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A preliminary report on the Hours of the Night in the Tomb of Karakhamun (TT 223)
K Griffin,
Ken Griffin 
Thebes in the First Millennium BC: Art and Archaeology of the Kushite Period and Beyond, Pages: 59 - 70
Swansea University Author:
Ken Griffin
Abstract
The tomb of Karakhamun contains the earliest version of the Hours of the Night attested in a private sepulchre. It is also the earliest source to contain the series of Hour Watch hymns, which form the basis of the Hours of the Night during the Graeco-Roman Period. This paper presents a preliminary r...
| Published in: | Thebes in the First Millennium BC: Art and Archaeology of the Kushite Period and Beyond |
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| ISBN: | 9781906137595 |
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London
Golden House Publications
2018
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39081 |
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The tomb of Karakhamun contains the earliest version of the Hours of the Night attested in a private sepulchre. It is also the earliest source to contain the series of Hour Watch hymns, which form the basis of the Hours of the Night during the Graeco-Roman Period. This paper presents a preliminary report on the Hours of the Night within the tomb of Karakhamun prior to their intended reconstruction during the 2018 season. |
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| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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59 |
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70 |