The Cost of Death: The Social and Economic Value of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Art in the Ramesside Period 9789062582228, 9062582222

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The Cost of Death: The Social and Economic Value of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Art in the Ramesside Period
 9789062582228, 9062582222

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1 kbs basket making 1 (dbn). Total copper: 20 (dbn). Remainder: 10 (dbn).

This is a rather simple receipt. A ytit funerary object (for this word, see chapter 2) is purchased, and the objects given in payment are listed. Two individuals are named in this receipt as contributing to the payment, but the craftsman is not. In other texts recording the purchase of a commissioned funerary item, the artisan's name is carefully recorded with his title: (RECTO) List of the silver which I gave to the carpenter