Death is only the beginning : Egyptian funerary customs at the Museum of Ancient Cultures Macquarie University / edited by Yann Tristant and Ellen M. Ryan ; photographs by Effy Alexakis ; with contributions by Susanne Binder [and 29 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macquarie University. Museum of Ancient Cultures, author.

Contributor:

Alexakis, Effy, photographer.

Ryan, Ellen M., contributor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Studies (Australian Centre for Egyptology) ; 11.

The Australian Centre for Egyptology ; Studies 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Macquarie University. Museum of Ancient Cultures--Catalogs.

Macquarie University.

Art, Egyptian--Catalogs.

Art, Egyptian.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Egypt.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt--Catalogs.

Egypt--Antiquities--Catalogs.

Antiquities.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

x, 318 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, Australia : Australian Centre for Egyptology, Macquarie University ; Oxford : Aris and Phillips Ltd., [2017]

Summary:

Founded in 1974 as the Ancient History Teaching Collection (AHTC), the Museum of Ancient Cultures (MAC) is the archaeological museum of Macquarie University. The MAC main collection comprises c. 4700 genuine artefacts from Ancient Egypt, Greece, Cyprus, Rome, the Near East and the Indus Valley. The Egyptian collection is widely regarded as one of the most important in Australia. This is the first catalogue of the collection detailing 72 Ancient Egyptian artefacts associated with funerary customs, from the Predynastic to the Coptic period. Divided into two parts, the catalogue aims to explore Ancient Egyptian funerary culture through an illustration of the MAC collection. Part One provides a series of articles on aspects of Ancient Egyptian funerary beliefs and practices. Part Two comprises the catalogue of artefacts, divided into four sections: pottery, funerary equipment, funerary texts, and religion and magic. In addition to high resolution photographs, each object receives detailed discussion of its composition and its significance to the study of Ancient Egypt more broadly.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: PART ONE

An insight into the use of three-dimensional scanning for the Death is Only the beginning catalogue / Olivier P. Rochecouste

Pedestal / Michael Rampe

The Egyptian collection in the Museum of Ancient Cultures at Macquarie University / Ellen M. Ryan

The origin of the Egyptian collection of the Australian Institute of Archaeology / Christopher J. Davey

Ancient Egyptian concepts of death and the afterlife / Boyo Ockinga

The Osiris myth / Boyo Ockinga

The Principal Gods of Ancient Egypt

The origins of the tomb in Egypt / Yann Tristant

Abu Rawash Project / Yann Tristant

Dendara Necropolis Project / Yann Tristant

Mortuary culture in the provinces: the example of Beni Hassan / Naguib Kanawati

Beni Hassan / Naguib Kanawati

Meir Project / Naguib Kanawati

The tomb of Memi / Naguib Kanawati

`Art', aesthetics and the functioning image in ancient Egyptian elite tombs / Nicolle Leary

Thebes in the New Kingdom / Boyo Ockinga

Macquarie Theban Tombs Project / Boyo Ockinga

Unwrapping mummification techniques in Ancient Egypt / Jacinta Carruthers

Strangers in a Strange Land / Yann Tristant

Animals in Ancient Egypt: roles in life and death / Linda Evans

Funerary texts / Julien Cooper

pt. TWO CATALOGUE

Pottery / Aaron de Souza

Cat. 1 Ovoid Black-Topped jar

Cat. 2 Black-Topped beaker

Cat. 3 White Cross-Lined bowl

Cat. 4 Decorated jar

Cat. 5 Globular vessel

Cat. 6 Decorated Wavy Handle jar

Cat. 7, 8 and 9 Cylindrical jars

Cat. 10 Wine jar

Cat. 11 Beer jar

Cat. 12 Beer jar

Cat. 13 Elongated jar

Cat. 14 Flaring neck jar

Cat. 15 Piriform bottle

Cat. 16 Rough ware cup

Cat. 17 Squat jar

Cat. 18 Squat jug with loop handle

Funerary equipment / Susanne Binder

Cat. 19 Head of Memi, governor of Akhmim province

Cat. 20 Statue of Memi, governor of Akhmim province

Cat. 21 Face fragment from a statue of Memi, governor of Akhmim province

Cat. 22 Figurine

Cat. 23 Ceremonial scepter (Sekhem)

Cat. 24 Wooden shabti

Cat. 25 Apis-bull headed shabti

Cat. 26 Shabti

Cat. 27 and 28 Shabtis

Cat. 29 Fragment of a stone coffin

Cat. 30 Necklace of faience beads

Cat. 31 Necklace

Cat. 32 Necklace of Faience tubular beads

Cat. 33 Cartonnage fragment

Cat. 34 Hand cartonnage

Cat. 35 Textile

Funerary texts / Ellen M. Ryan

Cat. 36 False-door jamb of Niankhre

Cat. 37 Stela of a family of potters

Cat. 38 Stela of the scribe Kaemwaset

Cat. 39 Limestone fragment with a Hymn to Amun

Cat. 40 Fragment of a stela

Cat. 41 Relief of Anubis

Cat. 42 Stela of Ta-Aru

Cat. 43 Stela of a priest in the temple of Amun at Karnak, Nefertem

Cat. 44 Fragment of a stela

Cat. 45 and 46 Funerary cones

Cat. 47 Funerary cone of Merymose

Cat. 48 Inscribed panel of a wooden shabti box

Cat. 49 Sarcophagus panel

Cat. 50 Statue of Osiris

Cat. 51 Lid of a coffin

Cat. 52 Lid of an ibis coffin

Cat. 53 Heart scarab amulet

Cat. 54 Papyrus fragment section of Chapter 125, Book of the Dead

Religion and magic / Eve Guerry

Cat. 55 Amulet of Anubis

Cat. 56 Amulet of Thoth

Cat. 57 Amulet of Sobek

Cat. 58 Amulet of Nephthys

Cat. 59 Amulet of a cat

Cat. 60 Necklace with Amulets

Cat. 61 Amulet of a Pataikos

Cat. 62 Amulet of Bes

Cat. 63 Mould for the production of a faience amulet

Cat. 64 Taweret figurine

Cat. 65 Apis bull

Cat. 66 Votive statuette

Cat. 67 Bronze bust of Isis

Cat. 68 Inscribed plate

Cat. 69 Frog oil lamp

Cat. 70 and 71 Papyri from mummy cartonnage

Cat. 72 Coptic ritual codex.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-318).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0856688525

9780856688522

OCLC:

1023050239

Publisher Number:

99988992680