Coffin Commerce : How a Funerary Materiality Formed Ancient Egypt
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in Ancient Egypt in Context
ISBN-10
1108823335
ISBN-13
9781108823333
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 10th, 2021
Print length
75 Pages
Weight
142 grams
Dimensions
22.70 x 19.60 x 1.00 cms
Product Classification:
Egyptian archaeology / Egyptology
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This discussion will be centered on the wooden container for the human corpse. We will focus on the entire 'lifespan' of the coffin – how they were created, who bought them, how they were used in funerary rituals, where they were placed in a given tomb, and how they might have been used again for another dead person.
This discussion will be centered on one ubiquitous and rather simple Egyptian object type – the wooden container for the human corpse. We will focus on the entire ''lifespan'' of the coffin – how they were created, who bought them, how they were used in funerary rituals, where they were placed in a given tomb, and how they might have been used again for another dead person. Using evidence from Deir el Medina, we will move through time from the initial agreement between the craftsman and the seller, to the construction of the object by a carpenter, to the plastering and painting of the coffin by a draftsman, to the sale of the object, to its ritual use in funerary activities, to its deposit in a burial chamber, and, briefly, to its possible reuse.
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