« A Road to the Arabian Peninsula in the Reign of Ramesses III »

Somaglino Claire (1, 2, 3) , Pierre Tallet (4)

1 OM-MP - Équipe Mondes pharaoniques
2 OM - ORIENT ET MÉDITERRANÉE : Textes, Archéologie, Histoire
3 UP4 UFR Histoire - Université Paris-Sorbonne - Paris 4 - UFR Histoire
4 ERSDEAN - Etat, religion et société dans l'Egypte ancienne et en Nubie

The recent discovery of a rock inscription belonging to Ramesses III near the oasis of Tayma in Saudi Arabia sheds new light on the development of trade routes at the beginning of the 20th dynasty. This inscription is similar to two other markings of the same king found in Sinai and South-Negev. They can be considered as landmarks placed on the same desert road linking ancient Egypt to the Arabian Peninsula.

Mots clés: rock inscription; trade route; expedition; Saudi Arabia; Tayma Oasis; New Kingdom; 20th dynasty

Domaines: Histoire

Somaglino Claire, Pierre Tallet. « A Road to the Arabian Peninsula in the Reign of Ramesses III ». F. Förster, H. Riemer (éds.). Desert Road Archaeology in Ancient Egypt and Beyond, 27, p. 511-518, 2013, Africa Praehistorica. ⟨halshs-01175621⟩