[en] It has often been assumed that the artists and artisans responsible for the making of elite tombs in the Theban Necropolis during the New Kingdom were to be equated with the Deir el-Medina crew or, as John Romer aimed to demonstrate in an article published in 1994 (in Essays in Egyptology in honor of Hans Goedike), were part of the same administration and under the same authority. The paper will propose a reassessment of the evidence used to support such a hypothesis and, taking into account the achievements of the members of Deir el-Medina community of the 18th dynasty when they worked for themselves, it will suggest another model to answer the question raised by J. Romer: “Who made the private tombs of Thebes?”
Disciplines :
Classical & oriental studies Archaeology Art & art history History
Author, co-author :
Laboury, Dimitri ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques > Archéologie égyptienne
Language :
English
Title :
On the alleged involvement of Deir el-Medina crew in the making of elite tombs in the Theban Necropolis during the 18th dynasty. A reassessment
Alternative titles :
[fr] A propos de l'implication supposée de l'équipe de Deir el-Médina dans la réalisation des tombes de l'élite de la nécropole thébaine sous la 18e dynastie. Un réexamen
Publication date :
2023
Event name :
Theban Workshop: Tomb Decoration
Event organizer :
Betsy M. Bryan Peter F. Dorman
Event place :
Baltimore, United States
Event date :
April 23-4, 2016
By request :
Yes
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Mural Decoration in the Theban Necropolis. Occasional Proceedings of the Theban Workshop
Author, co-author :
Bryan, Betsy M.
Dorman, Peter F.
Publisher :
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, United States
ISBN/EAN :
978-1-61491-089-3 978-1-61491-090-9
Collection name :
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of the University of Chicago. Studies in ancient Cultures 2
