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The Oxford Handbook of Egyptian Epigraphy and Palaeography
The unique relationship between word and image in ancient Egypt is a defining feature of that ancient culture's records. All hieroglyphic texts are composed of images, and large-scale figural imagery in temples and tombs is often accompanied by texts. Epigraphy and palaeography are two distinct, but closely related, ways of recording, analyzing, and interpreting texts and images. This Handbook stresses technical issues about recording text and art and interpretive questions about what we do with those records and why we do it. It offers readers three key things: a diachronic perspective, covering all ancient Egyptian scripts from prehistoric Egypt through the Coptic era (fourth millennium BC...
Text Editions of (Abnormal) Hieratic, Demotic, Greek, Latin and Coptic Papyri and Ostraca
This volume is a Festschrift in honour of Francisca Hoogendijk, containing fifty-six editions and re-editions of (Abnormal) Hieratic, Demotic, Greek, Latin and Coptic papyri and ostraca, dating from the twelfth century BCE until the eighth century CE.
Papyri Copticae Magicae
This volume is the first in a new series of editions of Coptic-language "magical" manuscripts from Egypt, written on papyrus, ostraca, parchment, and paper, and dating to between the fourth and twelfth centuries CE. Their texts attest to non-institutional rituals intended to bring about changes in the lives of those who used them – heal disease, curse enemies, bring about love or hatred, or see into the future. These manuscripts represent rich sources of information on daily life and lived religion of Egypt in the last centuries of Roman rule and the first centuries after the Arab conquest, giving us glimpses of the hopes and fears of people of this time, their conflicts and problems, and their vision of the human and superhuman worlds. This volume presents 37 new editions and descriptions of manuscripts, focusing on formularies or "handbooks", those texts containing instructions for the performance of rituals. Each of these is accompanied by a history of its acquisition, a material description, and presented with facing text and translations, tracings of accompanying images, and explanatory notes to aid in understanding the text.
Digital Papyrology I
Since the very beginnings of the digital humanities, Papyrology has been in the vanguard of the application of information technologies to its own scientific purposes, for both theoretical and practical reasons (the strong awareness towards the problems of human memory and the material ways of preserving it; the need to work with a multifarious and overwhelming amount of different data). After more than thirty years of development, we have now at our disposal the most advanced tools to make papyrological studies more and more effective, and even to create a new conception of "papyrology" and a new model of "edition" of the ancient documents. At this turining point, it is important to build a...
New Approaches in Demotic Studies
The present volume collects current research on manuscripts written in the demotic language, which have recently been discovered in excavations or which can be found in museums worldwide. The manuscripts’ topics range from religion, law, and literature through ancient Egyptian linguistics to the history of economics as well as social history. Featured articles were first presented at the International Conference for Demotic Studies in Leipzig.
Zerstörung von Geschriebenem
Schrifttragende Artefakte sind einer Vielzahl von Praktiken ausgesetzt, durch die sie in der einen oder anderen Form beschädigt werden. Dabei können die Absichten, Hintergründe und Kontexte dieser Praktiken stark variieren, sodass durch die Zeiten hindurch in verschiedenen kulturellen Kontexten, Situationen und Diskursen vielfältige Ausprägungen zu beobachten sind. Solche Fälle sind keineswegs darauf beschränkt, Missbilligung gegenüber Inhalten oder Autoren auszudrücken oder das Andenken an Personen auszulöschen. Anhand von detailliert aufgearbeiteten Fallbeispielen, die vom antiken Ägypten, Mesopotamien und dem Mittelmeerraum über das alte China, das europäische Mittelalter und...
On the Origins of the Cartouche and Encircling Symbolism in Old Kingdom Pyramids
This study suggests the development of the cartouche was closely related to the monumental encircling symbolism incorporated into the architectural designs of the Old Kingdom pyramids. By employing a new architectural style and a new iconographic symbol, the pharaoh sought to elevate his status above that of the members of his powerful court.
Kölner Papyri
Der vorliegende dritte Band der Kölner Papyri enthält ebenso wie die beiden vorangehenden sowohlliterarische Texte als auch Urkunden. Sie wurden wie folgt bearbeitet: vonBärbei Kramer die Nummern 125-134; von Michael Erler die Nummern 135 und 136; von Dieter Hagedorn die Nummern 138-140, 142-144, 148, 149, 157, 160 und 162; von Robert Hübner die Nummern 137, 141, 145-147, 150-156, 158, 159, 161 und 163-166. Die meisten der von D. Hagedorn publizierten Urkunden sind in den letzten Jahren am Institut für Altertumskunde der Universität Köln in papyrologischen Übungen behandelt worden, deren Teilnehmern der Herausgeber für Anregungen und die Eliminierung mancher Fehler dan- ken möchte....
Magie und Raum
English summary: Was the individual in ancient Egypt without protection against demons, sickness or other threats, or could people use various practices in order to keep these dangers at bay? Christopher Theis has researched the written and archeological evidence that provides information about magical protection in different circumstances in ancient Egypt. He presents an extensive study and a commentary about this evidence as it relates to the protection of the land of Egypt, the city, the temple, the house, the bedchamber as well as the grave and provides details with regard to the historical evidence from other societies contemporary with ancient Egypt, such as Mesopotamia, ancient Anatol...
