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Abydos Tomb of King Aha

(only the brick built sub structures survived; next to the tomb of the king (B19-B15-B10) are the smaller tombs of servants and animals belonging to the royal court)

Abydos, tomb of king Hor-aha

Bibliography:

Kaiser 1964: 96-102 (identified B19, B15, B10 as belonging to Aha)
Kaiser/Dreyer 1982: 212-226, fig. 1-2; Dreyer 1990: 62-67 (report on the German excavations)
Petrie 1901: 7, pl. LIX
Spencer 1993: fig. 54 (view of the subsidiary tombs), 56 (view of the three tomb chambers)

 

UC 35694 clay seal impression (B 19);
Kaplony 1963
: abb. 61

UC 14278, seal impressionUC 14278, seal impression

UC 14278 fragment of a limestone stela (B 10);
Stewart 1979
: 5, no. 14, pl. 2.10

Abydos, fragment of a (royal?) stela

 

Seal impression (showing the king's name and the hieroglyphs H + t);
Kaplony 1963: abb. 78

UC 19603, seal impression

wooden label UC 19603

UC 19603, seal impression


 

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