Brian Muhs

Partisan royal epithets in the late Third Intermediate Period and the dynastic affiliations of Pedubast I and Iuput II

The use of the epithets ‘son of Isis’ and ‘son of Bastet’ in royal names corresponds closely to the Theban Twenty-third and late Twenty-second Dynasties respectively, suggesting that the epithets may have indicated dynastic affiliation. These epithets were occasionally used outside of the Theban Twenty-third and late Twenty-second Dynasties, but these occurrences can be understood as appropriations or reinterpretations rather than as incompatible exceptions. If these epithets did indeed indicate dynastic affiliation during the Theban Twenty-third and late Twenty-second Dynasties, then both Pedubast I and Iuput II should be associated with the Twenty-second Dynasty, since both used the epithet ‘son of Bastet’.

The Great Temenos of Naukratis

Naukratis in 1883 by tracing Archaic Greek antiquities on the market in Egypt back to their source. He found that the sebakhin, who mine ancient ruins for phosphate-rich decayed mudbrick (called sebakh) to spread on their fields as fertilizer, had quarried away the later occupation levels in the north-central part of the site, thereby exposing the Archaic Greek levels (fig. i).2 Petrie excavated Naukratis in the winter of

Robert Curzon and his mummy labels

Publication of six Greek mummy labels acquired in the 1830s by Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche, and now in the British Museum. Curzons account of their acquisition is compared to archaeological evidence for provenance, and his descriptions are compared to other early interpretations of the purpose of mummy labels.

Collecting Egyptian Antiquities in the Year 1838: Reverend William Hodge Mill and Robert Curzon, Baron Zouche

This article focuses on the collecting activities of the Reverend William Hodge Mill and Robert Curzon, which both occurred in 1838. Thanks to the decipherment of the Demotic ostraca acquired by both men, it has been possible to conclude that many of their antiquities were collected in Thebes at about the same time. While Robert Curzon is a well known manuscript collector, his contribution to Egyptian antiquities has tended to be understudied. Here his collection of antiquities is discussed in detail, including the location of some of the objects sold at auction after his death. The Reverend William Hodge Mills collecting activities have not been identified until now. He collected far fewer objects than Robert Curzon, probably for financial reasons, but both men were interested in examples of ancient writing.