Thursday, August 11, 2011

Egypt's military unearth cartouche of King Apries

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Un equipo de arqueólogos egipcios ha descubierto una estela que data de la época del faraón Apries de la XXVI dinastía (589-570 a.C.) en la provincia de Ismailiya, al este de El Cairo, informó hoy el Consejo Supremo de Antigüedades (CSA).

La pieza consta de dos partes de piedra arenisca roja que tienen esculpidas dos cartuchos con el nombre en jeroglíficos del rey Apries, quinto monarca de la dinastía XXVI, precisó el secretario general del CSA, Mohamed Abdel Maqsud.

En un comunicado, el responsable egipcio indicó que el hallazgo fue llevado a cabo en el yacimiento arqueológico de Tel Dafnah, ubicado en el lado oeste del Canal de Suez, en las proximidades de la ciudad Al Qantara del Oeste.

Los dos fragmentos tienen varias inscripciones en alfabeto jeroglífico, y el de mayor tamaño constituye la base de la estela con una altura de 1,63 centímetros, una anchura de 85 y un espesor de 58.

Roughly: The SCA have announced that a team of Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a stela dating to the time of Pharaoh Apries of Dynasty XXVI (589-570 BC) in the province of Ismailiya, east of Cairo at the site of Tel Dafnah (near Qantara West). The red sandstone stela is in two parts, carved with hieroglyphs including the king's name in cartouches. SCA head Mohamed Abdel Maqsud. It was thought to have come from a large temple at the site. Maqsud says that the archaeological findings in this field have found that Tel Dafnah was not only a former military fortress of Greek mercenaries, but a settlement Egyptian built by the pharaoh erected Psamtik I, second king of Dynasty XXVI.



Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz)

The Egyptian Military Operations Authority on Tuesday discovered the nameplate of King Apries in the Tal Defna area in Ismailia, which is located to the west of the Suez Canal.

The plate is made up of two pieces of red sandstone with two cartouches bearing the name Wah-ib-ra (Apries ) inscribed. Apries (589-570 BC) was the fifth king of the 26th Dynasty.

Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud said the plate was transferred to storerooms in Ismailia.

Abdel Maqsoud went on to say that the two pieces were covered in hieroglyphics, whereas the base was free of any writing or carvings.


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