Minault-Gout, Anne: 2019 La vaisselle en pierre des reines de Pépy Ier, Le Caire: Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 352 pp. [Mémoires publiés par les membres de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale 141; Mission archéologique franco-su
Minault-Gout, Anne: 2019 La vaisselle en pierre des reines de Pépy Ier, Le Caire: Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 352 pp. [Mémoires publiés par les membres de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale 141; Mission archéologique franco-su

Summary/Abstract: The pyramids of the queens (wives or descendants) of Pepy I began to be excavated in 1988 and since that time eight monuments have been uncovered and studied (Labrousse 2005 and 2010). These are the socalled “Western pyramid”, the pyramid of Inenek-Inti, Nubunet, Mehaa, Ankhnespepy II, Ankhnespepy III, Behenu and that of Meretites II. The publication also includes the tombs of Ankhnespepy, called Ankhsen, the priestess of Hathor, Prince Netjerikhethor, son of Pepy I and the Queen Mehaa, and Reherishefnakht, the chief of seal bearers; the last one being built between the end of the Eleventh and the beginning of the Twelfth Dynasties. Apart from the stone vessels, which are the main target of the publication, it also focuses on seven sacred oil tablets, headrests, inlays and metal vessels. Most of the finds were collected in secondary positions due to the severe plundering of the monuments in the past. However, it was possible to reconstruct the original assemblages. Those that were stored and used in the mortuary temple were mostly bowls, libation vessels and containers of oils. The burial chambers should have contained large-size jars inscribed with royal titulature, cylindrical jars, jars containing oils, model vessels and cases for meat and bread

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