CRAFT · Cartonnage Regionalism in the Ateliers of the Fayum Territory

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Project objective

CRAFT aims to investigate Graeco-Roman funerary cartonnage from the Fayum Oasis, Egypt. The project raises and addresses new questions about the manufacturing of Ancient Egyptian cartonnage artefacts (mummy masks, foot-cases, full body covers) with an innovative approach that focuses on the multi-disciplinary study of such objects, never analysed in depth before. Through an Egyptological approach combined with enhanced, non-invasive archaeometric investigations, as well as with high-resolution 3D reconstructions of artefacts preserved in international museums, CRAFT will generate an unparalleled understanding of Graeco-Roman cartonnage artefacts and the socio-cultural milieu within which they were manufactured. Expected outcomes include advanced research collaborations, addressing questions of cultural heritage preservation, determining provenance, influences, regional features, and religious significance of a so far uninvestigated category of funerary objects.

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Participants

• CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE · RomaCoordinatorItaly
• THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA · OaklandUnited States
• YALE UNIVERSITY · New HavenUnited States

Links

• View on CORDIS
• DOI: 10.3030/101033437
• https://www.craft-project.net/