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 stu...

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.