{"product_id":"dealing-with-the-dead-in-ancient-egypt-the-funerary-business-of-petebaste-9781617979965","title":"Dealing with the Dead in Ancient Egypt: The","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intimate look at the true story of the funerary business of a Theban mortuary priest 2800 years ago as unearthed by an ancient papyrus  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Petebaste son of Peteamunip, the choachyte, or water-pourer, lived during the first half of the seventh century BCE in the reigns of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty Kushite kings Shabaka and Taharqa and was responsible for the comfortable and carefree afterlife of his deceased clients by bringing their weekly libations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Petebaste was also responsible for a wide range of other activities—he provided a tomb to the family of the deceased, managed the costs of the personnel and commodities, and took care of all necessary paperwork, while also tending to the gruesome preparation of the mortal remains of the deceased. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on an archive of eight abnormal hieratic papyri in the Louvre that deal specifically with the affairs of a single family, Donker van Heel takes a deep dive into the business dealings of this Theban mortuary priest. In intimate detail, he illuminates the final stage of the embalming and coffining process of a woman called Taperet (‘Mrs. Seedcorn’) on the night before she would be taken from the embalming workshop to her final resting place, providing fascinating insight into the practical day-to-day aspects of funerary practices in ancient Egypt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Delightful. . . interesting . . . intriguing. . . \u003ci\u003eDealing with the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e provides an insightful peek into an often overlooked period of Egyptian history, decoded using an impossible script, against the backdrop of the sometimes inimitable workings of Egyptology.”—Nicky van de Beek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eMap\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Texts \u003cbr\u003e Previous Study of the Texts \u003cbr\u003e The Choachyte Petebaste\u003cbr\u003e A Family of Clients \u003cbr\u003e So Why Was Hieratic Abnormal? \u003cbr\u003e Just a Captive from Gaza \u003cbr\u003e Are You Buying or Leasing This Man? \u003cbr\u003e What Is This Document Doing Here? \u003cbr\u003e Burying Your Grandparents \u003cbr\u003e The Trial that Backfired\u003cbr\u003e Did Petebaste Own a Field? \u003cbr\u003e Two Accounts for a Single Funeral \u003cbr\u003e The Second Account \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American University in Cairo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041749860695,"sku":"9781617979965","price":28.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dealing-with-the-dead-in-ancient-egypt-the-funerary-business-of-petebaste-9781617979965","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}