Breaking the Dsr. t Vessels : : An Ancient Egyptian Fragmentation Rite.

• VerfasserIn: Hertel, Elena Luise,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (102 pages)

'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.

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 -- 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.