Funerary Practices in Roman-period Egypt—Conversations around Funerary Portraits

Описание: Join curatorial fellow Caitlin Clerkin and Lissette Jiménez, Assistant Professor of Museum Studies from San Francisco State University, for a virtual conversation about funerary practices in Roman-period Egypt and displaying ancient funerary materials in museums.

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SPEAKERS:
Caitlin Clerkin, Frederick Randolph Grace Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Art, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art, Harvard Art Museums;
Lissette Jiménez, Assistant Professor of Museum Studies, San Francisco State University.

"Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt: Facing Forward" is a collaborative effort drawing from the expertise of staff across the museums and other members of our community. On view through December 30, 2022, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect upon objects that represent the deceased and were once intimately connected with their bodies. It foregrounds artistic processes and technical research but also draws attention to the complicated histories of these objects.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Land Acknowledgement
00:26 - Introduction with Caitlin Clerkin
01:10 - Introduction to Dr. Lissette Jiménez
02:32 - Roman-period Funerary Practices in Ancient Egypt with Lissette Jiménez
09:22 - Burial Shrouds of Roman-period Egypt
14:15 - Iconographic Elements of Burial Shrouds
22:16 - Burial shroud of Tasheret-Horudja
26:55 - Displaying ancient funerary materials in museums
29:47 - Q&A with audience

Support for this exhibition is provided by the Kelekian Fund, the Christopher and Jean Angell Charitable Fund, and the Kornfeld Foundation (through Christopher Angell). Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund.

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Video Thumbnail: (left to right) Shroud and body of Cleopatra, British Museum (EA6707). Photo © British Museum; Shroud of Tasheret-Horudja, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (54.993). Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Shroud of Neferhotep, Brooklyn Museum (75.114). Photo © Brooklyn Museum.

Recorded October 26, 2022. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at [email protected].