Les Papyrus de la Mer Rouge II: Le Journal de Dedi Et Autres Fragments de Journaux de Bord (Papyrus Jarf C, D, E, F, Aa)

This second volume devoted to the batch of papyri discovered in 2013 on the site of Wadi el-Jarf (on the western coast of the Gulf of Suez) completes the publication of the logbooks which were part of this collection of archives. Much more fragmentary than papyri A and B -which reported the work of Inspector Merer's phyle in the transportation of limestone blocks from the quarries of Tourah to the Giza plateau-, papyri C, D, E and F record other missions which were assigned to the same team, presumably for a period of about a year. One of these documents, papyrus C, is probably about the building of a harbour near the Mediterranean coast, and confirms the role that hwt-foundations could have played during the early 4th dynasty in the development of areas such as the Nile Delta. Papyrus D, which was probably issued by a scribe named Dedi, shows the activity of several phyles from the same team in repetitive tasks relating to supply and guard which were probably linked to the functioning of the Valley temple of Khufu, and maybe also of his royal palace, at the foot of his funerary complex. Volume I : "Le site du Ouadi el-Jarf, fouillé depuis 2011, est un port sur la mer Rouge qui a été utilisé au début de la IVe dynastie pour se rendre par voie maritime aux mines de turquoises et de cuivre du sud-ouest de la péninsule du Sinaï. Lors de la campagne de 2013, un important lot de papyrus daté de la fin du règne de Chéops a été mis au jour à l'entrée de l'une des galeries-magasins qui sont l'un des traits caractéristiques du site. Ces documents sont à ce jour les plus anciens papyrus hiératiques jamais découverts. Ils constituent les archives d'une équipe de marins et se subdivisent en deux grandes catégories : des comptabilités enregistrant des livraisons de différents produits, et des journaux de bord qui couvrent plusieurs mois d'activité de cette équipe. Ces derniers décrivent des missions effectuées sous la direction de l'inspecteur Merer, et concernent pour l'essentiel le transport par voie fluviale de blocs de calcaire des carrières de Toura vers le chantier de la grande pyramide de Chéops, alors en construction sur l'autre rive du Nil. Cet ouvrage est la publication des deux journaux de bord les mieux préservés de ce lot."--Quatrième de couverture (volume 1) "The Wadi el-Jarf site, excavated since 2011, is an harbour on the Red Sea that was used at the beginning of the IVth Dynasty to reach the copper and turquoise mines of the south-western part of Sinai Peninsula. During the 2013 archaeological campaign, hundres of fragments of papyrus fom the end of Khufu's reign were collected at the entrance of one of the storage galleries that are one of the most remarkable features of the site. This is at the moment the oldest papyrus archive ever found in Egypt. It is related to a team of sailors and mainly includes two categories of documents: accounts of commodities delivered to the workers, and lobooks registering their daily activities over several months. Those last documents record missions led under the direction of the inspector Merer that are related to the transport of limestne blocks from the quarres of Tura to the great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza, then under construction on the opposite bank of the Nile. this book is the publication of the two best preserved logs of this archive"--Volume 1, page 4 of cover The Ouadi el-Jarf site, excavated since 2011, is a port on the Red Sea that was used at the beginning of the 4th Dynasty to go by sea to the turquoise and copper mines of the southwestern peninsula of Sinai. In the 2013 campaign, a large batch of papyrus dating from the end of the reign of Cheops was unearthed at the entrance of one of the shop-galleries which are one of the characteristic traits of the site are to this day the most ancient hieratic papyrus ever discovered. They constitute the archives of a team of sailors and are subdivided into two main categories: accounts recording deliveries of different products, and logbooks covering several months of activity of this team. The latter describe missions carried out under the supervision of Inspector Merer and mainly concern the transport by river water of limestone blocks from the quarries of Toura to the construction site of the great pyramid of Cheops, on the other bank of the Nile. This book is the publication of the two best preserved logbooks of this lot Couverture Titre Sommaire Remerciements Introduction I- Le papyrus C II- Le papyrus D III- Les papyrus Ea et Eb IV- Papyrus F V- Papyrus Aa VI- Autres fragments de journaux de bord (X) VII- Notes additionnelles sur les papyrus A et B après restauration VIII- Commentaire général Conclusion PLANCHES Table des figures Liste des tableaux Table des planches Indices Bibliographie Annexe I. An Overview Annexe II