Functional aspects of Egyptian ceramics in their archaeological context : proceedings of a conference held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge, July 24-25, 2009 /

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Corporate Author: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.

Other Authors: Bader, Bettina, Ownby, Mary F.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Leuven : Peeters, 2013.

Series: Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta ; 217.
OLA ; 217.

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Call Number: DS1 .O7 v.217

Table of Contents:
  • •List of Participants / Authors •Preface •Introduction •Chapter 1. Domestic Environment •The Function of the Traditional Offering, the So-called Beer Jar, in the Old Kingdom According to Pictorial and Written Sources •About Bread Moulds and Bread Trays: Evidence for an Old Kingdom Bakery at al-Shaykh Sa'id •Dinner is Served: Remarks on Middle Kingdom Cooking Pots from Elephantine •Function and Reuse of Pottery within a Middle Kingdom Baking Area in Syene/Aswan •Baking Bread in Roman Egypt •Chapter 2. Festival and Cult •Domestic and Cultic Vessels from the Priests' Quarter in Karnak: The Fine Line between the Profane and the Sacred •Domestic and Votive Pottery from Giza. A View from Heit el-Ghurab Settlement and Khentkawes Town •Festival Pottery from New Kingdom Egypt: Three Case Studies •Chapter 3. Afterlife and Funerary Rituals •A Pottery Assemblage from the Tomb of Harwa (Western Thebes): Mortuary and Cultic Reuse of a 25th Dynasty Funerary Structure •Red Vases at Dra Abu el-Naga. Two Funerary Deposits •Functional Aspects of Funerary Pottery: A Dialogue between Representation and Archaeological Evidence •Chapter 4. Reuse •The Secondary Function of Pottery - a Case Study from Qantir-Piramesse •The Afterlife of Sherds: Architectural Re-use Strategies at the Monastery of John the Little, Wadi Natrun •La "jarre aux papyrus" d'Edfou et autres jarres de stockage d'époque arabe découvertes à Tebtynis, Fayoum (deuxième moitié du VIle - Xe siècle apr. J.-C.) •Chapter 5. Engagement With Pottery •Conversations between Objects: Ambience and the Egyptian Ceramic World at Beth Shan •Mother's Best Tea Service - Pottery as Diplomatic Gifts in the Second Intermediate Period •Wells and Kilns: Local Ceramic Production and Use at Tell Basta in Roman Times