Vocalisation in group writing : a new proposal /
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The so-called group writing or syllabic orthography is a special orthography used in Egyptian hieroglyphic texts starting from the New Kingdom/Late Bronze Age. The nature and function of this orthography, especially the way it notates vowels, has been a topic of debate for more than a century, without any consensus being reached. In this book, Marwan Kilani presents a new interpretative model that provides a fresh explanation of how the syllabic orthography notates vowels. The author starts from a critical reanalysis of previous suggestions and from a thorough reassessment of the evidence. He then infers the functioning of the system by comparing the group writing spelling of Late Egyptian words surviving in Coptic with the reconstructions of their vocalizations. This approach leads to the recognition of a system that not only coherently explains all the spellings attested in the corpus, but which also produces interpretations of the spellings in group writing that agree with current reconstructions of the Egyptian vocalization. The book contains indexes and an Appendix listing the words analysed in the study.
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vi, 149 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9783943955200
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0946-8641;
The organization of the pyramid texts : typology and disposition /
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The ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts form the oldest sizable body of religious texts in the world. Discovered in the late nineteenth century, they had been inscribed on the interior stone walls of the pyramid tombs of third-millennium kings and queens. From their content it is clear that they were concerned with the afterlife state of the tomb owner, but the historical meaning of their emergence has been poorly understood. This book weds traditional philological approaches to linguistic anthropology in order to associate them with two spheres of human action: mortuary cult and personal preparation for the afterlife. Monumentalized as hieroglyphs in the tomb, their function was now one step removed from the human events that had motivated their original production.
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1 online resource (2 volumes in 1 (xxxiv, 712 pages)) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004227491 :
0169-9601 ; :
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Offerings to the discerning eye : an Egyptological medley in honor of Jack A. Josephson /
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Egyptologist Jack A. Josephson, a writer and researcher in the tradition of the "gentleman scholar," has achieved broad recognition as an authority in Egyptian art history. His lucid investigative analyses have probed and redefined the limits of inquiry, expanded research parameters, and broadened perspectives, emphasizing the undeniable contributions of art history in an intra-disciplinary framework. This volume of collected essays is dedicated to Josephson by distinguished friends and colleagues, a select roster including eminent, established scholars in the field of Egyptology and rising stars of the younger generation. Josephson views Egyptian art history as a critical but neglected area of study, and is a strong proponent of its reinstatement in the academic curriculum as an essential component in the formation of new cadres. The quality of the articles in this Egyptological medley is a tribute to the honoree and an affirmation of the esteem of his peers, while the range of subjects and variety of themes addressed reflect the degree to which he has, in his own scholarship, undertaken to implement his ideal.
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"Bibliography of Jack A. Josephson": pages [xv]. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789047441090 :
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Constructing tradition means and myths of transmission in Western esotericism /
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The question of constructing tradition, concepts of origin, and memory as well as techniques and practices of knowledge transmission, are central for cultures in general. In esotericism, however, such questions and techniques play an outstanding role and are widely reflected upon, in its literature. Esoteric paradigms not only understand themselves in elaborated mytho-poetical narratives as bearers of "older", "hidden", "higher" knowledge. They also claim their knowledge to be of a particular origin. And they claim this knowledge has been transmitted by particular (esoteric) means, media and groups. Consequently, esotericism not only involves the construction of its own tradition; it can even be understood as a specific form of tradition and transmission. The various studies of the present voume, which contains the papers of a conference held in Tübingen in July 2007, provide an overview of the most important concepts and ways of constructing tradition in esotericism.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004216372 :
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Compositional Format and Spell Sequencing in Early Versions of the Book of the Dead /
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Recent studies of the early development of the Book of the Dead have tended to focus on the content of this group of spells, the objects on which the spells are written, the sequences in which they occur, and their early prototypes, which appear on Middle Kingdom coffins. The physical presentation of the first texts that can be described as fully in the Book of the Dead tradition, however, illustrates how scribes addressed the challenges of transmission of this mortuary corpus hand in hand with the evolution of novel burial practices in the Theban region beginning in the late Second Intermediate period, including the introduction of anthropomorphic coffins, linen shrouds, and papyrus rolls. Both hieratic and cursive hieroglyphic scripts were employed on these media, along with compositional formats suitable to them, as well as the appearance of scribal sketches that evolved into the vignettes for which the quintessential New Kingdom Books of the Dead are justly renowned. An “Ahmoside” sequencing tradition prior to the co-rule of Hatshepsut/Thutmose III is further defined, and the codicil to BD 72 is examined for its relation to the use of linen versus papyrus in Theban burials of the period. http://dx.doi.org/10.5913/jarce.55.2019.a003
Hrozný and Hittite : the first hundred years : proceedings of the International Conference held at Charles University, Prague, 11-14 November 2015 /
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This volume collects 33 papers that were presented at the international conference held at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in November 2015 to celebrate the centenary of Bedřich Hrozný's identification of Hittite as an Indo-European language. Contributions are grouped into three sections, "Hrozný and His Discoveries," "Hittite and Indo-European," and "The Hittites and Their Neighbors," and span the full range of Hittite studies and related disciplines, from Anatolian and Indo-European linguistics and cuneiform philology to Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, history, and religion. The authors hail from 15 countries and include leading figures as well as emerging scholars in the fields of Hittitology, Indo-European, and Ancient Near Eastern studies.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004413122
Davyʹojehypetsʹki statuetky ušebti v zibranni Odesʹkoho archeolohičnoho muzeju NAN Ukrajiny = Ancient Egyptian shabti statuettes in the collection of the Odesa Archaeological Museu...
