Graffiti at the south-east door of the court of the tenth pylon at Karnak: Staff only beyond this point?
Abstract
Textual and figurative graffiti were added, concealed, and destroyed for centuries at the Amun temple at Karnak, in the never-ending transformation of the site. One of the largest remaining concentrations of graffiti is on the south-east exterior area of the court of the tenth pylon, which is one of the closest areas to the temple exterior. This paper aims to show how archaeological investigations combined with architectural and epigraphic analyses can help to shed light on who, when, and why these graffiti were left at such location, thus contributing to repopulate the religious landscape of the Karnak complex.
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