Stone Transport and Stonemasonry: The Figurative Ostracon British Museum EA 23341

Di Teodoro, Micòl

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Stone Transport and Stonemasonry: The Figurative Ostracon British Museum EA 23341

Di Teodoro, Micòl

2022 • In Aegyptus, 102, p. 5 - 30

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Figurative Ostracon; New Kingdom; Rekhmira; Stone Transport; Stonemasonry; Archeology (arts and humanities); History; Archeology; Egyptology

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[en] This paper is the publication of the British Museum figurative ostracon EA 23341. The sides of the ostracon present the sketches of scenes closely intertwined: the transport of a raw stone block by means of a sledge, and stonemasons at work. Egyptian tomb painting offers some evidence of dragging of statues, portable objects, and funerary equipment on sledges pulled by men. Representations of the transport of stone blocks are very rare in comparison. One example, though severely damaged, is represented on the walls of the tomb of Rekhmira in Thebes, which also features stonemasons at work. Interestingly, the sketches on EA 23341 mirror Rekhmira’s scenes. The drawing of the transport of the stone block is exceptionally valuable here as it may enable the reconstruction of the scene in Rekhmira’s tomb.

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Di Teodoro, Micòl ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Mondes anciens ; Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Studi Storici, Museo Egizio di Torino, Italy

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English

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Stone Transport and Stonemasonry: The Figurative Ostracon British Museum EA 23341

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2022

Journal title :

Aegyptus

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0001-9046

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1827-7888

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Vita e Pensiero

Volume :

102

Pages :

5 - 30

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Peer reviewed

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