Les garde-manger de l’Antiquité
Conservation et gestion alimentaire dans la vallée du Nil et en Méditerranée
Published on Thursday, June 12, 2025
Abstract
After the first two study days organised by the Research Group on Storage in Ancient Egypt and Sudan and devoted to earthen storage architectures of the Nile Valley, the aim of this new meeting is to explore the ways in which food stocks were managed, by including specialists from the ancient Mediterranean worl
Announcement
Argument
After the first two study days organised by the Research Group on Storage in Ancient Egypt and Sudan and devoted to earthen storage architectures of the Nile Valley, the aim of this new meeting is to explore the ways in which food stocks were managed, by including specialists from the ancient Mediterranean world. Archaeologists and historians working on the Greco Roman world have already provided a number of answers, in terms of building architectural definitions and uses. We need now to compare our approaches and connect our data. Research on food storage contributes to our knowledge of ancient subsistence economies. It sheds light not only on the technical choices made to conserve stocks until they were replaced, but also on the ways in which these perishable products were acquired and consumed. By working on storage, we also deal with foodstuff trade – through the containers – and different types of ‘surplus’: these both research themes raise questions about the way in which wealth was created in ancient economies. On the occasion of this study day, an exceptional temporary presentation will be held in the permanent exhibition of the Egyptian collections (Room 331) at the Musée du Louvre: Les garde-manger de l’Antiquité. From June 2025 to January 2026, the Department of Egyptian Antiquities and the Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities will be presenting a selection of objects illustrating the techniques for processing, preserving and trading in food in Antiquity, based on the most recent archaeological research.
Program
- 9h Café d'accueil
- 9h30 Introduction avec présentation de la journée d'étude Vincent Rondot (Musée du Louvre, département des Antiquités égyptiennes)
- 9h45 Rethinking food storage and stock management in Egyptology and Sudanology Adeline Bats (CNRS, UMR 7041 ArScAn; Université de Genève, laboratoire ARCAN) et Nadia Licitra (CNRS, UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée)
10h45 Pause-café
- 11h Silos and storage in Korn Ombo in the First Intermediate Period (2195-2035 BC) Irene Forstner-Müller (Austrian Archaeological Institute/Austrian Academy of Sciences)
- 11h30 Transport and storage in jars in the New Kingdom: the evidence of 'jar dockets' Pierre Taller (Sorbonne Université, Ifao) et Laurent Bavay (Université libre de Bruxelles)
- 12h Beyond Odysseus' θάλα pος: storage in clay bins during the Mycenaean period Russell Webb (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, UMR 7041 ArScAn)
12h30 Pause déjeuner
- 14h Food and Containers: Eating and Storing at Muweis (Sudan) Romain David (Sfdas) et Marie Millet (musée du Louvre, département des Antiquités égyptiennes)
- 14h30 Roads, rations, and reservoirs: Logistics and storage on the Ptolemaic route from Edfu to Berenike Jennifer Gates-Foster (Chapel Hill University) et Bérangère Redon (CNRS, UMR 5189 HiSoMA)
- 15h Collection, storage and distribution of cereals in the Persian-era village of 'Ayn Manâwir (Kharga Oasis, 5th-4th centuries BC) Damien Agut-Labordère (CNRS, UMR 7041 ArScAn) et Nico Dogaer (CNRS, UMR 7041 ArScAn; MSC Fellowship)
15h30 Pause-café
- 15h45 Olive oil in the Iberian Peninsula: Production, stock management, transport Isabel Bonora Andujar (département des Antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines du musée du Louvre) et Enrique Garda Vargas (Departamento Prehistoria y Arqueologfa, Universidad de Sevilla)
- 16h15 Les garde-manger de l'Antiquité (The pantries of Antiquity): a dialogue between two departments of the Musée du Louvre Hélène Guichard (musée du Louvre, département des Antiquités égyptiennes), Isabel Bonora Andujar (musée du Louvre, département des Antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines) et Marie Millet (musée du Louvre, département des Antiquités égyptiennes)
- 16h45 Discussion
18h Fin de la journée d'étude
Subjects
- Europe (Main category)
- Periods > Prehistory and Antiquity
- Periods > Prehistory and Antiquity > Prehistory
- Periods > Prehistory and Antiquity > Greek history
- Periods > Prehistory and Antiquity > Roman history
- Periods > Prehistory and Antiquity > Ancient Egypt
- Mind and language > Epistemology and methodology > Archaeology
- Zones and regions > Europe > Mediterranean regions
Places
- Porte des Arts - Centre Dominique-Vivant Denon, Musée du Louvre
Paris, France (75)
Event attendance modalities
Full on-site event
Date(s)
- Monday, June 16, 2025
Attached files
Keywords
- stockage alimentaire, histoire de l'économie, aliment, grenier, silo, panier, sac, coffre
Contact(s)
- Marie Millet
courriel : Marie [dot] Millet [at] louvre [dot] fr
Reference Urls
Information source
- Adeline BATS
courriel : adeline [dot] bats [at] cnrs [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Les garde-manger de l’Antiquité », Study days, Calenda, Published on Thursday, June 12, 2025, https://doi.org/10.58079/143as
