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2007 Varia Patrice Lenoble died in the night between the 25 th and 26 th of February 2007 in Nantes. The last time he came to Sudan was in October-December 2005, for the fifth campaign at el-Hassa. He planned to come back in the spring to resume his survey of the tumuli necropoleis in the Island of Meroe… His last article on that very topic will be published in the forthcoming issue of Kush, entitled « Une carte des derniers siècles de Méroé. Sites préchrétiens autour de l'ancienne capitale, entre Wad ben Naga et Gabati ». This inspired survey rich with so much potential closes an inspired carreer which always managed, thanks to or despite the circumstances, to come back to the core of his dedication: the description of the Meroitic Empire and its fall. He was not a man of concession and a scholar of unstinting generosity. This rare blend made him to all his colleagues a precious companion and/or adversary. As an archaeologist, he was the kind who likes to grasp the touria and the misterin, who needed to feel the ground. As a classicist, his culture and knowledge allowed him to change these physical encounters with our matter into a comprehensive description of the homo meroiticus. He was among the people who know that ever since the Hellenistic geographers, the Kingdom of Meroe has been part of the known world and of a vast legacy. The Sudanese ground has been generous to him and rewarded the audacious choices he made with the discovery of two Post Meroitic tumuli of imperial rank in el-Hobagi. The triumphal weapons and liturgic bronzes discovered in the graves but also his understanding of their real and symbolic functions have traveled all over the world with the recent exhibitions on Sudanese archaeology and become landmarks in what we know about the End of Meroe. Patrice Lenoble was born in Touraine on the 6th of October 1942. The important thing to remember from his years of apprentissage is that he studied mathematics and became a teacher, true son to a family devoted to the école laïque de la République. Then came Mai 68 for which he was obviously ready to play an important role and the spirit of which he never let go. At that time he was apointed librarian at the Institut d'archéologie of the University Paris IV- Sorbonne from 1968 to 1972. He was in his mid-20’s and he now turned to Greek and Roman archaeology (1970, Licence d’archéologie, Sorbonne University). His next diploma (Maîtrise d’archéologie) in 1978 was submited in the University of Besançon and deals with Swiss Prehistory, a new field of research that becomes understandable if one knows that from 1973 to 1975 he was practicing salvage archaeology on the future map of highway N5 in Swizerland. So academic classical archaeology and field prehistory were his tools when he first arrived in Sudan in 1976, the country where one can find polished Neolithic axes in the sanctuary of a 4 th century AD Meroitic temple. His first stay would last eight years (1976-1984) working as an artist at the Section française de la Direction des Antiquités du Soudan (SFDAS) in Khartoum. This was the very year of the discovery of the Neolithic and Meroitic cemeteries of el-Kadada. He dug the Meroitic tombs and Jacques Reinold the Neolithic ones under the 217 Patrice Lenoble 1942-2007
Transcript of Patrice Lenoble 1942-2007 - sag-online.de filecome back in the spring to resume his survey of the...
2007 Varia
Patrice Lenoble died in the night between the 25th
and 26th of February 2007 in Nantes. The last timehe came to Sudan was in October-December 2005,for the fifth campaign at el-Hassa. He planned tocome back in the spring to resume his survey of thetumuli necropoleis in the Island of Meroe… His lastarticle on that very topic willbe published in theforthcoming issue of Kush,entitled « Une carte desderniers siècles de Méroé.Sites préchrétiens autour del'ancienne capitale, entreWad ben Naga et Gabati ».This inspired survey richwith so much potentialcloses an inspired carreerwhich always managed,thanks to or despite thecircumstances, to come backto the core of his dedication:the description of theMeroitic Empire and its fall.
He was not a man ofconcession and a scholar of unstinting generosity.This rare blend made him to all his colleagues aprecious companion and/or adversary. As anarchaeologist, he was the kind who likes to grasp thetouria and the misterin, who needed to feel theground. As a classicist, his culture and knowledgeallowed him to change these physical encounterswith our matter into a comprehensive description ofthe homo meroiticus. He was among the people whoknow that ever since the Hellenistic geographers, theKingdom of Meroe has been part of the known worldand of a vast legacy.
The Sudanese ground has been generous to himand rewarded the audacious choices he made withthe discovery of two Post Meroitic tumuli of imperialrank in el-Hobagi. The triumphal weapons andliturgic bronzes discovered in the graves but also hisunderstanding of their real and symbolic functions
have traveled all over the world with the recentexhibitions on Sudanese archaeology and becomelandmarks in what we know about the End of Meroe.
Patrice Lenoble was born in Touraine on the 6thof October 1942. The important thing to rememberfrom his years of apprentissage is that he studied
mathematics and became ateacher, true son to a familydevoted to the école laïquede la République. Thencame Mai 68 for which hewas obviously ready to playan important role and thespirit of which he never letgo. At that time he wasapointed librarian at theInstitut d'archéologie of theUniversity Paris IV-Sorbonne from 1968 to1972. He was in hismid-20’s and he now turnedto Greek and Romanarchaeology (1970, Licenced’archéologie, Sorbonne
University). His next diploma (Maîtrised’archéologie) in 1978 was submited in theUniversity of Besançon and deals with SwissPrehistory, a new field of research that becomesunderstandable if one knows that from 1973 to 1975he was practicing salvage archaeology on the futuremap of highway N5 in Swizerland.
