Dra‘ Abu el-Naga, Ägypten. Ein angeblicher Fund aus Dra‘ Abu el-Naga: Die sog. Hundestele des Königs Wah-Anch Intef – Eine Forschungsgeschichte

A recent study challenges long-standing assumptions about the discovery of the 'dog stela' attributed to King Wah-Ankh Intef Aa ('Intef II') from Ancient Thebes. Contrary to Egyptological tradition, the stela was not discovered by Auguste Mariette in Dra‘ Abu el-Naga but rather by his assistant, Marius F. J. Bonnefoy, in 1858 at the adjacent cemetery of el-Târif. This finding corrects historical records and sheds new light on the provenance of a significant artifact from the Eleventh Dynasty. The study relies on comprehensive archival research to reconstruct the stela's discovery history, highlighting discrepancies between early publications and actual findings.

Polz, D. (2020). Dra‘ Abu el-Naga, Ägypten. Ein angeblicher Fund aus Dra‘ Abu el-Naga: Die sog. Hundestele des Königs Wah-Anch Intef – Eine Forschungsgeschichte. e-Forschungsberichte Des DAI, Fasc.1 (2020). https://doi.org/10.34780/EFB.V0I1.1003