Descrizione del progetto
Studiare i volti incisi sui sarcofagi gialli degli egizi
Nella religione degli antichi egizi, la protezione del corpo dopo la morte era una questione a cui veniva data un’importanza fondamentale. Gli egizi che potevano permetterselo si assicuravano che i propri resti mummificati fossero collocati in un sarcofago dopo il loro decesso. Il progetto FacesRevealed, finanziato dall’UE, si prefigge di esaminare la parte esterna dei sarcofagi gialli degli egizi tra la XIX e la XXII dinastia mediante un nuovo approccio metodologico basato sull’analisi dei tratti del viso e di altri elementi incisi su tali contenitori. Questo nuovo approccio, combinato con altri più tradizionali, consentirà di realizzare uno studio dei sarcofagi più olistico, fornendo una maggiore quantità di informazioni in merito alla loro costruzione e al relativo riutilizzo.
Obiettivo
This project aims to examine Egyptian yellow coffins' lids through a new methodological approach based on the analysis of facial features and other elements on the lid. In order to tackle this issue, the researcher will examine these objects by means of photogrammetry - a low cost, fast, transportable and non-invasive solution - that can reveal fine surface details, which are barely discernible in visible light, because they are mostly covered by the painted layer.
The new methodology used in this project, in conjunction with more traditional approaches will allow a more holistic study of these coffins, thus providing more information regarding their manufacture and ancient reuse. Analyses made on a small group of artefacts, and the comparison between the 3Dmodel with digital twins and Computer Tomography show us that in most cases the faces were painted without following the carved outline of the faces below. This evidence has never been taken into consideration before and therefore poses a number of interesting questions. The coffins that will be considered in this project are yellow coffins from the 19th to 22nd dynasty that are stored in various museums around the world. The main focus of the researcher will be to understand whether the different physiognomical traits can be linked to different workshops and if so whether they then reflect the stylistic features of a certain age group. Alongside the focus on workshops, the painted masks will be compared with the carved masks, to see how faithfully the underlying features reproduce the carved ones and whether the different features and proportions can indicate any possible reuse of these coffin masks.
This new approach makes the project particularly suitable for a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary study in which new technologies will go hand in hand with traditional analytical methods and where the combination of different skills will finally allow a full and in-depth analysis of the coffins.
Campo scientifico (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifica i progetti con EuroSciVoc, una tassonomia multilingue dei campi scientifici, attraverso un processo semi-automatico basato su tecniche NLP.
CORDIS classifica i progetti con EuroSciVoc, una tassonomia multilingue dei campi scientifici, attraverso un processo semi-automatico basato su tecniche NLP.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinatore
10123 Turin
Italia