Abstract
The collection contains computed images (ortho-photos), camera photos, and wall plans of the textual witness of the Egyptian Netherworld Book, "Book of Caverns", in the tomb of Petamenophis in the necropolis of Thebes in Egypt (TT 33). The ortho-photos were computed from working photos taken during epigraphic missions in September of 2012, November of 2015, and October 2016 as part of the research project (C-4-5) Diagrammatic Representations of the Ancient Egyptian Underworld, financed by the Excellence Cluster Topoi, as well as part of the Mission épigraphique française dans la tombe de Padiaménopé (Institut français d’archéologie orientale, directed by Prof. Dr. Claude Traunecker/Université de Strasbourg and co-directed by Dr. Isabelle Régen/Université Paul Valéry-Montpellier III).
Description
The individual images are mostly parts of orthographically projected large images of whole walls (ortho-photos). The ortho-photos were generated out of about 300 to 500 individual photos per wall with the software Agisoft Photoscan Pro (v1.1.6, v1.2.4, v1.2.6). The camera used in 2012 was a Canon EOS 10D (6 Megapixels) with a Tamron SP AF 28-75mm F/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) Macro objective. In 2015 and 2016, it was a Nikon D5100 (16 Megapixels) with a AF-S DX VR Zoom-NIKKOR (18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED) objective. The relief was illuminated by two big light bulbs in 2012 and by two Brennenstuhl IP65 Chip LED lamps in 2015/2016.
Further information
Scene nos. and text part nos. refer to the numbering system in:
Daniel A. Werning, Das Höhlenbuch. Textkritische Edition und Textgrammatik, 2 vols., Göttinger Orientforschungen, IV. Reihe 48: Ägypten, Wiesbaden 2011: Otto Harrassowitz, ISBN 978-3-447-06635-8.
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