Constructing wood platform for sarcophagus
- Description:
- Constructing wood platform for sarcophagus
- Physical Description:
- 18 photographs
- Author:
- Brock, Edwin
- Date Created:
- 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
- Fieldwork activities:
- replicas, assembling (additive and joining process), woodworking, restoration (process), personnel, conservation (process), replicas, assembling (additive and joining process), woodworking, restoration (process), personnel, conservation (process), replicas, assembling (additive and joining process), woodworking, restoration (process), personnel, and conservation (process)
- 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:
- The lid platform was placed on the sloping floor of the rear niche as had originally been suggested in the initial proposal. The results from an aesthetic point of view were striking. The lid assembly would be visible to visitors from as far back as the entrance to the first pillared hall, and would draw their attention down into the burial chamber. The symbolism of the scene on the wall at the rear of the niche, showing the solar boat lifted out of the waters of creation at dawn was also evocative, with the lid placed directly in front of this theme of resurrection.For more information on the selection of a display side for the lid, see section VI.6 in the Final Report. and A wooden support for the sarcophagus lid was constructed and painted a light beige to blend in with the surrounding bedrock. For more information on the construction process, see section VI.5 in the Final Report.