침대는 과학? 고대 이집트의 경우

 
 
Kha's Bed: A Masterpiece of Ancient Egyptian Craftsmanship
카의 침대다.


이 침대는 사자 다리 모양으로 조각한 4개 받침 나무 프레임을 특징으로 한다.

바닥은 매트리스다.

Kha의 무덤에서는 이 침대 말고도 시트sheets, 술이 달린 침대보 fringed bedspread, 누비 머리 베개 quilted headrest(Suppl. 8631)이 완비된 Merit 침대(Suppl. 8629)도 나왔다.

이 발견은 기원전 1425~1353년 무렵 제18왕조 신왕국시대 테베 데이르 엘 메디나에 있는 카와 메리트 무덤 tomb of Kha and Merit (TT8) 에서 이루어졌다.

저 유물은 현재 이태리 토리노 이집트 박물관에 있다.

요약하면 아래와 같다. 

Bed of Kha
Kha’s bed is a wooden frame with four posts in the shape of lions’ legs. The mattress takes the form of a supporting net. Found with Merit’s bed (Suppl. 8629) were sheets, a fringed bedspread, and a quilted headrest (Suppl. 8631). 

Tomb of Kha and Merit (TT8), Deir el-Medina, Thebes.
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1425-1353 BC.
Now in the Egyptian Museum of Turin. Suppl. 8327

 

저걸 출토한 무덤을 볼까? 

 

The tomb of Kha and Merit, also known by its tomb number Theban Tomb 8 or TT8, is the funerary chapel and burial place of the ancient Egyptian foreman Kha and his wife Merit, in the northern cemetery of the workmen's village of Deir el-Medina. Kha supervised the workforce who constructed royal tombs during the reigns of the pharaohs Amenhotep II, Thutmose IV and Amenhotep III (r. 1425 – 1353 BC) in the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty of the early New Kingdom of Egypt. Of unknown background, he probably rose to his position through skill and was rewarded by at least one king. He and his wife Merit had three known children. Kha died in his 60s, while Merit died before him, seemingly unexpectedly, in her 20s or 30s. 

The couple's pyramid-shaped chapel has been known since at least 1818 when one of their funerary stele was purchased by the antiquarian Bernardino Drovetti. Scenes from the chapel were first copied in the 19th century by early Egyptologists including John Gardiner Wilkinson and Karl Lepsius. The paintings show Kha and Merit receiving offerings from their children and appearing before Osiris, god of the dead. The decoration has been damaged over the millennia, deteriorating due to structural decay and human actions. 

Kha and Merit's tomb was cut into the base of the cliffs opposite their chapel. This position allowed the entrance to be quickly buried by debris deposited by landslides and later tomb construction, hiding its location from ancient robbers. The undisturbed tomb was discovered in February 1906 in excavations led by the Egyptologist Ernesto Schiaparelli on behalf of the Italian Archaeological Mission. The burial chamber contained over 400 items including carefully arranged stools and beds, neatly stacked storage chests of personal belongings, clothing and tools, tables piled with foods such as bread, meats and fruit, and the couple's two large wooden sarcophagi housing their coffined mummies. Merit's body was fitted with a funerary mask; Kha was provided with one of the earliest known copies of the Book of the Dead. Their mummies have never been unwrapped. X-rays, CT scanning and chemical analyses have revealed neither were embalmed in the typical fashion but that both bodies are well preserved. Both wear metal jewellery beneath their bandages, although only Kha has funerary amulets. 

Almost all of the contents of the tomb were awarded to the excavators and were shipped to Italy soon after the discovery. They have been displayed in the Museo Egizio in Turin since their arrival, and an entire gallery is devoted to them. This has been redesigned several times.