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Gebel el Silsila : Field report from the Main Quarry

Nilsson, Maria LU orcid ; Ward, John ; Almásy, Adrienn and Doherty, Sarah (2015) In Journal of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Archaeology p.147-192
Abstract
The Gebel el Silsila Project is a multi-disciplinary Swedish mission dedicated to the study of the archaeological remains at Ancient Egypt’s largest sandstone quarry of Gebel el Silsila, Mountain of Chain, just north of Kom Ombo in the Aswan region. This paper presents a general summary of the epigraphical and archaeo-topographical survey of the largest quarry on the east bank – Quarry 34 or the Main Quarry.
Abstract (Swedish)
The Gebel el Silsila Project is a multi-disciplinary Swedish mission dedicated to the study of the archaeological remains at Ancient Egypt’s largest sandstone quarry of Gebel el Silsila, Mountain of Chain, just north of Kom Ombo in the Aswan region. This paper presents a general summary of the epigraphical and archaeo-topographical survey of the largest quarry on the east bank – Quarry 34 or the Main Quarry
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Pseudo script in Gebel el Silsila, a query into quarry marks, characters, codes and magic
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  author       = {{Nilsson, Maria and Ward, John and Almásy, Adrienn and Doherty, Sarah}},
  issn         = {{1824-1670}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  pages        = {{147--192}},
  series       = {{Journal of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Archaeology}},
  title        = {{Gebel el Silsila : Field report from the Main Quarry}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/37233677/JIIA_Maria_Nilsson.pdf}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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