ABSTRACT

A stratum at Tell Timai shows extensive evidence of violent destruction dating to the early 2nd century b.c. Burning, rapid abandonment of objects in a house, destruction of a kiln complex, weaponry, and unburied bodies spread over a wide area in North Tell Timai indicate the city of Thmouis was subject to an episode of warfare. The destruction at Thmouis parallels an account of the destruction of another Nile Delta city, Lycopolis, in the nome of Busiris, during The Great Revolt described on the Rosetta Stone (196 b.c.). Another stela from Memphis also refers to the Ptolemaic campaign in the region. The evidence from Tell Timai provides the first archaeological correlate of destruction during the Great Revolt in the Nile Delta.

摘要

Tell Timai 的地层显示了可追溯到公元前 2 世纪早期的大量暴力破坏证据。焚烧、房屋内物品的迅速遗弃、窑炉群的毁坏、武器装备以及散布在 North Tell Timai 广大地区的未掩埋尸体表明 Thmouis 市经历了一场战争。Thmouis 的破坏与罗塞塔石碑上描述的大起义（公元前 196年）期间尼罗河三角洲另一个城市 Lycopolis 的破坏平行，该城市位于 Busiris 的 nome。孟菲斯的另一块石碑也提到了该地区的托勒密战役。Tell Timai 的证据提供了尼罗河三角洲大起义期间破坏的第一个考古关联。