Damage and repair of the Old Kingdom canopic jars – the case at Abusir
Archaeological excavations in the Abusir South officials’ tombs have revealed several sets of canopic jars that bear traces of large surface damage and plaster patches filling the holes and chippings. Deeper research into the canopic jars of the Old Kingdom unearthed during earlier excavations...
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Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta
2015-12-01
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| description | Archaeological excavations in the Abusir South officials’
tombs have revealed several sets of canopic jars that bear
traces of large surface damage and plaster patches filling
the holes and chippings. Deeper research into the canopic
jars of the Old Kingdom unearthed during earlier
excavations in the area of Abusir yielded more examples,
and therefore questions arose concerning the origins of this
damage and subsequent repair.
The author of the present study brings to light the so far
recognized evidence and outlines several paths of
interpretation. The quality of limestone used for the
production of all these canopic jars was not the reason
for this damage, which would have occurred during the
production process. Therefore, the author comes to
the conclusion that they must have been used in a kind
of pre-burial activity, most probably connected with
mummification. Such activity thus caused the surface
chippings, and the jars must have been restored (in one
case twice). Later on, the jars were put into the burial
apartment – all probably empty, as a symbol of post mortal
treatment of the body, which probably did not include
evisceration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-541de533e2a3478096bba9915592765f2022-12-22T01:35:19ZcesUniverzita Karlova, Filozofická fakultaPražské Egyptologické Studie1214-31891801-38992015-12-01157685Damage and repair of the Old Kingdom canopic jars – the case at AbusirLucie Jirásková0Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles UniversityArchaeological excavations in the Abusir South officials’ tombs have revealed several sets of canopic jars that bear traces of large surface damage and plaster patches filling the holes and chippings. Deeper research into the canopic jars of the Old Kingdom unearthed during earlier excavations in the area of Abusir yielded more examples, and therefore questions arose concerning the origins of this damage and subsequent repair. The author of the present study brings to light the so far recognized evidence and outlines several paths of interpretation. The quality of limestone used for the production of all these canopic jars was not the reason for this damage, which would have occurred during the production process. Therefore, the author comes to the conclusion that they must have been used in a kind of pre-burial activity, most probably connected with mummification. Such activity thus caused the surface chippings, and the jars must have been restored (in one case twice). Later on, the jars were put into the burial apartment – all probably empty, as a symbol of post mortal treatment of the body, which probably did not include evisceration.https://sites.ff.cuni.cz/pes/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/Lucie_Jiraskova_76-85.pdfcanopic jarsmummificationOld Kingdomstone vesselslimestone |
| spellingShingle | Lucie Jirásková Damage and repair of the Old Kingdom canopic jars – the case at Abusir Pražské Egyptologické Studie canopic jars mummification Old Kingdom stone vessels limestone |
| title | Damage and repair of the Old Kingdom canopic jars – the case at Abusir |
| title_full | Damage and repair of the Old Kingdom canopic jars – the case at Abusir |
| title_fullStr | Damage and repair of the Old Kingdom canopic jars – the case at Abusir |
| title_full_unstemmed | Damage and repair of the Old Kingdom canopic jars – the case at Abusir |
| title_short | Damage and repair of the Old Kingdom canopic jars – the case at Abusir |
| title_sort | damage and repair of the old kingdom canopic jars the case at abusir |
| topic | canopic jars mummification Old Kingdom stone vessels limestone |
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