The Kings Official Weni Errand in the South (on the Question of E. Bloxams Hypothesis)

dynasty, a period of drier climate began, and the quarries became inaccessible. The author argues that the court official Weni described precisely this way of rock transportation in his famous inscription (Urk. I, 108–109; Tresson 1919, 7) which would support the hypothesis of E. Bloxam.

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E. Bloxam’s hypothesis, Lower Nubia, Gebel el-Asr, Old Kingdom drought, the official Weni

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03.10.2018

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11.10.2018

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GOST	Orekhov R. The King's Official Weni Errand in the South (on the Question of E. Bloxam's Hypothesis) // Vestnik drevnei istorii – 2018. – V. 78. – Issue 3 C. 501-518 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/vdi/s207987840000520-1-1 (circulation date: 19.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S032103910001275-5
MLA	Orekhov, Roman "The King's Official Weni Errand in the South (on the Question of E. Bloxam's Hypothesis)." Vestnik drevnei istorii 78.3 (2018):501-518. DOI: 10.31857/S032103910001275-5
APA	Orekhov R. (2018). The King's Official Weni Errand in the South (on the Question of E. Bloxam's Hypothesis). Vestnik drevnei istorii 78(3), pp.501-518 DOI: 10.31857/S032103910001275-5

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