Celebrating with the dead - Space concepts and funeral rituals in the necropolis of Petosiris at Tuna el-Gebel / Egypt

与死者一起庆祝 - 埃及 Tuna el-Gebel 佩托西里斯墓地的空间概念和葬礼仪式

• 批准号: 387853947
• 负责人: Professorin Dr. Katja Lembke
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Geowissenschaften
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/387853947?language=en
• 关键词: Celebrating; dead; Space; concepts; funeral

The Petosiris-necropolis of Tuna el-Gebel is the largest known cemetery in Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman times. After the excavation permit was granted in 2018, a complex with a limestone and an adobe building was uncovered. In the latter, large installations for rituals as well as the quantity of rooms indicate the practice of mummification inside the tomb. The limestone tomb, on the other hand, was reused for a previously unknown settlement in Late Antiquity. The geophysical survey based on GPR (Ground-penetrating-radar)-measurements provided excellent pictures of the eastern part of the necropolis and enables to determine promising future excavation areas. It remains the desideratum to extend this investigation to the entire site. Additionally, a model of the ancient ground level will help to define the structure of the surface and indicate the potential existence of multi-storey buildings below the sand. Furthermore, numerous forms of drainage systems point to an extensive use of rainwater and possibly also to a climate change in today´s arid surroundings.Generally, the project focuses on the intercultural discourse (in terms of a formation of linguistic and non-verbal aspects), e.g. the change in burial customs from hiding to exposing the mummy, the transformations of rituals, or different phases of (re-)using the buildings. Based on these aspects, the agency of the architecture, the tomb furniture, the objects (e.g. the grave goods, or the remains of rituals) and of the mummies themselves (e.g. mummy masks, or gilded flesh) will be analysed. Alongside these communicative and magical aspects, the impact of the social structure on the cultural change will be determined, e.g. the social position, religion, gender, or ethnicity of the deceased.

图纳埃尔杰贝尔的佩托西里斯墓地是托勒密和罗马时代埃及最大的墓地。在2018年获得挖掘许可证后，发现了一个由石灰石和土坯建筑组成的建筑群。在后者中，大型的仪式装置以及房间的数量表明墓内的木乃伊化实践。另一方面，石灰岩坟墓在古代晚期被重新用于以前未知的定居点。基于探地雷达（GPR）测量的地球物理调查提供了墓地东部的优秀照片，并能够确定有前途的未来挖掘区域。目前仍迫切需要将调查扩大到整个现场。此外，一个古代地面模型将有助于确定地表的结构，并表明沙子下面可能存在多层建筑。此外，众多形式的排水系统表明了雨水的广泛使用，也可能表明了当今干旱环境的气候变化。总的来说，该项目侧重于跨文化话语（在语言和非语言方面的形成方面），例如埋葬习俗从隐藏到暴露木乃伊的变化，仪式的转变，或（重新）使用建筑物的不同阶段。根据这些方面，将分析建筑、墓葬家具、物品（如墓葬物品或仪式遗迹）和木乃伊本身（如木乃伊面具或镀金的肉体）的作用。除了这些交流和魔法方面，社会结构对文化变化的影响也将被确定，例如死者的社会地位，宗教，性别或种族。