Jose Manuel Alba Gómez
José Manuel Alba Gómez is a researcher at the University of Jaén, Department of Anthropology, Geography and History, Area of Ancient History, where he was previously Junior Research Fellow (2016-2019 and 2021-2022). He also held the position of Research Fellow at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (2023). He graduated in Bachelor of Arts and obtained his international PhD at the University of Jaén in 2016, with a pioneering thesis on olive cultivation and oil production in ancient Egypt. This interdisciplinary approach not only stands out for its originality, but also for its importance in understanding agricultural economies in the Nile Valley during Pharaonic Egypt.
Since 2009, Alba Gómez has worked on the Qubbet el-Hawa Project in Aswan, where he has investigated the tombs of the governors of the Middle Kingdom, carrying out interventions in tombs QH31, QH32, QH36, QH34ee and QH23a. Her role in this project, initially as an archaeologist and since 2016 as co-director.
Since 2024, he has directed the Qaw el-Kebir Expedition project, in the tenth province or ‘nomo’ of Upper Egypt, which aims to rediscover and enhance the value of this site for its opening to the public, in addition to re-intervening in the funerary complexes of the nomarchs of the XII and XIII dynasties.
Alba Gómez has not only developed his career in Egypt, but has been part of archaeological projects at Spain and abroad, including in France, the United States, Germany and Sudan. He has completed postdoctoral stays at internationally renowned institutions such as the Freie Universität Berlin, the Humboldt University in Berlin, the University of Leipzig, the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (IFAO) in Cairo, the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan of the British Museum, the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, among others. His international profile is reinforced by his participation in leading research projects, such as the Middle Kingdom Theban Project, where he contributes to the excavation of Middle Kingdom tombs at Deir el-Bahari in North Saqqara with the Japanese-Egyptian mission of the University of Kanzazawa; the project of the Egyptian Museum Berlin at Qubbet el-Hawa North.
He is also an active academic, directing doctoral theses at the University of Jaén and the University of Granada, and collaborating in the Master of Egyptology at the University of Alcalá. He has been a speaker at numerous international conferences, and his publications in specialised journals range from studies on ceramics, oil production and the use of the olive tree to analyses of Egyptian funerary culture.
Since 2009, Alba Gómez has worked on the Qubbet el-Hawa Project in Aswan, where he has investigated the tombs of the governors of the Middle Kingdom, carrying out interventions in tombs QH31, QH32, QH36, QH34ee and QH23a. Her role in this project, initially as an archaeologist and since 2016 as co-director.
Since 2024, he has directed the Qaw el-Kebir Expedition project, in the tenth province or ‘nomo’ of Upper Egypt, which aims to rediscover and enhance the value of this site for its opening to the public, in addition to re-intervening in the funerary complexes of the nomarchs of the XII and XIII dynasties.
Alba Gómez has not only developed his career in Egypt, but has been part of archaeological projects at Spain and abroad, including in France, the United States, Germany and Sudan. He has completed postdoctoral stays at internationally renowned institutions such as the Freie Universität Berlin, the Humboldt University in Berlin, the University of Leipzig, the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (IFAO) in Cairo, the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan of the British Museum, the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, among others. His international profile is reinforced by his participation in leading research projects, such as the Middle Kingdom Theban Project, where he contributes to the excavation of Middle Kingdom tombs at Deir el-Bahari in North Saqqara with the Japanese-Egyptian mission of the University of Kanzazawa; the project of the Egyptian Museum Berlin at Qubbet el-Hawa North.
He is also an active academic, directing doctoral theses at the University of Jaén and the University of Granada, and collaborating in the Master of Egyptology at the University of Alcalá. He has been a speaker at numerous international conferences, and his publications in specialised journals range from studies on ceramics, oil production and the use of the olive tree to analyses of Egyptian funerary culture.
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permitted the study of the crocodile mummies found in previous seasons, or the discovery of a mine dated to the Byzantine Period. Nonetheless, it is also worth to mention the continuation of other studies already started in previous seasons or even the end of the archaeological works in different areas of the hill. Without a doubt, the Qubbet el-Hawa Project may be satisfied to count another successful season, full of relevant results for the research.
