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245 14 a| The lost mummy of Djedhor :b| reconstructing the burial of a Ptolemaic priest from Thebes /c| Maarten J. Raven.;

264 1 a| Leiden :b| Sidestone Press,c| [2025];

300 a| 130 pages :b| illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ;c| 29 cm.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-126) and indexes.;

505 0 a| The autopsy and its museological context -- Djedhor's funerary ensemble and its parallels -- Djedhor's burial and its archaeological context.;

520 a| "In the rich archives of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities lies a fascinating manuscript dealing with the autopsy on an Ancient Egyptian mummy. This was performed in 1878 by the Museum's curator Willem Pleyte. Thanks to Pleyte's detailed proc̈s-verbal, the mummy (which did not survive the dissection) can be reconstructed at least on paper. The name of the deceased has been inscribed on the mummy's cartonnage, on some of the linen bandages, and on the Book of the Dead papyrus retrieved by Pleyte from the mummy wrappings. Several other items had been slipped between the wrappings, such as an amuletic necklace and various pieces of funerary jewellery. Together with textile samples of the diverse shrouds and bandages, all these finds have been preserved in the Museum's reserves. This rich documentation allows us to recognize this assemblage as the remains of an elite burial in Ptolemaic Thebes. The texts identify its owner as a priest called Djedhor, the son of Neferibre and Takerheb. Comparable mummies and funerary objects in other museums in Europe, Egypt and the United States help to interpret the various items found on Djedhor's mummy. Moreover, we can thereby visualise the additional material once present in the tomb, such as the mummy's coffins, canopic chest, stela, and Ptah-Sokar-Osiris statue. Finally, the common acquisition history of all these items points to the original location of Djedhor's tomb and suggests through whose hands his remains must have passed on their way to Leiden."--Page 4 of cover.;

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The lost mummy of Djedhor : reconstructing the burial of a Ptolemaic priest from Thebes / Maarten J. Raven.

Author/creator	Raven, Maarten J. author.
Format	Book
Publication	Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2025]
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	130 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm.
Subjects	Mummies--Egypt. --Thebes (Extinct city). Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt. --Thebes (Extinct city). Priests--Egypt. --Thebes (Extinct city). Mummies--Egypt.

Series	PALMA ; Papers on archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities ; 33. ^A916931
Contents	The autopsy and its museological context -- Djedhor's funerary ensemble and its parallels -- Djedhor's burial and its archaeological context.
Abstract	"In the rich archives of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities lies a fascinating manuscript dealing with the autopsy on an Ancient Egyptian mummy. This was performed in 1878 by the Museum's curator Willem Pleyte. Thanks to Pleyte's detailed proc̈s-verbal, the mummy (which did not survive the dissection) can be reconstructed at least on paper. The name of the deceased has been inscribed on the mummy's cartonnage, on some of the linen bandages, and on the Book of the Dead papyrus retrieved by Pleyte from the mummy wrappings. Several other items had been slipped between the wrappings, such as an amuletic necklace and various pieces of funerary jewellery. Together with textile samples of the diverse shrouds and bandages, all these finds have been preserved in the Museum's reserves. This rich documentation allows us to recognize this assemblage as the remains of an elite burial in Ptolemaic Thebes. The texts identify its owner as a priest called Djedhor, the son of Neferibre and Takerheb. Comparable mummies and funerary objects in other museums in Europe, Egypt and the United States help to interpret the various items found on Djedhor's mummy. Moreover, we can thereby visualise the additional material once present in the tomb, such as the mummy's coffins, canopic chest, stela, and Ptah-Sokar-Osiris statue. Finally, the common acquisition history of all these items points to the original location of Djedhor's tomb and suggests through whose hands his remains must have passed on their way to Leiden."--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-126) and indexes.
ISBN	9789464263442
ISBN	9789464263459 hardback
ISBN	9464263458
ISBN	946426344X

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