Burial and Inheritance in the Community of the Necropolis Workmen At Thebes (Pap. Bulaq x aNd O. Petrie I6)

Jac. J. Janssen · P.W. Pestman

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BURIAL AND INHERITANCE IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE NECROPOLIS WORKMEN AT THEBES (PAP. BULAQ X AND O. PETRIE I6) BY JAC. J. JANSSEN and P. W. PESTMAN Utrecht Leiden I THE TEXTS Opposite ancient Thebes, on the western bank of the Nile and at some distance from it, behind the hill of Qurnet Mura'i, is situated a small valley, usually known as Deir el-Medina after a long vanished Coptic monastery. Here there are still to be seen the remains of a settle- ment where, during the New Kingdom, lived the workmen who cut and decorated the famous tombs of the

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