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The monograph is the first special study and a complete catalogue of the ancient Egyptian shabti statuettes in the collection of the Odesa Archaeological Museum of the NAS of Ukraine. This group of monuments makes more than a sixth of the total number of Egyptian artifacts in the museum. Shabtis of the Odesa collection date from the 17th Dynasty to the Late Period and are represented by the objects of stone, wood, faience, and clay. Part of the shabtis has preserved inscriptions with the names and titles of their owners, and the text of the Spell 6 of the Book of the Dead is also written on seven shabtis. The monograph includes museum data, parameters, description, photographs, hieroglyphic transcription, transliteration, and annotated translation of the inscriptions available on the objects.
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234 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. :
The book can be of interest to specialists in Oriental studies, museum scholars, historians, archeologists, specialists in religious and cultural studies, students of the historical faculties, and those who are interested in the history of the Ancient World and the development of museum work in Ukraine. :
9789660298637
A master of secrets in the chamber of darkness
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The Master of Secrets: Robert K. Ritner / Foy D. Scalf and Brian P. Muhs
Publications of Robert K. Ritner / Foy D. Scalf and Brian P. Muhs
The Ritner Stela / Megaera Lorenz and Mary Szabady
Black Magic (Woman) / Solange Ashby, University of California, Los Angeles
An Additional Layer of Complexity: Northern and Southern Warets in Middle Kingdom Administration / Kathryn E. Bandy, University of Chicago
Hieroglyphs of Value across the Great Green /Karen Polinger Foster, Yale University
Seth the Gleaming One / François Gaudard, University of Warsaw and University of Chicago
“Destructive Flame,” “Dazzling Beauty,” and “Source of Enlightenment” : Royal Light : Terminology and Metaphor from the New Kingdom to the Late Period / Katja Goebs, University of Toronto
The “Libyan Family” at Kawa: Fashion as a Political Statement of Taharqo / Aleksandra Hallmann, Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences
A Version of Book of the Dead Spell 99 in Demotic (P. Dem. MAIL 1) / Richard Jasnow, Johns Hopkins University
Three Demotic Silver Accounts from the ISAC Museum Collection / Jacqueline E. Jay, Eastern Kentucky University, and Foy D. Scalf, University of Chicago
Assorted Observations on Inheritance in Ancient Egypt / Janet H. Johnson, University of Chicago
Akhenaten and the Opening of the Mouth Ritual? An Enigmatic Karnak Talatat Block Found at Luxor Temple / W. Raymond Johnson, University of Chicago
A Portal for Isis of Djeme / J. Brett McClain, University of Chicago
Sur quelques passages de la Stèle de la tempête d’Ahmosis / Pierre Meyrat, University of Geneva
A Group of Three Human Figurines from Tell Edfu / Nadine Moeller, Yale University
A Note on the Meeting Places of Egyptian Associations / Ian S. Moyer, University of Michigan
Alterity, Amalgamation, and Royal Identity in Early Egypt / Hratch Papazian, University of Cambridge
Once Again the Boatmen’s Joust: A Study in Ritual and Symbolic Action / Peter A. Piccione, University of Charleston
Syntactic and Modal Markers (“Particles”) in the Texts of the Shabaqo Stone / Joshua A. Roberson, University of Memphis
The Transmission of Magical Texts at Deir el-Medina: A Hieratic Copy of a Horus Cippi Text on Ostracon ISACM E17008 / Foy D. Scalf and Brian P. Muhs, University of Chicago
Spells on the Interior of the Headboard of the Coffin of Ahanakht and Connections with Chapters from the Book of the Dead / David P. Silverman, University of Pennsylvania
Merenptah’s Israel, His Shasu Militiamen, His Copper Caravan Route, and the Watering Stations / Bearing His Name at Kadesh-barnea and Me-nephtoah: Part One / Richard C. Steiner, Yeshiva University
The Inscribed Clay Cobra Figurines of Abydos: Protecting the Reawakening of Osiris / Kasia Szpakowska, Swansea University
Three Demotic Ostraca from Dakhla Oasis (Mut 30/2, 30/15, and 42/12) / Günter Vittmann, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
The Twenty-Second Dynasty Coffin of a Chantress in the Pure Foundation of Ptah: A Glimpse into Priestly Society in Libyan-Period Memphis / Jennifer Houser Wegner, University of Pennsylvania
New Light on the Mayors and Ruling Family of Wah-Sut / Josef Wegner, University of Pennsylvania
“I Interrogated the Arabs of the Desert”: Local Interlocutors in the Egyptological Research of Claude Sicard, 1712–1726
Jennifer Westerfeld, University of Louisville
The Last Buchis Bull(s) of Armant: Notes on the End of an Indigenous Animal Cult in Late Roman Egypt / Terry G. Wilfong, University of Michigan
New Observations on the Cryptographic Text of Pinudjem I at Medinet Habu / Jonathan Winnerman, University of California, Los Angeles