So academic classical archaeology and fieldprehistory were his tools when he first arrived inSudan in 1976, the country where one can findpolished Neolithic axes in the sanctuary of a 4th
century AD Meroitic temple. His first stay wouldlast eight years (1976-1984) working as an artist atthe Section française de la Direction des Antiquitésdu Soudan (SFDAS) in Khartoum. This was the veryyear of the discovery of the Neolithic and Meroiticcemeteries of el-Kadada. He dug the Meroitic tombsand Jacques Reinold the Neolithic ones under the
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supervision of Francis Geus, field director anddirector of SFDAS.
He then had to leave Sudan during the years 1984and 1985, testing the grounds of the sites of Isenya(Kenya) and Khirbet edh-Dharih (Jordan). Later thesame year, however, he was back in Khartoum, backin French Unit, this time as an archaeologist, for asecond stay of eight more years till 1993. The dig ofel-Hobagi started the year of his arrival with his twoSudanese colleagues and friends Mahmoud el-Sheikhel-Tayeb and Ussama Abdelrahman el-Nur. Itwould be his grand œuvre. Circumstances allowedhim to spend long stays out of Khartoum. The hotestmonths saw him still digging, having sardines andtheir oil as a regular diet, buying dozens of grape-fruits to provide vitamins for the workers andsleeping under a seyal tree.
These years were also the ones of the very firstsurvey in the fouth cataract (1989), the project of adam having been announced which is now undercompletion and to be flooded.
All the places where he worked were transformedby him into materials for the understanding of whathe was looking for : the description of the End ofMeroe. One just needs to survey his bibliography to
understand that always is questioned the accuracy ofour tools to describe the indigenous fundamentalsversus the Hellenistic influences and acculturations.
His contract in Sudan ended in 1993 when he wentto Lebanon, reopened to archaeological research. Helaunched there the restart of the French digs indowntown Beirut (1993-1994).
The French administration, which was hisemployer for all these years, didn’t let him go and hewas apointed as an expert at the Service régionald’archéologie in Nantes until his retirement (2002).Studying and protecting the cultural heritage of thisregion of France did not prevent him from thinkingabout coming back to Sudan. He did so in 2000, atSedeinga with Catherine Berger and at el-Hassa forthe opening of a new dig by the SFDAS.
During these last years more than ever, hisexperience was constantly sollicited by his colleaguesand students. His personal rule of a wellcomingattitude and a total generosity was very muchappreciated. In Khartoum, the date of his nextcoming was awaited and asked a long timebeforehand. We have all lost in Patrice Lenoble akeystone of our discipline.
VINCENT RONDOT
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Karte des Nordsudan ............................................................................................................................... 4
Editorial ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
Nachrichten aus Musawwarat
T. Scheibner und R. Mucha, "Kulturerhalt und Site Managementin Musawwarat es Sufra" – Die Kampagne 2007.................................................................................. 7
Fritz-Hintze-Vorlesung
St. Wenig, Kuschitische Königsstatuen im VergleichVersuch einer weiteren Analyse (Teil 2) ............................................................................................... 31
Aus der Archäologie
C. Näser, Die Humboldt University Nubian Expedition 2007:Arbeiten auf Us und Sur .........................................................................................................................41
C. Kleinitz, Felskunst im Fluss: Die Bilderwelt der Insel Usam Vierten Nilkatarakt ..........................................................................................................................51
M. Lange, H.U.N.E. 2007: Arbeiten auf der Insel Us ........................................................................77
D. Billig, H.U.N.E. 2007 – die Kirche SR022.A ............................................................................... 89
C. Kleinitz, Magisch-religiöse Zeichen der meroitischen undpostmeroitischen Epochen in Nubien ................................................................................................... 99
B. Gabriel, Präislamische Gräber in Nordost-Somalia ................................................................... 115
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G. Vittmann, A Question of Names, Titles, and Iconography.Kushites in Priestly, Administrative and other Positions from Dynasties 25 to 26 ......................... 139
J. Budka und F. Kammerzell, Kuschiten in Theben:Eine archäologische Spurensuche......................................................................................................... 163
A. Lohwasser, Ein Nordländer im Südland.Zu einem ägyptischen Spendenlöffel aus dem Sudan......................................................................... 179
R. Dann, Changing patterns of violence at Qustul and Ballanain the post-Meroitic period. Part One: The Humans ........................................................................ 189
E. Endesfelder, Geschichte der frühen Erforschung Nordostafrikas ........................................... 201
Peter L. Shinnie (1915-2007) ............................................................................................................... 211
Friedrich W. Hinkel (1925-2007) ........................................................................................................ 215
Patrice Lenoble (1942-2007) ................................................................................................................ 217
Bruce Trigger (1937-2006) ................................................................................................................... 219
Karte von Musawwarat es Sufra und dem Konzessionsgebiet am 4. Katarakt ..................... 227
