{"product_id":"9781803275871-breaking-the-dsrt-vessels-an-ancient-egyptian-fragmentation-rite","title":"Breaking the dšr.t Vessels","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Ancient Egyptian Fragmentation Rite\u003cbr\u003e‘Breaking the dšr.t-vessels’ was a funerary 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.\u003cbr\u003e\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41824384974945,"sku":"9781803275871","price":33.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27818903.jpg?v=1726463837","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781803275871-breaking-the-dsrt-vessels-an-ancient-egyptian-fragmentation-rite","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}