Early Roman Osiris Shrouds From Dra Abu El-Naga

  1. David García González
  2. Jónatan Ortiz García
  3. Jesús Herrerín López
  4. Pía Rodríguez Frade
Journal:
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire

ISSN: 0255-0962

Year of publication: 2020

Issue: 120

Pages: 221-252

Type: Article

DOI: 10.4000/BIFAO.7306 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Abstract

Most of the shrouds hitherto studied and published come from private collections or muse-ums, and lack archaeological contexts, so that it has very rarely been possible to relate them to their owners. This paper presents an interdisciplinary study of two shrouds found at Dra Abu el-Naga, their archaeological context, typology and technical details, and an anthropological and paleopathological analysis of the mummies with whom they were associated. The two painted shrouds offer evidence of surviving funerary beliefs and practices in early Roman Thebes and, from a gender perspective, offered, for the first time, the possibility to study enveloping textiles which iconography and texts were designed for males but used on female mummies