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Breaking the Dšr.t-Vessels : an Ancient Egyptian Fragmentation Rite /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hertel, Elena L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:Undetermined
Published: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2023]
Series:Access archaeology.
Subjects:
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient > Egypt.
Pottery, Egyptian.
Egypt > History > Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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
  • Proponent Arguments
  • Problems
  • 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.