Outer sarcophagus box
- Description:
- Outer sarcophagus box
- Physical Description:
- 7 color photographs
- Author:
- Brock, Edwin
- Date Created:
- July 2001 - June 2002
- Collection:
- Ramesses VI (KV9) Sarcophagus Conservation
- Location:
- Kings, Valley of the, Luxor, Egypt, and Al Uqşur
- Time Period:
- New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
- Topic:
- Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
- Cultural Object:
- Sarcophagi, Sarcophagi, and Sarcophagi
- Fieldwork activities:
- personnel, personnel, 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:
- All but the largest red granite fragments belonging to the outer sarcophagus box were placed out of the way in the northeast corner of the burial chamber. The two large blocks belonging to the head and foot end of the outer box were left in their positions as found, the foot end resting at an angle against the side of the pit and the head end balanced on its side on a ledge between the pit and the southern platform.