Seminar om kroppen
Mødedato: Lørdag d. 4/3, 2017, kl. 11-16
Lokale: 23.0.49
Foredrag 1 kl. 11-12.15:
Embodying the Goddess: Tattooing and Worship in Deir el-Medina
Anne Austin, Ph.D., History Department, Stanford University
While tattooing is an increasingly popular topic, it is rarely discussed in the past owing to the infrequent identification of tattoos in human remains. This is particularly true in dynastic Egypt, where physical evidence of tattooing was limited to a set of three female Middle Kingdom mummies from Deir el-Bahri with geometric patterns placed on their arms and abdomens.
During the 2014-2015 mission of the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale at Deir el-Medina, however, our team identified at least four individuals with tattoos including one woman with over two dozen separate, figural tattoos placed along her arms, neck, and shoulders.
This talk reviews the significance of this tattooed mummy from Deir el-Medina through a systematic analysis of the placement, orientation, order, and symbolism of her tattoos. These tattoos are compared with local cult objects and temple spaces in order to demonstrate that the use of cult images associated with Hathor links this woman with popular acts of worship at Deir el-Medina.
This mummy therefore not only offers a unique and significant contribution to our understanding of the practice of tattooing in ancient Egypt, but also the potential roles of women in religious worship in ancient Egypt.
Frokostpause kl. 12.15-13.00 (medbring selv mad og drikke)
Foredrag 2 kl. 13.00-14.15:
Fosterbegravelser
Lise Manniche, mag. art., Ph.D.
I Ægypten er der mange eksempler på, at for tidligt fødte eller dødfødte børn har fået særlig opmærksomhed. De kendteste er de to små mumier fundet i Tutankhamons grav, men der er andre med mere beskeden herkomst og fra andre tidspunkter.
Lise har længe søgt en forklaring på dette fænomen og vil i foredraget fremlægge nogle resultater af sin forskning.
A Coptic burial at TT65 (T. Bács, EA 17, 2000)
Pause kl. 14.15-14.45
Foredrag 3 kl. 14.45-16.00:
Coptic mummies and textiles in Western Thebes
Dr. Jennifer Cromwell, Post.Doc. ToRS, Københavns Universitet
The Theban mountain range was home to a large monastic population during the 7th and 8th centuries AD. From this period, we have a wealth of textual and archaeological information concerning the lives of the monks, including the preparations that they made for their burials.
In this respect, providing the appropriate funerary textiles was vital: new linen sheets and tapes with which to wrap the bodies. The Theban evidence reveals the different stages of the manufacturing process, from the textual record of flax growing, spinning, and weaving and supply of finished textiles, to the archaeological evidence of loom pits and even preserved wrapped mummies.
This presentation will examine the nature and range of the surviving evidence and discuss the importance of textile production to the monastic communities of Western Thebes.
Camel, O Camel, come and fetch and carry
Mødedato: Torsdag d. 14/4 2016, kl. 17.30
Mødetid er kl. 17.20, døren låses!
Lokale: Antikmuseet på Aarhus Universitet, Victor Albecksvej, Århus C, bygning 414
ved Dr. Jennifer Cromwell, Post.Doc. ToRS, Københavns Universitet
After the introduction of the camel into Egypt by the Persians, it became the most important beast of burden in the first millennium CE. They were used by the Roman military, for transport to the quarries and ports of the eastern desert, and by monasteries throughout the country.
In the biography of Saint Menas, it was a camel that determined where he was to be buried, where his cult site was established, and afterwards camels became a standard element on Menas pilgrim flasks.
The importance of camels within a monastic context lies at the heart of my paper: the roles camels played, who was responsible for their care, and who benefited from their by-products. The majority of this evidence comes from the 7th and 8th centuries, and is found at sites throughout the Nile Valley.
Camel, O Camel, come and fetch and carry
Mødedato: Tirsdag d. 7/6 2016 kl. 18.00
Lokale: KUA1 22.0.11
Camel, O Camel, come and fetch and carryFulgt af sommerfesten kl. 19.30
After the introduction of the camel (dromedary) into Egypt at the end of the first millennium BC, it became the most important beast of burden in the country. They were used by the Roman military, for transport to the quarries and ports of the eastern desert, by monasteries throughout the land, and a camel is central to the life and cult of St Mena. Yet, before the Ptolemaic period, the camel is barely attested in Egypt, despite being perfectly designed for life in the desert and along the cultivation’s edge.
This paper will fall in two parts. The first deals with the scant evidence for camels in Egypt during the Pharaonic Period, even though it had been domesticated in the Arabian peninsula at least by the start of the second millennium. The second part examines the importance of camels within a monastic context: the roles camels played, who was responsible for their care, and who benefited from their by-products. Two main cases studies illustrate the different uses of camels, depending on location and need: the monastery of Wadi Sarga, south of Asyut, and the monastic communities along the Theban west bank.
Reconstructing an Egyptian Monastery: The Material Remains of Wadi Sarga
Mødedato: Torsdag d. 19/2, kl. 17.30
Mødetid er kl. 17.20, døren låses!
Lokale: Antikmuseet på Aarhus Universitet, Victor Albecksvej, Århus C, bygning 414
v. Dr. Jennifer Cromwell, postdoc ToRS, Københavns Universitet The monastic complex of Apa Thomas at Wadi Sarga, 25km south of Asyut, was excavated during a single season in 1913-14. No further archaeological work has occurred at the site, which is now a military zone. Our knowledge of the history of the monastery and its daily affairs is therefore restricted to the material remains discovered during that single, pre-War, season. This paper will provide an overview of renewed work that is being undertaken on this evidence from the monastery, the majority of which is held by the British Museum, and the potential for further study.
Reconstructing an Egyptian Monastery
Mødedato: Torsdag d. 5/3,
kl. 19.00
Lokale: KUA1 23.0.49
Reconstructing an Egyptian Monastery: The Material Remains of Wadi Sarga,
v. Dr. Jennifer Cromwell, Post.Doc. ToRS, Københavns Universitet
The monastic complex of Apa Thomas at Wadi Sarga, 25km south of Asyut, was excavated during a single season in 1913–14. No further archaeological work has occurred at the site, which is now a military zone.
Our knowledge of the history of the monastery and its daily affairs is therefore restricted to the material remains discovered during that single, pre-War, season.
This paper will provide an overview of renewed work that is being undertaken on this evidence from the monastery, the majority of which is held by the British Museum, and the potential for further study.