Gleaming Coffins (Record no. 79551)
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| control field | https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/48649 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20220220094835.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-989-26-1582-0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789892615882 |
| 024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 10.14195/978-989-26-1582-0 |
| Terms of availability | doi |
| 041 0# - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | Portuguese |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | dc |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rogério Sousa |
| Relationship | auth |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Gleaming Coffins |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Coimbra University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2018 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 electronic resource (280 p.) |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open Access |
| Source of term | star |
| Standardized terminology for access restriction | Unrestricted online access |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Egyptian coffin decoration is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon with its own history and evolution. ‘Yellow’ coffins were crafted in Thebes during a particular critical period in the Egyptian History, witnessing to a situation of political unrest and severe economic scarcity affecting Egypt, the Near East and the Mediterranean. And yet, there is no evidence for a decline in the production of these outstanding funerary artefacts. On the contrary, the corpus of ‘yellow’ coffins outnumbers the previous types of Egyptian anthropoid containers and stands out among the most complex and sophisticated objects ever crafted in the Ancient World. Besides this historical paradox, the ‘yellow’ corpus presents important epistemological challenges for our understanding of Egyptian material culture: what kind of space is created within the walls and forms of an anthropoid coffin? What role plays variability and change in this process? Last but not the least, can we understand the meaning behind the multiple shapes and endless variations adopted in coffin decoration during this period? This book addresses these questions presenting the results of a comparative study on coffin decoration involving an extensive sample of objects from the ‘yellow’ corpus dispersed in museums around the world. The results of this study reveal the principles of composition that ruled the work of the ancient Theban craftsmen and show how important coffin decoration was for the Theban priesthood of Amun to convey their own corporative values. |
| 540 ## - TERMS GOVERNING USE AND REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Terms governing use and reproduction | Creative Commons |
| Use and reproduction rights | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Source of term | cc |
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| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Portuguese |
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| Uncontrolled term | Portuguese |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Host name | www.oapen.org |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-1582-0">https://doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-1582-0</a> |
| Access status | 0 |
| Public note | DOAB: download the publication |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Host name | www.oapen.org |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/48649">https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/48649</a> |
| Access status | 0 |
| Public note | DOAB: description of the publication |
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