Coffin commerce how a funerary materiality formed ancient Egypt Kathlyn M. Cooney

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooney, Kara, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in ancient Egypt in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coffins--Egypt.

Coffins.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient--Egypt.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021

Summary:

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.-- Provided by publisher

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-81)

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 22, 2021)

ISBN:

9781108911115

1108911110

9781108913881

1108913881

OCLC:

1252527371

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license