Excavation in Egypt at Tell el-Balamun

Temple B: The subsidiary temple of Nekhtnebef

The subsidiary temple of Nekhtnebef was the subject of excavation in 1992, when its date was first confirmed from foundation deposits (see Summary of discoveries). Additional work was carried out on the building in 1999, 2000 and 2004.All the results from seasons prior to 2004 have been fully published (see Published reports), and the work of 2004 is described in the papers accessed through the links below.

A copy of the paper by Jeffrey Spencer, “The Temple of Nekhtnebef at Tell el-Balamun”, previously published in slightly different format in British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES),4, pp.21-38, containing an account of the excavation of the front part of the foundation of the temple in 2004, with comments on the design of the entire monument.

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Additional details on the temple of Nekhtnebef

This document contains supplementary material to the paper quoted above. It is published only here as in PDF format.

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