Eternal Gaze: Third Intermediate Period Non-Royal Female Egyptian Coffins
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu14013016332021-08-03T06:25:17Z Eternal Gaze: Third Intermediate Period Non-Royal Female Egyptian Coffins Moore, Cathie A. Ancient History Archaeology Art History ART HISTORY COFFINS GAZE THEORY OBJECT AGENCY THEORY THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD EGYPT FEMALE ANCIENT ART ARCHAEOLOGY FUNERARY ART Ancient Egypt has long fascinated the world with its art and architecture. People are most intrigued by the pyramids, tomb paintings, and mummies. The works that are usually studied came from the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms. Other than Egyptologists, most people are unaware of the time periods that fell between these great kingdoms. Early scholars named them the Intermediate Periods; they were times of de-unification between Upper and Lower Egypt, a politically chaotic state. They were thought of as times that did not produce great artworks, so until the last few decades these periods were not often studied.This thesis uses three case studies to recreate the journey of a coffin belonging to three separate Third Intermediate Period non-royal women. The first case study covers the mummification process, the commissioning and decoration of a coffin set and the process involved in readying the coffin set for the funeral procession. The second case study analyzes the journey of the visible outer coffin during the funeral procession from the embalmment house to the tomb. The third case study continues the journey a Third Intermediate Period coffin set would experience by examining what happens with the coffin set as it lay in the tomb. Through the lens of Gaze Theory and Object Agency Theory this thesis examines Third Intermediate Period non-royal female Egyptian coffins and explored their social origin of interchangeability (between object and subject). The Agency of these coffins supported and made possible social interactions and relationships. The Gaze of the coffins presented in this thesis was one of desire, a non-sexualized desire. It demanded complex relationships; trust that it would protect and carry the deceased into the afterlife, assurance that in could be the double of the deceased, belief that it was a conduit between the dead and the living. These coffins helped to structure the ancient Egyptian’s perceptions; constraining or releasing ideas and emotions in ways that drew together the social, cosmic, and emotional links to the living and the dead in an ever changing relationship between past and present. 2014-06-25 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1401301633 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1401301633 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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Ancient History Archaeology Art History ART HISTORY COFFINS GAZE THEORY OBJECT AGENCY THEORY THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD EGYPT FEMALE ANCIENT ART ARCHAEOLOGY FUNERARY ART Moore, Cathie A. Eternal Gaze: Third Intermediate Period Non-Royal Female Egyptian Coffins |
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