Non-invasive wood identification on parts of King Horemheb’s ritual couches (New kingdom)
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Resumo: | The inclusion of couches as basic artefacts of ritual use in ancient Egyptian royal tombs first emerged in the New Kingdom; these are very rare objects, and very little information is available concerning the timber used to make them. To address this knowledge gap the present paper deals with the identification of wood from parts of ancient Egyptian ritual couches from King Horemheb’s tomb using reflected light microscopy as a non-invasive analytic technique. Although these couches are from a royal tomb, our results show that the four identified wood species (Cedar of Lebanon, Sycamore fig, Tamarisk and Christ’s thorn) are among the most common timbers found in ancient Egypt. This confirms that the shortage of timber in ancient Egypt forced the use of the few available timbers for specific purposes, according to their properties, and led the Egyptian carpenters to use large logs from external sources, such as cedar of Lebanon, confirming trading of wood in ancient Egypt. Received: 2019-10-11 Revised: 2020-3-12 Accepted: 2020-3-16 Online: 2020-6-3 Publication: 2021-2-10 |
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Non-invasive wood identification on parts of King Horemheb’s ritual couches (New kingdom)Identificação não invasiva de espécies de madeira presentes em camas funerárias do túmulo do Rei Horemheb (Império Novo)ArticlesThe inclusion of couches as basic artefacts of ritual use in ancient Egyptian royal tombs first emerged in the New Kingdom; these are very rare objects, and very little information is available concerning the timber used to make them. To address this knowledge gap the present paper deals with the identification of wood from parts of ancient Egyptian ritual couches from King Horemheb’s tomb using reflected light microscopy as a non-invasive analytic technique. Although these couches are from a royal tomb, our results show that the four identified wood species (Cedar of Lebanon, Sycamore fig, Tamarisk and Christ’s thorn) are among the most common timbers found in ancient Egypt. This confirms that the shortage of timber in ancient Egypt forced the use of the few available timbers for specific purposes, according to their properties, and led the Egyptian carpenters to use large logs from external sources, such as cedar of Lebanon, confirming trading of wood in ancient Egypt. Received: 2019-10-11 Revised: 2020-3-12 Accepted: 2020-3-16 Online: 2020-6-3 Publication: 2021-2-10A inclusão de camas funerárias como artefactos rituais em túmulos reais no Egipto antigo teve o seu início no Império Novo. Tratam-se de objetos de elevada raridade, havendo muito pouca informação relativamente à madeira utilizada para os fabricar. O presente artigo incide sobre a identificação de madeiras pertencentes a peças de camas funerárias egípcias provenientes do túmulo do Rei Horemheb, através de microcopia ótica com luz refletida como técnica analítica não-invasiva. Embora estes objetos pertençam a um túmulo real, os resultados obtidos demonstram que as quatro espécies de madeira identificadas (Cedro-do-Líbano, Sicómoro, Tamargueira e Espinho de Cristo) encontram-se entre as mais comuns do Egipto antigo. Estes dados confirmam que a escassez de madeira no Egipto antigo levou a que as poucas espécies de madeira existentes localmente fossem utilizadas para funções específicas, de acordo com as suas propriedades, enquanto para a obtenção de madeira de maior envergadura, os carpinteiros Egípcios tiveram de recorrer a fontes externas, tais como o Cedro-do-Líbano, confirmando a existência de rotas comerciais de madeira no Egipto antigo. Recebido: 2019-10-11 Revisto: 2020-3-12 Aceite: 2020-3-16 Online: 2020-6-3 Publicação: 2021-2-10ARP - Associação Profissional de Conservadores-Restauradores de Portugal2021-02-10T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://doi.org/10.14568/cp2019038eng2182-99421646-043XAbdrabou, AhmedM. Sultan, GilanAbd Elkader, MohamedM. Kamal, Husseininfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-09-20T11:11:18Zoai:ojs.revistas.rcaap.pt:article/21631Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:49:09.634905Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Non-invasive wood identification on parts of King Horemheb’s ritual couches (New kingdom) Identificação não invasiva de espécies de madeira presentes em camas funerárias do túmulo do Rei Horemheb (Império Novo) |
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Non-invasive wood identification on parts of King Horemheb’s ritual couches (New kingdom) |
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Non-invasive wood identification on parts of King Horemheb’s ritual couches (New kingdom) Abdrabou, Ahmed Articles |
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Non-invasive wood identification on parts of King Horemheb’s ritual couches (New kingdom) |
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Non-invasive wood identification on parts of King Horemheb’s ritual couches (New kingdom) |
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Non-invasive wood identification on parts of King Horemheb’s ritual couches (New kingdom) |
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Non-invasive wood identification on parts of King Horemheb’s ritual couches (New kingdom) |
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Abdrabou, Ahmed |
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Abdrabou, Ahmed M. Sultan, Gilan Abd Elkader, Mohamed M. Kamal, Hussein |
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M. Sultan, Gilan Abd Elkader, Mohamed M. Kamal, Hussein |
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Abdrabou, Ahmed M. Sultan, Gilan Abd Elkader, Mohamed M. Kamal, Hussein |
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The inclusion of couches as basic artefacts of ritual use in ancient Egyptian royal tombs first emerged in the New Kingdom; these are very rare objects, and very little information is available concerning the timber used to make them. To address this knowledge gap the present paper deals with the identification of wood from parts of ancient Egyptian ritual couches from King Horemheb’s tomb using reflected light microscopy as a non-invasive analytic technique. Although these couches are from a royal tomb, our results show that the four identified wood species (Cedar of Lebanon, Sycamore fig, Tamarisk and Christ’s thorn) are among the most common timbers found in ancient Egypt. This confirms that the shortage of timber in ancient Egypt forced the use of the few available timbers for specific purposes, according to their properties, and led the Egyptian carpenters to use large logs from external sources, such as cedar of Lebanon, confirming trading of wood in ancient Egypt. Received: 2019-10-11 Revised: 2020-3-12 Accepted: 2020-3-16 Online: 2020-6-3 Publication: 2021-2-10 |
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2021 |
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