Body, cosmos and eternity : : new research trends in the iconography and symbolism of ancient Egyptian coffins / / edited by Rogério Sousa.

• Superior document: Archaeopress Egyptology ; 3
• TeilnehmendeR: Sousa, Rogério,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeopress Egyptology ; 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume collects papers from the symposium 'Body, Cosmos and Eternity: the Symbolism of Coffins in Ancient Egypt', convened at the historical building of the University of Port, February 2013.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I : Studies on Coffin Symbolism -- From skin wrappings to architecture -- René van Walsem -- Figs. 1-2 - After DONADONI-ROVERI, 1969: figs. 6a-b. -- Fig. 3 - After IKRAM, DODSON, 1998: fig. 236. -- Fig. 4 - After DONADONI-ROVERI, 1969: pl. 8,1. -- Fig. 7 - After KUHLMANN, 1996: fig. 14. -- Figs. 5-6 - After HEINRICH, 1957: figs. 105-106. -- Fig. 8 - After DONADONI-ROVERI, 1969: pl. 9. -- Fig. 9 - After FIECHTER, 2001: 91. -- Fig. 10 - After DONADONI-ROVERI, 1969: pl. 24. -- Fig. 11 - After DONADONI-ROVERI, 1969: pl. 29,1. -- Fig. 12 - After HAYES, 1935: fig. 16. -- Fig. 13 - After LACAU, 1904: pl. 10. -- Fig. 14 - After LACAU, 1904: pl. 15. -- Fig. 15 - After IKRAM, DODSON, 1998: fig. 347. -- (AF 1666 - E 13030), Paris. -- Fig. 16 - Photographs: top left: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta -- top right: Cairo Egyptian Museum -- bottom: Louvre -- Fig. 17 - After DESROCHES NOBLECOURT, 1976: 166. -- Fig. 18 - Photograph Museum of Antiquities, Leiden and after THAUSING, GOEDICKE, 1971: pl. 8=68. -- Fig. 19 - Photograph Museum of Antiquities, Leiden. -- Fig. 20 - After WALSEM, 1997: pl. 143. -- Fig. 21 - Photograph Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. -- Fig. 22 - After HORNUNG, 1976: 58-59 -- After PIANKOFF, 1964: 14-15. -- Fig. 23 - After WITTKOWER, 1971: fig. 1a. -- The evolution of prehistoric, anthropoid wrappings to historic architectonic coffins/sarcophagi -- separate contrasts optimally fused in single Theban 'stola' coffins (±975-920 BC) -- Permeable containers: Body and cosmos in Middle Kingdom coffins -- Rune Nyord -- Fig. 1 - Object frieze on the back side of the inner coffin of Gemniemhat, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, ÆIN 1585. Photo: Ole Haupt, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.

Fig. 2 - The purification ritual with sieve, jar and two ankhs as represented in two dimensions in the 18th Dynasty tomb of User (TT 21). Davies, 1913, pl. 21. Courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society. -- Drawing: Henrijette Vex Nyord. -- Fig. 3 - Diagram showing the distribution of D1 hieroglyphs with and without colour emphasis on the coffin of Bekheni, Cairo Museum, CG 28012. -- Fig. 4 - Vignette of East and West standards bearing offerings from the front side of the inner coffin of Senebtisi (L2Li). Gauthier, J.-E. -- Jéquier, G., 1902: pl. 23. Courtesy of the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale. -- Fig. 5 - Diagram of internal/external relations implied by the coffin decoration. Drawing: Henrijette Vex Nyord. -- Ancient Egyptian funerary arts as social documents: social place, reuse, and working towards a new typology of 21st Dynasty coffins -- Kathlyn M. Cooney -- (Cairo CG 61025) -- Fig. 1 - Coffin of Nodjmet (Cairo CG 61024). -- Fig. 2 - Coffin of Panedjem I -- Fig. 3 - Inner coffin of Nesykhonsu (Cairo CG 61030) -- Fig. 4 - Inner coffin of Isetemkheb (Cairo CG 61031) -- Fig. 5 - Inner coffin of Djedptahiuefankh (Cairo CG 61034) -- Fig. 6 - Coffin of Sutymes (Louvre N2609-11) -- Fig. 7 - Mummy board of Tabakenkhonsu (Turin 2226- DSC_1421) - Photographer Neil Crawford -- Fig. 8 - Coffin of Amenemipet (BM EA 22941) -- Fig. 9 - Coffin set of Butehamen (Turin C2237) -- Fig. 10 - Inner coffin of Tjenetentiuhereru (Louvre 13034-35) -- Fig. 11 - Outer coffin of Ikhy (Vatican 25035 - DSC_4641) - -- Photographer Neil Crawford -- Fig. 12 - Coffin of an anonymous woman (BM EA 24907) -- Fig. 13 - Louvre AF 9593 -- Fig. 14 - Anonymous coffin (Florence 2157 - GYU_0860) - -- Photographer Remy Hiramoto -- Fig. 15 - Anonymous coffin (Florence 2157 - DSC_2783) - Photographer Neil Crawford -- Fig. 16 - Coffin of Meretenahet (Vienna AS 6066).

