Breaking the Dsr. t vessels : an ancient Egyptian fragmentation rite / Elena Luise Hertel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hertel, Elena Luise, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient--Egypt.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.

Pottery, Egyptian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

'Breaking the dsr.t-vessels' was a funerary rite that involved the intentional damaging of a certain type of ceramic vessel. The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of the rite through a re-evaluation of the primary sources and previous research and to provide the first study devoted entirely to the rite.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Information

Contents

List of Figures

Figure 1. Comparison of PT 244 with spells for purification, anointing, the ritual offering of food and drink, and the Opening of the Mouth Ritual

Figure 2. Chronological distribution of textual, iconographical, and archaeological sources of pottery fragmentation contexts.

Figure 3. dšr.t-Vessels on Middle Kingdom Coffins. Photographs © by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, in the collection of the Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, De Buck archive

Figure 4. Shape of the dšr.wt depicted in the Middle Kingdom

Figure 5. Shape of the dšr.wt classifier in the Middle Kingdom

Figure 6. Shape of dšr.wt depictions and classifiers in the New Kingdom

Figure 7. dšr.t-Vessels among tools for the Opening of the Mouth Ritual (above) and the offering of food and drink (below) in the forecourt of TT 75. Photographs: Schott-Photos No. 1963 and 1964 © Schott Archiv (Ägyptologie Universität Trier)

Figure 8. dšr.t-Vessels and nms.t-Vessels found in Giza (after Reisner 1955, Pl. 46e)

Figure 9. Attestations of CT 926 on Middle Kingdom coffins. Photographs © by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, in the collection of the Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, De Buck archive

Figure 10. Vessel breaking scene in the tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Figure 11. Present and absent elements in the New Kingdom vessel-breaking scenes

Figure 12. Shape of vessels in the New Kingdom vessel-breaking scenes

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Goal and Definition

On the Necessity of a Re-Evaluation

Methodology and Structure

The BdV in Egyptological Literature

History of Previous Research

Phase 1: Identification

Phase 2: Contextualisation

Phase 3: Attribution of Archaeological Evidence.

Interpretations of the BdV

The BdV as a Rite Against Evil

Proponent Arguments

Problems

The BdV as Disposing of Vessels

How to Move Forward

The Concept of Intentional Damaging of Objects: Fragmentation Theory

Interpreting the Intentional Fragmentation of Objects

Implications of Fragmentation Theory for the BdV

Forms of Intentional Fragmentation of Objects in Ancient Egypt

The dšr.wt - Appearance, Use, and Purpose

dšr.t-Vessels in the Old Kingdom

dšr.t-Vessels in the Middle Kingdom

dšr.t-Vessels in the New Kingdom

dšr.t-Vessels After the New Kingdom

dšr.t-Vessels in Archaeological Contexts

Conclusion on dšr.t-Vessels

Contextualising the BdV

The Pyramid Texts

The Old Kingdom Private Contexts

The BdV in the Middle Kingdom

The BdV Scene in the Luxor Temple

The dšr.wt in the BdV

The New Kingdom Vessel-Breaking Scenes

Summary and Conclusion

Appendix

Appendix Table 1

Appendix Table 2

Appendix Table 3

Catalogue

A1 - dšr.wt in the Old Kingdom

A2 - dšr.wt in the Middle Kingdom

A3 - dšr.wt in the New Kingdom

A4 - dšr.wt after the New Kingdom

B1 - BdV in the Old Kingdom

B2 - BdV in the Middle Kingdom

B3 - BdV in the New Kingdom

B4 - Vessel-Breaking Scenes in New Kingdom Private Tombs

Bibliography and Abbreviations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9781803275888

180327588X

OCLC:

1422264213