"there is nothing so whole as a broken heart": Reflections on "the practice of repairing vessels in ancient Egypt" (NEA 79.4 [2016]) by Julia Hsieh

Aren M. Maeir

doi:10.5615/neareastarch.80.3.0202

"there is nothing so whole as a broken heart": Reflections on "the practice of repairing vessels in ancient Egypt" (NEA 79.4 [2016]) by Julia Hsieh

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The author offers an additional perspective on the mending of ancient pottery, suggesting that breakage and repair are part of the normal life cycle of an object and that mending can in some cases lead to an enhancement of the original object and to a valuing of the repaired vessel.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	202-203
Number of pages	2
Journal	Near Eastern Archaeology
Volume	80
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5615/neareastarch.80.3.0202
State	Published - Sep 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Archaeology
History
Archaeology

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"there is nothing so whole as a broken heart": Reflections on "the practice of repairing vessels in ancient Egypt" (NEA 79.4 [2016]) by Julia Hsieh

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