Multidisciplinary works have continued together with the excavation work, which will make it possible to contribute with new data to the knowledge of the necropolis, the individuals buried there, as well as their grave goods.
hemispherical drinking cup between the heads of the
femurs of a lady identified as Sattjeni A in a Late 12th
Dynasty tomb in Qubbet el-Hawa, which has been catalogued
as 34aa. The woman suffered a traumatic injury
in her pelvis, which provoked her pain, sterility and iatrogenic
pain. The presence of the ceramic with remains
of organic material with evident signs of combustion
is compared to similar treatments recorded in different
papyri, one of them (P. Kahun) almost contemporary to the
burial. The analysis of the textual sources has allowed us
to relate this find to the medical treatments prescribed by
the ancient specialists in the 12th Dynasty.
permitted the study of the crocodile mummies found in previous seasons, or the discovery of a mine dated to the Byzantine Period. Nonetheless, it is also worth to mention the continuation of other studies already started in previous seasons or even the end of the archaeological works in different areas of the hill. Without a doubt, the Qubbet el-Hawa Project may be satisfied to count another successful season, full of relevant results for the research.
Multidisciplinary works have continued together with the excavation work, which will make it possible to contribute with new data to the knowledge of the necropolis, the individuals buried there, as well as their grave goods.
hemispherical drinking cup between the heads of the
femurs of a lady identified as Sattjeni A in a Late 12th
Dynasty tomb in Qubbet el-Hawa, which has been catalogued
as 34aa. The woman suffered a traumatic injury
in her pelvis, which provoked her pain, sterility and iatrogenic
pain. The presence of the ceramic with remains
of organic material with evident signs of combustion
is compared to similar treatments recorded in different
papyri, one of them (P. Kahun) almost contemporary to the
burial. The analysis of the textual sources has allowed us
to relate this find to the medical treatments prescribed by
the ancient specialists in the 12th Dynasty.
objetivo de identificar el producto que contenían, además de ofrecer más información sobre su origen, naturaleza o calidad. A través de los ejemplos que se han conservado podemos establecer que siguieron fórmulas estereotipadas, obedeciendo normas o reglas particulares, tal y como ocurre hoy en día con las etiquetas para nuestros productos. La idea principal de estas etiquetas era describir – en una frase breve o con una palabra distintiva – toda la información relevante y necesaria sobre un producto. Muchas de las etiquetas que se conservan mencionan el aceite nHH, término empleado en el antiguo Egipto y traducido por muchos investigadores como ‘aceite de oliva’. En este artículo presentaremos una breve discusión sobre etiquetas y sellos que mencionan esta comodidad y a continuación examinaremos el contexto y significado del aceite nHH o ‘aceite de oliva’, especialmente a través de ciertos ejemplos de estas etiquetas de aceite nHH de la Dinastía xviii.
ABSTRACT: Labels for jars and amphorae were made with black ink. These labels had
the purpose of designating their contents as well offering further information about their
origin, kind, and quality. Based on the preserved examples, scholars can observe that they followed stereotyped formulae, obeying particular norms or rules, and functioning as it happens today with labels and tags for our products. The fundamental aim for the use of these labels was to describe – in a short phrase or a single defining word – all the relevant and necessary information about products. Many of the preserved labels mention the nHH oil, a term used in ancient Egypt that has been translated by most of scholars as ‘olive oil’. In this paper we will provide a brief discussion about labels and stamps mentioning these commodities, and will explore the context and importance of the nHH-oil or ‘olive oil’, especially through some examples of these nHH labels during the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Since Antiquity olive oil have been significant in the Mediterranean basin, for the economy, trade, society, techniques, and for their use: religious, symbolic meaning, etc.
Ancient Egyptians bottled and sealed oils to preserve, trade, and store them. This process was very important namely to impress a seal upon in a jar as evidence or standard exactness. Jars or amphorae were sealed with mud stoppers. It was an easy way to close the amphora hermetically and keep the oil properties. After this process, ascribe labeled the jars. Egyptian labels are one of the world’s oldest examples. Some of them were found almost complete and are very detailed. During the excavations of the site of Deir el-Medina, Amarna, etc. jar labels and stamps, mentioning different types of oils, were found.
In this paper we will discuss the utility and the type of those label which with a short text or short phrase they wrote all the relevant and necessary information about a product. It was used to be able to distinguish between oils and recognize among the others products from the storage rooms or warehouse.
Although the fieldwork was intensive and meticulous, the posthumous publication of the archaeological works and the funerary findings is reduced. Pottery records comprise just a list of objects with short descriptions, lacking such information as fabric, typology, chronology, functionality, technology and cultural, economic and social aspects.
By: Abdelmanem Said, Ana Belén Jiménez Iglesias, Ana Díaz Blanco, Jose Manuel Alba Gómez.
* Formación Permanente en Egiptología I (14 ECTS, 4 asignaturas, sin trabajo de investigación)
* Formación Permanente en Egiptología II (30 ECTS, 5 asignaturas, con trabajo de investigación)
* Máster de Formación Permanente en Egiptología (60 ECTS, 8 asignaturas, con trabajo de investigación)