Fig. 17 - Anonymous coffin (Copenhagen 3912) -- Fig. 18- Anonymous coffin: lid (Vatican 25022 - DSC_3286) - Photographer Neil Crawford -- Fig. 19 - Anonymous coffin: lid DSC_3246 - Photographer Neil Crawford -- Fig. 20 - Anonymous coffin (Berlin 9679) -- Representations of passage in ancient Egyptian iconography -- Éva Liptay -- Fig. 1 - Junker, 1943: Abb. 13 -- Fig. 2 - Junker, 1940: Abb. 9 -- Fig. 3 - Niwiński, 1999: fig. 32. Courtesy of Andrzej Niwiński -- Fig. 5 - Niwiński 1995: fig. 55. Courtesy of Andrzej Niwiński -- Fig.4 - Niwiński 1989: fig. 42. Courtesy of Andrzej Niwiński -- Fig.6 - Niwiński 1999: fig. 76 -- Fig. 7 - Niwiński 1995: fig. 100 -- Crossing the landscapes of eternity: parallels between Amduat and funeral procession scenes on the 21st Dynasty coffins1 -- Cássio de Araújo Duarte -- Fig. 1 - Brussels E 5881. Photos by the author. -- Fig. 2 - Leiden AMM 18-h. Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. -- Fig. 3 - London EA 22941. © Trustees of the British Museum -- Fig. 4 - London EA 22942. © Trustees of the British Museum -- Fig. 5 - Mougins MMoCA489. Courtesy of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art. -- Fig. 6 - Athens ANE 3422 - Drawing by the author -- Fig. 7 - Berlin 580001 - Drawing by the author. -- 'Spread your wings over me': iconography, symbolism and meaning of the central panel on yellow coffins -- Rogério Sousa -- Fig. 1 - Coffin´s components (after the outer coffin of A 136) - Drawing by the author. -- Fig. 2 - Central panel. Inner coffin of Khonsu (Metropolitan Museum of Art) - Drawing by the author. -- Fig. 3 - Central panel. Outer coffin of Henut-taui (Metropolitan Museum of Art) - Drawing by the author. -- Fig. 4 - Central panel. Mummy-cover of Diukhonsuiry (A.49, Cairo Egyptian Museum) - Drawing by the author. -- Fig. 5 - Central panel. Inner coffin of Henut-taui (Metropolitan Museum of Art) - Drawing by the author.

Drawing by the author. -- Fig. 6 - Central panel. Coffin of Shedsutauepet (A 110, Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa) - -- Fig. 7 - Central panel. Mummy-cover of Padiuamun (A 87, Cairo Egyptian Museum) - Drawing by the author. -- Fig. 8 - Central panel. Inner coffin of Tjenetipet (A 119, Cairo Egyptian Museum) - Drawing by the author. -- Cynthia May Sheikholeslami -- Fig. 1 - Padiamunet's Canopic Equipment (Luxor Museum J75). Photo by C. M. Sheikholeslami. -- Fig. 2 - Ptah-Sokar-Osiris Figure of Padiamunet (after Ancient Egyptian Art, 1952: 39) -- Fig. 3 - Padiamunet adoring the divine assessors (Book of the Dead spell 125) on the box of his middle coffin (Luxor Museum J845) -- notice the lighter areas of colored plaster used to fill and smooth the wooden surface Photo by C. M. Sheikholeslami. -- Fig. 4 - Face of Padiamunet from the lid of his middle coffin -- missing sections of the red wax have been restored with red coloring (Luxor Museum J845). Photo by C. M. Sheikholeslami. -- Fig. 5 - Padiamunet at the door of the hall of judgement (Book of the Dead spell 125 vignette detail) from the box of his middle coffin (Luxor Museum J845). Photo by C. M. Sheikholeslami. -- Fig. 6 - The goddess Nut inside the vaulted lid of the qrsw of Padiamunet, with figures of the goddesses of the hours of the night (left, with stars on their heads) and day (right, with sun disks on their heads) flanking her outstreched body (National Mus -- Photo by C. M. Sheikholeslami. -- Fig. 7 - Head end of the lid of the qrsw of Padiamunet with the rising sun in the center and the emblem of the east on the left and of the west on the right above the figures of the birds and jackals (National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, formerly Nef.

Fig. 8 - The day barque of the sun god on the eastern side of the lid of the qrsw of Padiamunet (National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, formerly Neferu register no. 52). Photo by C. M. Sheikholeslami. -- Fig. 9 - Padiamunet adoring the text of the second hymn from Book of the Dead 15 and the arriving day barque of the sun god on the lid of his qrsw sarcophagus (National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, formerly Neferu register no. 52). Photo by C. M. Shei -- (National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, formerly Neferu register no. 52). Photo by C. M. Sheikholeslami. -- Fig. 10 - The night barque of the sun god on the western side of the lid of the qrsw of Padiamunet -- Fig. 11 - Head end of the western side of the box of the qrsw of Padiamunet with the false door panel and Imsety in his shrine (National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, formerly Neferu register no. 52). -- Photo by C. M. Sheikholeslami. -- (Luxor Museum J845). Photo by C. M. Sheikholeslami. -- (Luxor Museum J845). Photo by C. M. Sheikholeslami. -- Fig. 12 - Vignette of Book of the Dead spell 125 on the exterior of the box of Padiamunet's middle coffin -- Fig. 13 - Detail of the head and shoulders of the lid of the middle coffin of Padiamunet -- Fig. 14 - Vignette of Book of the Dead spell 54 on the lid of Padiamunet's middle coffin (Luxor Museum J845). Photo by C. M. Sheikholeslami. -- Fig. 15 - Detail of the face of Padiamunet on his inner coffin lid showing the remains of the red wax covering over the carved wooden face with details of the eyebrows and beard rendered in black wax (National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, formerly Lux -- Fig. 16 - Lid of the inner coffin of Padiamunet (National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, formerly Luxor Museum J346). Photo by C. M. Sheikholeslami.

Fig. 17 - Pedestal base with ankh-was-neb decoration on the inner coffin of Padiamunet (National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, formerly Luxor Museum J346). Photo by C. M. Sheikholeslami.