TY  - BOOK
AU  - Redford,Donald Bruce
TI  - Excavations at Mendes: Volume 1. The Royal Necropolis 
T2  - Culture and History of the Ancient Near East
SN  - 9789047404828
AV  - DT73.M54 R44 2004
U1  - 932 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Mendes (Extinct city)
N1  - Volme 2 Susan Redford added as editor; Includes bibliographical references and index; v. 1. The Royal Necropolis -- v.2. The Dromos and Temple Area
N2  - This volume constitutes the final report on the excavations at the royal necropolis of the city of Mendes, which occupied 5 summer seasons from 1991 to 1995. The burial of king Neferites I, founder of Dynasty 29 (399-393 B.C.) is described along with other burials, the city walls, the shrine of the fish-goddess and sundry inscriptions. The pottery recovered is treated in extenso, and sheds a flood of light on Mendes' trade relations in the 5th-4th Cent. B.C. with Phoenicia and the Greek islands. Of particular interest is the startling new discovery of a massive destruction layer which can be pinpointed to around 343 B.C. This clearly reflects the reprisals taken by the conquering Persians after they had re-occupied Egypt
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047404828
ER  -