Early Roman Osiris Shrouds From Dra Abu El-Naga
- David García González
- Jónatan Ortiz García
- Jesús Herrerín López
- Pía Rodríguez Frade
ISSN: 0255-0962
Datum der Publikation: 2020
Nummer: 120
Seiten: 221-252
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire
Zusammenfassung
Most of the shrouds hitherto studied and published come from private collections or muse-ums, and lack archaeological contexts, so that it has very rarely been possible to relate them to their owners. This paper presents an interdisciplinary study of two shrouds found at Dra Abu el-Naga, their archaeological context, typology and technical details, and an anthropological and paleopathological analysis of the mummies with whom they were associated. The two painted shrouds offer evidence of surviving funerary beliefs and practices in early Roman Thebes and, from a gender perspective, offered, for the first time, the possibility to study enveloping textiles which iconography and texts were designed for males but used on female mummies