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crucial mistake has occurred; where the author wants to translate "mammisi", the text
just says "house of him who sired him". On p. 26, instead of "vielleisse", the text has
"office", and on p. 27, instead of "l'eau (divine) qui sort du chateau de la naissance
divine du roi et de l'Ennade dans sa totalit", the reviewer would propose "divine
semen who came forth from the temple which the king has fashioned for the entire
ennead". These corrections should lead to a reconsideration of the principal ideas of the
author.
N. Arafa, "Les oreilles du roi au Nouvel Empire" (p. 35-49). The author assembles
attestations of the title "ears of the king" as well as an epithet "who fills the ears of
Horus with truth" (and variants) which, in the opinion of the reviewer, should better be
kept separate.
R. Assem, "Scenes of the Djed-Pillar" (p. 51-58). A study of the different appearances
of the djed-pillar in Theban tombs of the New Kingdom. The author concludes that
scenes of all individual types can occur in tombs in all areas of the Theban necropolis
as well as on all walls.
E. Bresciani, "Les temples de Medinet Madi. Pass et future d'une exploration
archologique dans le Fayoum" (p. 59-65). Illustrated with plans and drawings of some
reliefs, the author gives an overview of the excavation of the Middle Kingdom temples
of Medinet as well as the prospects for developing the site.
Z.Z. Gamal el-Deen, "Akhenaten's religion: A political view" (p. 67-80). Mainly
focusing on royal titularies, the author traces the development of the position of the
king towards solar religion. He adheres to the idea (formulated by Assmann) that
Akhenaten's religion developed out of the so-called "New Solar Theology" and that he
was assuming a central role as sole mediator between the god and the people.
M. Eldamaty, "Die leeren Kartuschen im Tempel von Edfu" (p. 81-101). Especially
during the later Ptolemaic Period, the cartouches of royal inscriptions have sometimes
been left empty instead of filling in a specific name. The author supposes that this fact
is due to the political unrest which induced the priests to keep neutral about
recognizing any pretender until the outcome was clear. Following the process of
building and decorating the temple of Edfu, he proposes a very fine-tuned attribution of
different types of completely or partially empty cartouches to different times of crisis,
especially during the years 108/107, 88, 81/80 and 58-55.
S. Gohary, "New Evidence on the Duration of Mummification" (p. 103-104). Short
remarks focusing on the evidence for the duration of the embalming process which can
be gleaned from a stela published by T. Handoussa in the same volume.
N. Grimal, "Nouveaux fragments des Annales de Thoutmosis III Karnak" (p. 105120). During conservation work in the temple of Karnak, some blocks of the annals of
Thutmosis III came to light which had been reused in constructions of Seti I. The
author publishes ten blocks in photograph, facsimile drawing and translation. On block
VII A, x+4 read probably "this noble god". For the important passage on block VII I,
x+5 (discussed p. 111f.), the interpretation of the author is grammatically impossible,
understand rather "lest others say that he made it in order to be a Ka-house [of ...]".
T. Handoussa, "A Stela of the God's Father Psametik" (p. 121-124). Publication of a
stela discovered in excavations of S. Tawfik. Giving neither photographs nor
hieroglyphs (only transliteration), the publication is of very limited usefulness. This is
all the more to be regretted as something seems problematic with the dates given in the
text: If the span of life indicated as 65 years, 10 months and 2 days and the date of birth
year 1 of Nekho II, third month of summer, day 1 are both correct, then the date of year
27 (of Amasis), fourth month of inundation, day 28 can on no account be the actual
date of the death.
Z. Hawass, "The Tomb of Keki: The Pyramid Builder" (p. 125-135). Publication of a
tomb belonging to the upper cemetery of the workmen at Giza pyramid. The tomb
contained an inscribed offering basin and had three burial shafts.
S. el-Kholi, "The Lost Colossus of the Mate of the Sphinx (Part II)" (p. 137-144).
Second part of a study (the first appeared in Z. Hawass (ed.), Proceedings of the 8th
International Congress of Egyptology, Volume II, Cairo 2003, p. 352-361). The author
studies Arabic reports about a colossal statue of a seated woman with a child which
once stood in the same axis as the great Sphinx, which he interprets as a figure of Isis.
He tries to locate a temple of Isis where this statue once stood. Concerning the roads of
Sepa discussed on p. 140, the study of J.-P. Corteggiani, in: Hommage Serge
Sauneron I (Cairo 1979), p.132-151 could have provided additional information.
G.T. Martin, "Ra'y, Head of the Bakery of the Lord of Truth" (p. 145-149). Publication
of a relief block in Cambridge (E.SS.49) belonging to the chief baker of Ptah (not
included in G.T. Martin, Stelae from Egypt and Nubia in the Fitzwilliam Museum,
Cambridge c. 3000 BC--AD 1150, Cambridge 2005, because he argues that it is not a
stela).
D. Mostafa, "Red Sea Ports, Eastern Desert Roads, Quarries and Mines in Greek and
Roman Egypt" (p. 151-155). A compilation of the main harbors, roads, and quarries
connected with the red sea region. Most of the relevant more recent literature is not
cited by the author, e.g. the reports on the excavations and finds at Mons Claudianus.
C. Nauerth, "Tunika, Dalmatika oder Stola Olympika? Eine Anmerkung zum
sogenannten Sakralgewand aus Sakkara" (p. 157-160). Some points concerning the
well-known tunica from Saqqara are discussed anew. Especially, the author draws a
comparison with the garment worn by the initiated of the Isis mysteries according to
Apuleius.
A.M. Osman, "Ein verborgenes Allerheiligstes fr Imn, den verborgenen Gott? Die