The Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia, 1963-69: The Pharaonic Sites (Sudan Archaeological Research Society Publication)

Of the Nubian Archaeological Campaigns responding to the construction of the Aswan High Dam, the survey and excavations carried out within Sudanese Nubia represent the most substantial achievement of the larger enterprise. Many components of the larger project of the UNESCO – Sudan Antiquities Service Survey have been published, in addition to the reports of a number of other major projects assigned separate concessions within the region. However, the results of one major element, the Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia (ASSN) between the Second Cataract and the Dal Cataract remain largely unpublished. This volume, focusing on the pharaonic sites, is the first of a series which aims to bring to publication the records of the ASSN. These records represent a major body of data relating to a region largely now lost to flooding. This is also a region of very considerable importance for understanding the archaeology and history of Nubia more generally, not least in relation to the still often poorly understood relationships between Lower Nubia to the north and the surviving areas of Middle and Upper Nubia, to the south. The ASSN project fieldwork was undertaken over six years between 1963 and 1969, investigating c.130km of the river valley between Gemai, at the south end of the Second Cataract, and Dal. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Gemai – Murshid 3. Saras Uronarti 4. Semna Other Semna Sites 5. Duweishat – Tangur Tangur – Sonki Inscriptions 7. The Pharaonic Presence in the Batn al-Hajar Appendices A. The ASSN Archive B. Site Registration Concordance C. Registered Finds in Sudan National Museum ASSN Archive abbreviations Bibliography Arabic Summary Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents List of Figures 1. Introduction The Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia (ASSN) The ASSN Archive From Archive to Publication Site registration and the Archaeological Map of Sudan (AMS) Nubian toponyms Acknowledgements 2. Gemai – Murshid Gemai East (Affu) Gemai West (Gintil) Gemai West Murshid West Murshid East (Kermala) Murshid East (Sigaga) 3. Saras Saras West Saras West (Kieko) Saras - Askut Saras - Kajnarti Saras - Kagnarti Island Saras East Saras East (Kagifarai) Saras East (Oshiargi) Saras East (Oshiargi) Saras East Shelfak (Saras West) URONARTI Saras East 4. Semna Semna West Semna East Semna West 5. Duweishat – Tangur Attiri - Sorki Duweishat West Duweishat – Jedagur Duweishat East Duweishat West Duweishat East Melik en Nasr West The Egyptian Rock Inscription Melik en Nasr East (Sahaba) Tangur – Sonki Inscriptions 6. Ukma – Akasha – Dal Sonki West Ukma West – Milamu The Egyptian Rock-Inscriptions [21-S-29] Akasha East Kulb West – Kolatod Kulb East (Shiragoshe) Dal West Dal – Tina The Egyptian Rock-Inscriptions [21-V-20], Tina Island 7. The Pharaonic Presence in the Batn al-Hajar Gemai-Murshid Saras Semna Duweishat Ukma-Akasha-Dal Chronological perspectives Middle Kingdom New Kingdom Napatan/Dynasty 25 Mortuary landscapes and burial communities Larger-scale perspectives Gold mining and processing Material repertoires Inscriptional evidence Landscape transformations Appendix Appendix A – The ASSN Archive APPENDIX B – Site Registration Concordance APPENDIX C – Registered Finds in Sudan National Museum Bibliography The Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia (ASSN) Arabic Summary Of the Nubian Archaeological Campaigns responding to the construction of the Aswan High Dam, the survey and excavations carried out within Sudanese Nubia represent the most substantial achievement of the larger enterprise. Many components of the larger project of the UNESCO - Sudan Antiquities Service Survey have been published, in addition to the reports of a number of other major projects assigned separate concessions within the region. However, the results of one major element, the Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia (ASSN) between the Second Cataract and the Dal Cataract remain largely unpublished. This volume, focusing on the pharaonic sites, is the first of a series which aims to bring to publication the records of the ASSN. These records represent a major body of data relating to a region largely now lost to flooding. This is also a region of very considerable importance for understanding the archaeology and history of Nubia more generally, not least in relation to the still often poorly understood relationships between Lower Nubia to the north and the surviving areas of Middle and Upper Nubia, to the south.0The ASSN project fieldwork was undertaken over six years between 1963 and 1969, investigating c.130km of the river valley between Gemai, at the south end of the Second Cataract, and Dal This volume, focusing on pharaonic sites, is the first of a series, bringing to publication the records of the Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia (ASSN). These records represent a major body of data relating to a region largely now lost to flooding and of considerable importance for understanding the archaeology and history of Nubia.