LE NAVIRE MNŠ ET AUTRES NOTES DE VOYAGE EN EGYPTE
1978; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 64; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00253359.1978.10659074
ISSN2049-680X
Autores Tópico(s)Archaeology and Historical Studies
ResumoClick to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size SUMMARY 1. Under Ramses II and Ramses III, the Egyptians used for their maritime expeditions to distant parts, a type of merchant ship called mnš that was likely to have been built in their own shipyards. Close examination of the hieroglyphs at Karnak and Abydos does, however, show these mns ships to be foreign to the local tradition; they are indeed Syrian in design.2. Ship graffiti from Karnak and Dendera point to a greater complexity in the development of Egyptian shipping than one might have expected from the stereotyped vessels that are shown in Pharaonic representations. Some surprising types of ships appear in the graffiti, but unfortunately they are not easy to date.3. A relief in the Temple of Horus at Edfu brings complete confirmation of certain peculiarities of Egyptian rigging as described by Herodotus (11, 36).4. There is a stone-anchor in the Temple of Amon at Karnak which should be considered as an ex voto. Its characteristics evoke, in particular, a type of anchor that has, for instance, been found in the context of the Bronze Age port site at Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus; other anchors from the group bear Cypro-Minoan inscriptions.
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