Coffin commerce : how a funerary materiality formed ancient Egypt /

Coffin commerce : how a funerary materiality formed ancient Egypt /

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Author / Creator:	Cooney, Kara, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	81 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge Elements. Elements in ancient Egypt in context Cambridge elements. Elements in ancient Egypt in context.
Subject:	Coffins -- Egypt. Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Egypt. Coffins. Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient. Egypt.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12688598

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ISBN:	1108823335 9781108823333 9781108911115 (PDF ebook) 9781108913881 (PDF ebook)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [71]-81).
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--back cover.
Other form:	ebook version : 9781108911115

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