Egyptian Delta Archaeology Short Studies in Honour of Willem van Haarlem

If you want to understand ancient Egypt, the Nile Delta is of key importance. Excavations and surveys in the Delta keep unearthing new information about how the ancient Egyptians lived, how they envisaged the afterlife and how they interacted with other cultures. The study of finds from the Delta gives us a glimpse into the beliefs and everyday life of the ancient Egyptians. From 1979 to 2014 Willem van Haarlem worked on several archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, focusing on the excavations at Tell Ibrahim Awad in the eastern Delta from 1991 onward. At the same time he was curator of Egyptian Antiquities at the Allard Pierson, the heritage collections of the University of Amsterdam. On the occasion of his retirement a number of archaeologists, Egyptologists and museum curators have written a series of short studies in his honour, varying from current excavation results from Delta sites to new or renewed research into museum objects from this region. This book offers a rich palette of subjects to scholars interested in Delta archaeology and above all provides hitherto unpublished materials from excavations and museum depots that will inspire the next generation of Nile Delta scholars. Contents: Preface and acknowledgements Wim Hupperetz and Ben van den Bercken Bibliography Willem M. van Haarlem Tabula gratulatoria Willem van Haarlem, an appreciation Manfred Bietak Tell el-Iswid. A predynastic settlement in the eastern Delta Béatrix Midant-Reynes and Nathalie Buchez ‘A curious feature was the presence of several ivory or bone rods.’ Ancient Mikado or something very different? Vincent Boele An unusual ripple-flaked knife from Cemetery U at Abydos/Umm el-Qaab Thomas Hikade Forgotten Excavations, part IV. The first excavation season at Kufur Nigm/Ezbet el-Tell (1961) Aiman Ashmawy Ali Buto: towards a further investigation of the Old Kingdom? Clara Jeuthe and Rita Hartmann Four notes on Tia and Iurudef Jacobus van Dijk Worked mollusc remains from Qantir/Piramesse Chiori Kitagawa An (un-)usual cooking pot from Qantir/Piramesse Henning Franzmeier Diversity in the Delta. Egyptian portraits of Persians in the Allard Pierson collection Geralda Jurriaans-Helle and Laurien de Gelder Once again about the term nw Galina A. Belova A glass ba bird in the Allard Pierson René van Beek Neilos and Euthenia Robert Lunsingh Scheurleer A Ptolemaic king as Egyptian pharaoh Branko F. van Oppen de Ruiter Re-excavating Gheyta’s Roman-period cemetery. Some preliminary results on the recontextualisation of excavated artefacts Ben van den Bercken