{"id":2631,"date":"2012-11-15T11:50:17","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T11:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2012-11-15T14:16:18","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T14:16:18","slug":"il-piede-della-mummia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/il-piede-della-mummia\/","title":{"rendered":"Il Piede Della Mummia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Tanto tempo fa, quando ero una neo-laureata in Egittologia, lavorai per un paio di stagioni al Museo Archeologico di Firenze. Il mio compito consisteva nel catalogare svariati reperti, come vasi, amuleti, gioielli, e cos\u00ec via, conservati nei magazzini della sezione egizia del museo. Per ogni oggetto dovevo misurarne l\u2019altezza, la larghezza e la profondit\u00e0 massima, datarlo, descriverne la forma, il colore, il materiale, e lo stato di conservazione. Fra tutte queste centinaia di oggetti, alcuni mi si sono particolarmente impressi nella memoria per diversi motivi.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Un giorno, per esempio, dovevo catalogare alcuni anelli in faience, dei semplici cerchietti in ceramica verde-azzurra. Ad un certo punto non resistetti pi\u00f9 e decisi di provarne uno: l\u2019anello entr\u00f2 facilmente nel mio dito anulare sinistro, ma quando provai a sfilarlo non voleva saperne di uscire! Che panico che mi prese! Se avessi fatto troppa forza avrei rischiato di spezzarlo; potevo andare in bagno ad insaponarmi le mani, ma se qualcuno mi vedeva con l\u2019anello al dito? Per fortuna non c\u2019era nessuno in ufficio, e cos\u00ec, dopo molti dolorosi tentativi riuscii a sfilarmelo senza danni. Dopo quella volta resistetti la tentazione di provare altri gioielli.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">L\u2019oggetto pi\u00f9 imbarazzante da descrivere fu senza dubbio un piccolo amuleto in faience azzurra rappresentante il dio Bes, propiziatore della fertilit\u00e0. Ovviamente, essendo il dio della fertilit\u00e0, il suo attributo principale era \u2026 il fallo, grande quasi quanto la figura stessa del dio, che gli saliva sulle spalle e girava intorno al collo!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Ma quello che non dimenticher\u00f2 mai fu il piede di mummia! Gi\u00e0 da alcuni giorni sapevo che avrei dovuto catalogarlo, per cui mi ero procurata dei guanti usa e getta. Quando il grande giorno arriv\u00f2, indossai i miei guanti, presi il piede mummificato con la punta delle dita e lo misi sulla scrivania. Poi, con l\u2019aiuto di un righello lo misurai, girandolo da una parte e dall\u2019altra. Mi ricordo ancora che era un piede destro, rigido e leggero, di un color piombo. Le bende di lino avvolgevano la maggior parte del piede, ma l\u2019alluce spuntava fuori dalla stoffa con la sua unghia ben conservata. Che sollievo quando lo rimisi via nella sua scatola!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/7058766_4_l.jpg\" aria-label=\"7058766 4 L Thumb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px;border: 0px\"  alt=\"7058766_4_l\" width=\"302\" height=\"241\" border=\"0\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/7058766_4_l_thumb.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In the story above you\u2019ll find the following past tenses:<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Imperfetto<\/strong> (Imperfect):<strong> dovevo catalogare alcuni anelli in faience<\/strong> = <span style=\"color: #4f81bd\">I had to catalogue several faience rings.<\/span> See this blog: <a title=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/imperfetto-e-passato-prossimo-quale-devo-usare\/\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/imperfetto-e-passato-prossimo-quale-devo-usare\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">Imperfetto e Passato Prossimo<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Passato Remoto<\/strong> (Historical Past): <strong>fu senza dubbio<\/strong> = <span style=\"color: #4f81bd\">was, without doubt.<\/span> See these blogs: <a title=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/il-passato-remotopart-1\/\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/il-passato-remotopart-1\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">Il Passato Remoto &#8211; part 1<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and <a title=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/il-passato-remotopart-2\/\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/il-passato-remotopart-2\/\"><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\"><strong>Il Passato Remoto \u2013 part 2<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Congiuntivo Trapassato<\/strong> (Pluperfect Subjunctive): <strong>Se avessi fatto troppa forza<\/strong> = <span style=\"color: #4f81bd\">If I had tried too hard.<\/span> See this blog:<a title=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/il-congiuntivo-part-5-trapassato\/\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/il-congiuntivo-part-5-trapassato\/\"><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\"><strong>Il Congiuntivo Trapassato<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Condizionale Passato<\/strong> (Past Conditional):<strong> avrei rischiato di spezzarlo<\/strong> =<span style=\"color: #4f81bd\"> I would have risked breaking it.<\/span> We\u2019ll be writing a blog about this in the future.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Trapassato Prossimo<\/strong> (Pluperfect):<strong> mi ero procurata dei guanti usa e getta<\/strong> = <span style=\"color: #4f81bd\">I\u2019d got hold of some disposable gloves<\/span>. See this blog: <a title=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/trapassato-prossimo-e-passato-prossimo-2\/\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/trapassato-prossimo-e-passato-prossimo-2\/\"><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\"><strong>Trapassato Prossimo e Passato Prossimo<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Here\u2019s the full translation:<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #646b86\">The Mummy\u2019s Foot<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #646b86\">A long time ago, just after I graduated in Egyptology, I worked for a couple of seasons at the Florence Museum of Archaeology. My work consisted of cataloguing various artefacts, such as vases, amulets, jewellery, and so on, preserved in the storerooms of the museum\u2019s Egyptian section. I had to measure the maximum height, width and depth of each object, date it, describe its form, its colour, the material of composition, and its state of conservation. Amongst all of these hundreds of objects, a few, for various reasons, have remained particularly engraved in my memory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #646b86\">One day, for example, I had to catalogue several faience rings, simple little circles of greenish blue ceramic. At a certain point I couldn\u2019t resist it any more, and decided to try one on: the ring fitted easily on my left ring finger, but when I tried to remove it, it simply didn\u2019t want to come off. I was completely overcome by panic! If I had tried too hard I would have risked breaking it; I could have gone to the bathroom to put soap on my hand, but what if someone saw me with the ring on my finger? Luckily there was no one in the office, so, after many painful attempts I managed to remove it without damage. After that, I resisted the temptation to try other jewellery on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #646b86\">The most embarrassing object to describe was, without doubt, a small faience amulet representing the god Bes, bringer of fertility. Obviously, being the god of fertility, his most prominent feature was \u2026 his phallus, almost as big as the figurine itself, it reached up to his shoulders and wrapped around his neck!<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #646b86\">But the one that I\u2019ll never forget was the mummy\u2019s foot! I\u2019d already known for some days that I\u2019d have to catalogue it, so I\u2019d got hold of some disposable gloves. When the day arrived, I put them on, took hold of the mummified foot with the tips of my fingers and placed it on my desk. Then with the help of a small ruler I measured it, turning it one way and another. I still remember that it was a right foot, rigid and light, and leaden in colour. Most of the foot was wrapped in linen bandages, but the big toe, with its well preserved nail, stuck out of the fabric. What a relief to put it back in its box again!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"302\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/7058766_4_l_thumb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Tanto tempo fa, quando ero una neo-laureata in Egittologia, lavorai per un paio di stagioni al Museo Archeologico di Firenze. Il mio compito consisteva nel catalogare svariati reperti, come vasi, amuleti, gioielli, e cos\u00ec via, conservati nei magazzini della sezione egizia del museo. 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