Sarcophagus box sides assembly
- Description:
- Sarcophagus box sides assembly
- Physical Description:
- 8 photographs, 7 color photographs, and 1 black and white photograph
- Author:
- Brock, Edwin and Dzikowski, Francis
- Date Created:
- June - July, 2002
- 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
- Cultural Object:
- Sarcophagi, Tombs--Egypt, Sarcophagi, Tombs--Egypt, Sarcophagi, and Tombs--Egypt
- Fieldwork activities:
- assembling (additive and joining process), work site, personnel, winches, conservation (process), assembling (additive and joining process), work site, personnel, winches, conservation (process), assembling (additive and joining process), work site, personnel, winches, and conservation (process)
- Genre:
- color photographs and black-and-white 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 work began with a layout of all the fragments of the sarcophagus box, a study of the method of assembly and consolidation of the fragments, and the preparation of the structure consolidation phase by insertion of dowels. For more information on Sarcophagus box assembly, see section V of Final Report. and For more information on the process of the sarcophagus box assembly, see section V. in the Final Report.