Umounted sarcophagus fragments
- Description:
- Umounted sarcophagus fragments
- Physical Description:
- 17 photographs
- Author:
- Brock, Edwin
- Date Created:
- May - June, 2003
- Collection:
- Ramesses VI (KV9) Sarcophagus Conservation
- Series:
- Conservation work in progress
- Location:
- Kings, Valley of the, Luxor, Egypt, and Al Uqşur
- Time Period:
- New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
- Topic:
- Ramesses VI, King of Egypt and Art, Ancient--Egypt
- Cultural Object:
- Sarcophagi, Inscriptions, Sarcophagi, Inscriptions, Sarcophagi, and Inscriptions
- Fieldwork activities:
- cleaning, conservation (process), woodworking, work site, personnel, cleaning, conservation (process), woodworking, work site, personnel, cleaning, conservation (process), woodworking, work site, and personnel
- Genre:
- color photographs
- Creative Commons License:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Rights Statement:
- Users must agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the CC BY NC SA license before using ARCE materials and must provide the following credit line: "Reproduction courtesy of the American Research Center in Egypt, Inc. (ARCE). This project was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)."
- Project History:
- Located in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Ramesses VI’s tomb once held hundreds of stone sarcophagus fragments, the result of the demolition of its sarcophagi in antiquity. Decorated on the exterior with painted figures and text, the mummiform inner stone sarcophagus fragments were reassembled by project director Dr. Edwin C. Brock and his team under the auspices of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE). The face of the lid, taken from the tomb in the 19th century and currently in the British Museum, was replicated and incorporated into the sarcophagus reassembly, thereby ensuring its preservation within its original context. Conservation work was made possible with the support of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (formerly the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities).
- Funding Agency:
- Ramesses VI (KV9) Sarcophagus Conservation project was made possible with funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Grant No. 263-G-00-93-0089-00 (formerly 263-0000-G-00-3089-00) and administered by the Egyptian Antiquities Project (EAP) of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).
- Abstract:
- There were no secure surfaces for attachment to the box assembly, which would have partly filled in the large gap that exists at the end of the box assembly. Due to the lack of intervening fragments to make strong joins possible, two wooden display racks were constructed to serve as mounts for these two groups. The fragments are held on the racks by stainless steel rods set into the racks beneath the fragments. These are placed on the platform west of the head end. For more information, see section V.5 in the Final Report.