In this work, a new fascicle of the the series Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum (CAA) Wien, 31 monuments are presented, namely stelae, inscribed stones, reliefs and similar objects, dating to the 22 through 30 Dynasties. Two objects are obviously temple reliefs: the barrier (213), which probably comes from a temple in Sais, and the relief of Osiris, Isis and Nephthys (5079 +5099, from Memphis?). The stele of the lady Taniya (only the upper part is in Vienna (AES 192), the lower part in Cairo (CG 20 564)) is apparently from a temple (at Abydos?): the "appeal to the living" is addressed to priests "who will enter the Temple of Osiris".
Five to seven objects are apparently Abydos stelae: 138, 157, 119, 147, 189 and perhaps also 165 and 5898. The eight wooden tombstelae from Thebes (891, 5071, 5069, 5072, 5073, 8479, 5961, A2096) are monuments of the mortuary cult; as are the three tombstones from Saqqara (185, 5833 and perhaps 10098) and two inscriptions with offering lists (5026, 5027); five more tombstones are from Aswan (194a), Qift (8463), Akhmim (10024, 10072) and Diospolis parva (6043). No clues are visible on the origin of a stela (5902) and the fragment of a tomb wall (5093).
One object was created as a funerary object: the small wooden obelisk of the Lady Nekhtubasteróu (802). One single object comes from a documented excavation, namely the Theban wooden stela of [Pa]bês (A 2096). It was found in 1973 in the course of the excavation of the University of Vienna in the 'Asasîf at the tomb of 'Anckhôr, TT 414.
The CAA publications follow strict directions, such as the outer form and the organisation of description and treatment of the objects, a somewhat ideosyncratic quotation system, absolute avoidance of footnotes or endnotes.
Unfortunately, it was not possible, for economic reasons, to include quality facsimile drawings, such as could be done in many previous fascicles. Work on the late period inscriptions began in the 1990s, but the CAA project work focussed on those areas which were already well advanced, such as the inscriptions of the Old Kingdom (Regina Hölzl), and the New Kingdom (Satzinger with Angelika Lohwasser or Michaela Hüttner), as well as the sculpture (Eva Rogge), and in the same time work on the Ramesside non-literary papyri (Moh. Salah el-Kholi).
Project funding by the Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung lasted up to 2000. After its end, work on those projects that were not completed, such as the inscriptions of the Late Period presented here, came practically to a standstill. That this fascicle can now be submitted is ultimately owned to the interested cooperation of Prof. Günter Vittmann of Würzburg, by whose expertise in prosopographic and other relevant issues the elapsed long time span could be bridged. In the tackled part of the fascicle are offered, apart from the preface, a list of fascicles of the Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum Wien, a list of the objects treated, including their dating, further the indexes: inventory numbers, divine names, epithets of gods, royal names, private names, titles, geographical names, tombs, objects in other museums, subjects.
