Language & Texts

ISBN: 9780861592333
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 233
The Hay archive of Coptic manuscripts consists of seven fragmentary sheets of leather bearing spells for divination, protection, healing, personal advancement, cursing and the satisfaction of sexual desire. Purchased from the heir of the Scottish ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781463243968
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies
Volume: 21
A refereed journal published annually by the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies. .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781906137519
Published by : Golden House Publications
The book collects more than 400 dossiers of the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period non-royal women. This work is complementary to D. Franke Personendaten aus dem Mittleren Reich (Wiesbaden 1984), and to W. Grajetzki and D. Stefanović, D... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788763544320
Published by : Museum Tusculanum Press
This volume presents the first edition of a hitherto unattested narrative from the Tebtunis temple library (1st-2nd century AD). The story seems to have formed part of the so-called Inaros Cycle; it is set in the reign of king Necho I (672-664 BC)... .... Learn More

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ISBN: 9781785703638
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Current Research in Egyptology
Volume: 16
The sixteenth Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) conference was held from the 15–18 April 2015 at the University of Oxford and once again provided a platform for postgraduates and early career Egyptologists, as well as independent researchers, t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781906137458
Published by : Golden House Publications
This book focuses on the archaeology of ancient Egyptian communication technologies, exploring the definitions and the material culture of ancient Egyptian writing practice. In contrast with older approaches that define writing as a system of soci... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788393842544
Published by : Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Series: JJP Supplements
Volume: 25
… a description of the hierarchical Church, its framework and machinery. The word ‘description’ is somehow too narrow to express what I would like to present, for my ambition is to show how the ecclesiastical institutions functioned. What I aim at... .... Learn More

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ISBN: 9781782978688
Published by : Oxbow Books
François Neveu enables the reader to explore the Ramesside age through an understanding of Late Egyptian. This phase corresponds to the language spoken from the 17th to the 24th dynasty, which became a written language – used for private letters, ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714119878
Published by : British Museum Press
Volume: 1
The British Museum holds the largest collection of Middle Kingdom stelae outside Egypt. This is the first full publication of the collection: the scenes and inscriptions of each of the 42 stelae are described in detail, with textual notes and expl... .... Learn More