{"product_id":"coffin-commerce-how-a-funerary-materiality-formed-ancient-egypt-paperback-9781108823333","title":"Coffin Commerce; How a Funerary Materiality Formed Ancient Egypt (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108823333","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCoffin Commerce\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow a Funerary Materiality Formed Ancient Egypt\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCoffins are windows into ancient lives. They help us understand how people used and reused them for their own benefit.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKathlyn M. Cooney (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108823333, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 June 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e75 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 0.5 cm, 0.15 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis discussion will be centered on one ubiquitous and rather simple Egyptian object type – the wooden container for the human corpse. We will focus on the entire 'lifespan' of the coffin – how they were created, who bought them, how they were used in funerary rituals, where they were placed in a given tomb, and how they might have been used again for another dead person. Using evidence from Deir el Medina, we will move through time from the initial agreement between the craftsman and the seller, to the construction of the object by a carpenter, to the plastering and painting of the coffin by a draftsman, to the sale of the object, to its ritual use in funerary activities, to its deposit in a burial chamber, and, briefly, to its possible reuse.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Power of the Thing\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Egyptian Coffin as a Social Thing\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Object as Container of Transformative Magic\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Coffin as a Set of Social and Economic Choices\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Coffin Craft System\u003cbr\u003e 7. Coffins as Transactional Objects\u003cbr\u003e 8. How Coffins Formed Egyptian Society.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Egyptian archaeology \/ Egyptology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Egyptian archaeology \/ Egyptology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Egyptian%20archaeology%20\/%20Egyptology%20%5BHDDG%5D%22\"\u003eHDDG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003600490776,"sku":"9781108823333","price":17.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108823333i_67073134-8511-4fca-825d-bcd2f845ccfd.jpg?v=1696719858","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/coffin-commerce-how-a-funerary-materiality-formed-ancient-egypt-paperback-9781108823333","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}