Ramesside Egypt:Everyday Life at Amara West

Context• Seti I year 8 (c. 1299 BC), pharaoh’s army led a

seven-day campaign against Nubians in Irem, located around six desert wells

• stela commemorating victory, set up at Amara West: ‘the foes of the foreign land of Irem are plotting rebellion’

• 4 men, 49 children, 66 servants and 420 cattle were seized

• Ramses II: further changes became evident in Lower Nubia with the construction of vast temples to proclaim pharaoh’s rule over Nubia

• less activity at the earlier Egyptian towns of Sesebi, Soleb and Sai

• Natural wealth of Nubia remained important: • Seti I commissioned a large stela to be carved

at Nauri detailing the produce and goods coming from Nubia for the benefit of the mortuary temple of the king at Abydos

Town Gates & Walls

Temple of Amun

Deputy Governor’s Residence

Production, trade & storage

E13 Neighbourhood

E13.3 – A House Divided

E13.3 – A House Divided

E13.5 – A Typical House

E12.10 – A Suburban Villa

A Nubian house next to E12.10?

Desert Life – D12.8

Artefacts of Life

Leisure Activities: Games

Seals – Signs of royal power

Cultural Exchange: Ceramics

Fertility Figurines?

Local Resources: Food

Local Resources: Fibre

Bioarchaeology

Burials

G301

Funerary Goods

Furniture

Nubian Burial Customs

Osteoarchaeology

Population