%mntyw"Prospectors"in the Middle Kingdom of Egypt | ||||
| مجلة کلية الآثار . جامعة القاهرة | ||||
| Article 5, Volume 12, Issue 2022 - Serial Number 25, 2022, Page 93-109 PDF (929.07 K) | ||||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jarch.2022.212056 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Marwa Mohamed Sayed | ||||
| Faculty of Archaeology- Fayoum University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The aim of this paper is to highlight the gang of the smnt(yw) or "prospectors" who were mainly commissioned to search for gemstones, minerals, and precious metals, such as gold and silver. The present study deals with archival texts in the Middle Kingdom and the relevant titles showed the role of the gang of the smnt(yw) or "prospectors" in the ancient Egyptian economy. These individuals played an important role in the expeditions sent to Nubia and the gold mines in the Eastern Desert. The study illustrated the social rank of thesmnt(yw) in ancient Egyptian society. It also discussed the wages ofthe foremen of smnt(yw)and the gangs of workers. Moreover, it sets forth the economic status and the social rank of thesmnt(yw) in ancient Egypt in an attempt to highlight the role of the prospectors in ancient Egyptian society at the time | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Prospector; Inspector; Administration; Gold; Precious Stones; Wages | ||||
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