Kom el-Sultan

Kom el -Sultan is the name of a mound at the edge of the fruit of the country, at Abydos, about one kilometers north of Umm el- Qaab. In this archaeological excavation and archaeological site there are several tombs, a working site and the Temple of Osiris Chontamenti The emergence of the system goes back to the predynastic period.

Structures

Center of the necropolis was the temple of Osiris - Chontamenti. It was built in the Predynastic and Early Dynastic period. Up to the 6th dynasty was the temple of Nilschlammziegeln. The temple is surrounded by a double wall, arranged around the temple itself are a number of storerooms and other economic areas. The portal at the entrance was made ​​of stone and was probably built at the instigation of one of the three kings called Pepi because of the label. The finds of stelae, statues, extensions etc. show that the temple to the Greco-Roman period into was an important place of worship.

During the first interval, the temple was destroyed during a civil war, but later, in the 11th and 12th dynasty, rebuilt. Especially Sesostris I. seems to have designed the building completely new. By Stele of ameni - seneb you know that the temple in the 13th dynasty was established by King Chendjer on. In subsequent periods, many kings have had to build the temple and extends it, including statues or altars for sacrifices. So Thutmose has built a brick pylon and Ramses III. build a new enclosure can.

In the temple, among other things, a vessel of King Aha ( 1 King 1st dynasty ) and several royal statues were found, including the only statuette of King Khufu of the 4th Dynasty found so far. In the 3rd to the 6th Dynasty dated many steles, votive offerings, including copper vessels, ivory figures, which show fragments of wooden statuettes and pottery. A new building comes from Nectanebo II ( 30th Dynasty ).

The surrounding the temple settlement has been excavated only in part, based on findings, we know that it is of artisans and workers' settlement is a. Whether it is the building of working at the temple craftsmen or to parts of the old Abydos is not safe. In published scientific reports, both can be found.