The Control Notes and Team Marks: The South Cemeteries of Lisht Volume II [Hardcover]

This volume is the second in the series of publications on the Museum's excavations in the South Cemeteries of Lisht, Egypt. The series will eventually include contributions on a wide range of subjects, such as religious architecture, wall decoration and religious texts, works of art and funerary equipment. While the first volume described the funerary complex of an Egyptian king, the inscriptions published here supply important information about the organization of labor at an ancient construction site: the workmen, the scheduling of transport and building activities, and the control of the compulsory labor system. The inscriptions are inconspicuous, most of them were written by untrained hands with rough brushes on the coarse surface of building stones, yet they provide a behind-the-scenes view of the construction process of pharaonic architecture. Philippe de Montebello Director, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, from the director's forewordThis volume is the second in the series of publications on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's excavations in the South Cemeteries of Lisht, Egypt. The inscriptions published here supply important information about the organization of labor at an ancient construction site.Director's Foreword List of Abbreviations and Symbols Sources of Plates Preface Introduction Part I: Interpretation Chapter 1: The Control System Chapter 2: The Workmen Chapter 3: The Dates Chapter 4: The Control Notes from the Temple of King Mentuhotep II Chapter 5: The Setting Marks from Lisht Chapter 6: Paleography Part II: Documentation 1. The Temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahri 2. The Pyramid Complex of Amenemhat I at Lisht 3. The Pyramid Complex of Senwosret I at Lisht 4. The Pyramid of Amenemhat II at Dahshur 5. The Pyramid of Senwosret II at Illahun 6. The Pyramid of Senwosret III at Dahshur 7. The pyramids of Amenemhat III at Dahshur and Hawara 8. The Pyramids at Mazghuneh 9. The Pyramids of the Thirteenth Dynasty at Saqqara 10. The Temple at Abydol£Ù