Inner sarcophagus fragments documentation: Decorated fragment with resinous substance
- Description:
- Inner sarcophagus fragments documentation: Decorated fragment with resinous substance
- Date Created:
- 2001-07
- Collection:
- Ramesses VI (KV9) Sarcophagus Conservation
- Series:
- Existing conditions before conservation
- Location:
- Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
- Time Period:
- New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
- Topic:
- Art, Ancient--Egypt, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
- Genre:
- color photographs
- Conservation Note:
- The exterior of the box was decorated with painted figures and texts. A resinous substance was poured over the box and lid probably at the time of burial. This substance now formed a glossy dark brown coating that obscures the painted decoration. In addition, dirt had covered the fragments further obscuring the decoration. Since the resinous substance was actually an ancient artifact, it might not be desirable to remove it. The dirt covering the fragments would be removed, however, and the painted decoration consolidated.
- Copyright Status:
- copyrighted
- 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)."
- Local ID:
- arce_ca_srvi_images_0831.tif
- 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).