Open AccessA record of the transport of stone blocks on ostrakon DeB/F.608
Author(s) -
Mirosław Barwik
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
polish archaeology in the mediterranean
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2083-537X
pISSN - 1234-5415
DOI - 10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam28.2.18
Subject(s) - queen (butterfly) , crew , archaeology , ancient history , history , temple , art , geography , hymenoptera , botany , biology
Ostrakon DeB/F.608 was found in the area of the Temple of Tuthmosis III at Deir el-Bahari. There are good reasons, however, to link it to the building of the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and more precisely to the transport of stone blocks by a crew of eight men. Five of them can be identified as foreigners, presumably Asiatic slaves brought to Egypt as a result of military campaign(s) in the early Eighteenth Dynasty.