Final lid assembly
- Description:
- Final lid assembly
- Physical Description:
- 55 photographs
- Author:
- Brock, Edwin and Dzikowski, Francis
- Date Created:
- June, 2003
- Collection:
- Ramesses VI (KV9) Sarcophagus Conservation
- Series:
- Post-conservation
- Location:
- Kings, Valley of the, Luxor, Egypt, and Al Uqşur
- Time Period:
- New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
- Topic:
- Ramesses VI, King of Egypt, Art, Ancient--Egypt, and Afterlife
- Cultural Object:
- Sarcophagi, Tombs--Egypt, Relief (Art), Sarcophagi, Tombs--Egypt, Relief (Art), Sarcophagi, Tombs--Egypt, and Relief (Art)
- Fieldwork activities:
- replicas, electrical systems, restoration, conservation (process), woodworking, personnel, assembling (additive and joining process), replicas, electrical systems, restoration, conservation (process), woodworking, personnel, assembling (additive and joining process), replicas, electrical systems, restoration, conservation (process), woodworking, personnel, and assembling (additive and joining 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).
- Note Contents:
- In recess K
- 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 site for the lid, see section VI.6 in the Final Report., Wooden supports were installed beneath the assembled groups and stainless steel dowels 8 mm in diameter were inserted into the base at the lower (foot end) of the proper left and right sides to keep the fragments from sliding down. They were augmented by a 2 cm stainless steel rod inserted in the base at the lower end of the proper left and right sides. Metal strips 20 cm in width and 3 mm in thickness were used to restrict lateral movement of the fragments. Epoxy adhesive (Vantico) was used to cement the fragment groups together, with wooden blocks placed beneath the central part of the lid for support. For more information on the assembly of lid fragments, see section VI.7 in the Final Report., and 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.During April 2002, Micheal Neilson of the conservation department of the British Museum began the production of a replica of the face from the sarcophagus lid now in the British Museum's Egyptian Antiquities collection (EA 140). The production of this replica in fiberglass resin was completed by the end of May, 2002.