{"product_id":"breaking-the-drt-vessels","title":"Breaking The Drt Vessels By Hertel, Elena","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn ancient Egyptian thought, the funerary procedure played a key role in the transition to the afterlife. As early as the Old Kingdom (\u003cem\u003ec\u003c\/em\u003e. 2700-2200 BCE), the Pyramid Texts and representations and inscriptions in private tombs show a highly developed funerary ritual with a large number of individual rites intended to ensure a safe transition to the realm of the dead and a pleasant afterlife for the deceased. One of these is the so-called ‘breaking the dšr.t-vessels’ (Egyptian \u003cem\u003esḏ dšr.wt\u003c\/em\u003e), a rite that involved the intentional damaging of a certain type of ceramic vessel. The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of the rite through a re-evaluation of the primary sources and previous research and to provide the first study devoted entirely to the rite. While the rite of ‘breaking the \u003cem\u003edšr.t\u003c\/em\u003e-vessels’ has been associated with several different archaeological contexts and primary sources, this monograph argues that a careful distinction needs to be made between the evidence identified as such. This study aims to demonstrate that there is a significant discrepancy between textual, iconographic, and archaeological sources which calls into question the identification of a large number of sources as \u003cem\u003esḏ dšr.wt\u003c\/em\u003e contexts. A number of different ritual and non-ritual practices in ancient Egypt involve the deliberate fragmentation of pottery, each of which should be addressed in context.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57645681869182,"sku":"NW9781803275871","price":32.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781803275871.jpg?v=1783282979","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/breaking-the-drt-vessels","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}