Missions of the Egypt Exploration Society Thebes: The Oct/Nov 2016 season of the
EES / Uppsala Univ Theban Harbours and Waterscapes Survey, led by Angus Graham, was principally a study season of the ceramic and non-ceramic material sieved from the sediment retrieved from augering along the Ay-Horemheb transect done in spring 2016. The project also carried out a number of GPR profiles and area surveys in the fields to the S of Kom el-Hettan and E of the temples of Ay-Horemheb and Medinet Habu. Furthermore, two percussion cores were carried out in the SE corner of the Amun-Re complex at Karnak between the NK and Nectanebo enclosure walls with the aim of clarifying the interpretations of Louis Franchet following his excavations in the area in the 1910s. The pottery and other non-ceramic material from these cores will be studied in spring 2017.
Qubbet el-Hawa : During the last season in the f ield, in Sep 2016, the joint Univ of Birmingham / EES mission, directed by Mar tin Bommas, discovered the E ex tension of the causeway of Sarenput I. Measuring a total of 133 m, it is the longest of its kind at the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa, near Aswan. Inscribed stone fragments bearing the titles of Sarenput and decoration carried out in raised relief reveal details about its time of construction. Fur thermore a retention wall was discovered below the f irst terrace pointing to a second, lower terrace that was accessible via another causeway. Finds indicate burials in this area spanning from the OK down to the MK . www.ees.ac.uk /news/ index /382.html
North wall of the causeway of Sarenput I. Entrance with decoration in raised relief showing three men driving an ox.
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Photo: University of Birmingham/EES Joint Mission to Qubbet el-Hawa