エジプト・テーベの第32号岩窟墓における1日当たりの掘削量

Abstract

In the Theban rock-cut tomb no.32 in Egypt, many lines accompanied hieratic inscriptions dealing with dates have been preserved on the ceiling of long descending passage. They would be control notes for recording the progress of works at the site. Although Fabian has already reported a preliminary analysis on these inscriptions in 1992,some misreadings are pointed out in his interpretations. The present authors will reconsider these inscriptions, leading to a conclusion that the daily amount of excavation is approximately 0.5-1.0 "dny" (a volume unit of cubic cubit; 1 cubit = 0.525m), or 0.07-0.14m^3 by a workman.