « Investissement d’Avenir » ANR-11-LABX-0032-01 Labex ARCHIMEDE). Débuté en 2013, ce projet d’édition des inscriptions des temples de Karnak a pour ambition de collecter, d’organiser et de rendre accessible le corpus des sources textuelles en hiéroglyphe, hiératique et démotique présentes ou issues des temples de Karnak. Depuis près de trois ans, ce projet rend ainsi progressivement disponibles dans une interface accessible en ligne les textes publiés ou encore inédits de Karnak, collationnés in situ.
Près d’un demi-siècle après la dernière version actualisée publiée de la Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings de Bertha Porter et Rosalind Moss consacrée aux temples thébains, ce nouvel inventaire de la décoration des temples de Karnak permet d’inclure l’abondante bibliographie parue depuis, dont les nombreux projets archéologiques et épigraphiques conduits par le Centre Franco-Égyptien d’Étude des Temples de Karnak depuis sa création en 1967 (15 volumes des Cahiers de Karnak, plus d’une vingtaine de monographies et des centaines d’articles).
Les premières versions de l’Inventaire des monuments, objets, scènes et inscriptions des temples de Karnak sont diffusées, avec une date de version, au format PdF depuis les sites internet du Centre Franco-Égyptien d’Étude des Temples de Karnak (MAE/USR 3172 du CNRS) et de l’équipe d’égyptologie de l’université de Montpellier (UMR 5140 du CNRS).