Dealing with the dead in ancient Egypt : the funerary business of Petebaste /

Dealing with the dead in ancient Egypt : the funerary business of Petebaste /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Donker van Heel, K. (Koenraad), author.
Imprint:	Cairo ; New York : The American Univeristy in Cairo Press, 2021.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Undertakers and undertaking -- Egypt -- Thebes (Extinct city) Death care industry -- Egypt -- Thebes (Extinct city) Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Egypt. Family archives -- Egypt -- Thebes (Extinct city) Egyptian language -- Papyri, Hieratic. Antiquities Civilization Death care industry Egyptian language Family archives Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Manners and customs Social conditions Undertakers and undertaking Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city) -- Social life and customs. Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city) -- Social conditions. Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C. Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C. Egypt -- Antiquities. Egypt Egypt -- Thebes (Extinct city) History Papyri, Hieratic
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13542444

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Varying Form of Title:	Funerary business of Petebaste
ISBN:	9781649030306 1649030304 1649030290 9781649030290 9781617979965
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Summary:	"Petebaste son of Peteamunip, the choachyte, or water-pourer, lived during the first half of the seventh century BCE in the reigns of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty Kushite kings Shabaka and Taharqa and was responsible for the comfortable and carefree afterlife of his deceased clients by bringing their weekly libations. But Petebaste was also responsible for a wide range of other activities--he provided a tomb to the family of the deceased, managed the costs of the personnel and commodities, and took care of all necessary paperwork, while also tending to the gruesome preparation of the mortal remains of the deceased. Drawing on an archive of eight abnormal hieratic papyri in the Louvre that deal specifically with the affairs of a single family, Donker van Heel takes a deep dive into the business dealings of this Theban mortuary priest. In intimate detail, he illuminates the final stage of the embalming and coffining process of a woman called Taperet ('Mrs. Seedcorn') on the night before she would be taken from the embalming workshop to her final resting place, providing fascinating insight into the practical day-to-day aspects of funerary practices in ancient Egypt"--
Other form:	Print version: Donker van Heel, K. (Koenraad). Dealing with the dead in ancient Egypt. Cairo ; New York : The American Univeristy in Cairo Press, 2021 9781617979965

Table of Contents:

The texts
Previous study of the texts
The choachyte Petebaste
A family of clients
So why was hieratic abnormal?
Just a captive from Gaza
Are you buying or leasing this man?
What is this document doing here?
Burying your grandparents
The trial that backfired
Did Petebaste own a field?
Two accounts of a single funeral
The second account
Epilogue.