Sunday, January 22, 2017

Egyptian historical thought: the visitors' graffiti of the New Kingdom at Saqqara and Abusir as a case study

Egyptian historical thought: the visitors' graffiti of the New Kingdom at Saqqara and Abusir as a case study 
Title (in czech): Historické myšlení u starých Egypťanů

Type: Dissertation

Author: PhDr. Hana Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Supervisor: prof. PhDr. Ladislav Bareš, CSc.
Opponents: John Baines
prof. Dr. Antonio Loprieno

Thesis Id: 24642
Faculty: Faculty of Arts (FF)
Department: Czech Institute of Egyptology (21-CEGU)
Study programm: Historical Studies (P7105)
Study branch: Egyptology (XEGY)
Degree granted: Ph.D.
Defence date: 04/10/2006
Defence result: pass

Language: English 

Abstract:
As an Egyptologist and historian I have tried to partner in this dissertation Egyptological and historical methods used on the topic of the uses of the past and on the issue of the presence of uses of the past in the Egyptian culture. There is a large discussion on these enquiries in both disciplines. I have focused on sources originating in the Egyptian New Kingdom (around 1540 to 1080 BC) and tried to analyse some issues related to the social memory and presumed historical awareness of this period. There is a specific material – a group of inscriptions called the “visitors’ inscriptions” (Besucherinschriften). These texts are well-known to Egyptology but in my opinion deserve even more attention, being an attestation to the culture of a period literate stratum – the scribes. The thesis is divided into three major parts: 1/ the uses of the past – theoretical approaches, giving also the reasons for carrying out the analysis of the uses of the past of the ancient cultures, especially Egypt; 2/ the New Kingdom and presumed uses of the past in the Egyptian society of that time; 3/ the visitors’ graffiti, including: * state of research, the graffiti database project; * the description of the graffiti in a statistical overview; * interpretations and conclusions, attempting also to insert the graffiti into the sub-elite culture of the New Kingdom Egypt; * a catalogue of the Abusir and Saqqara graffiti. The visitors’ graffiti are the core of the work. The area chosen is that of Abusir and Saqqara, in the period of 18th dynasty to the Ramesside period, mainly 19th dynasty. The research has taken a period of altogether five years, from 2001 to 2006, and it cannot be considered as concluded. The fascinating world of the education, career, ideas and mentality of the Egyptian scribe1 in the New Kingdom has many expressions and the graffiti are but one of its aspects. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) 

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Saturday, January 21, 2017

Open Access Journal: Revista Vértices

Revista Vértices
ISSN: 2179-5894
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Revista dos Pós-Graduandos da Área de Hebraico do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Judaicos e Estudos Árabes do Departamento de Letras Orientais da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo.




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Friday, January 20, 2017

Digital Library: Digi20

[First posted in AWOL 6 June 2011, updated 20 January 201]

Digi20
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Das vorliegende Projekt steht im Kontext der Aktionslinie „Digitalisierung der DFG-Sondersammelgebiete“ und konzentriert sich auf die Digitalisierung überwiegend geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlicher, nicht gemeinfreier Literatur mit Schwerpunkt auf monographischen Werken. 

Gegenstand des Projekts sind in einer ersten Phase rd. 4700 Titel aus Programmsegmenten der Verlage Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Wilhelm Fink / Ferdinand Schöningh sowie Otto Sagner. In einer zweiten Phase werden entlang einer vereinbarten Moving Wall, d.h. einem zeitlichen Abstand zum aktuellen Erscheinungsjahr von drei bis fünf Jahren, sukzessive weitere rd. 1750 Titel bis zum Jahr 2014 digitalisiert. 

Entsprechende Vereinbarungen mit den Verlagen, die ihrerseits im Einvernehmen mit den Autoren handeln, eröffnen die Möglichkeit, die urheberrechtsbehafteten Werke zu digitalisieren und im Open Access entsprechend der Praxisregeln der DFG zur Verfügung zu stellen. 

Der Webauftritt bietet eine Volltextsuche über die gesamte Sammlung oder in einzelnen Fachkollektionen. Sämtliche Titel sind aber auch über den OPAC der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek zugänglich. Die Einbindung in fachlich einschlägige Virtuelle Fachbibliotheken befindet sich in Vorbereitung.
The present project was developed in the context of the long-term project “Digitalization of the DFG (German Research Society) special subject fields”. It concentrates on the digitalization of literature not in public domain, predominantly in the field of humanities and social sciences with an emphasis on monographs.
In the first phase of the project, approx. 4700 titles of programme segments of the publishers Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Wilhelm Fink / Ferdinand Schöningh as well as Otto Sagner were digitized. In a second phase, further approx. 1750 titles are being included till 2014 by consecutively digitizing all monographs up to a defined ‘Moving Wall’ of three to five years to the current year of publication.
Corresponding arrangements with publishing houses, who act in agreement with their authors, enable the BSB to digitize works protected by copyright and to provide accessibility according to the guidelines of the DFG via Open Access.
The Website provides a full-text search of the entire collection or of the single subject collections. All titles are also accessible with the OPAC of the Bavarian State Library. The inclusion in professionally relevant virtual subject libraries is in preparation.
 Digi20 has content relating to the ancient word in a variety of subject areas, for example:
Klassische Archäologie

Launched: The Humanities Digital Library: Classics from the Institute of Classical Studies

The Humanities Digital Library launched this week.

Humanities Digital Library 
The Humanities Digital Library is the open access library and catalogue for books published by the School of Advanced Study, University of London. It forms part of the School’s mission to embrace the opportunities of digital content delivery and enable greater access to knowledge. The Humanities Digital Library is managed by the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS).

We publish new titles, through our open access programmes, as well as open access versions of books previously available only in print. Each book is available as an open access PDF (full text) but can also be purchased in print (hardback and paperback) or as an ebook (EPUB format). Scholarly content made available through the website includes monographs, edited collections and shorter form works.

With open access providing increased accessibility and visibility to scholarly research, and becoming ever more relevant to research and funding councils, the Humanities Digital Library aims to bring together and promote freely available research for the School, its constituent Institutes and the wider humanities community.

In the first of our publishing partnerships, the Institute of Historical Research is working alongside the Royal Historical Society to bring their new open access series, New Historical Perspectives to the Humanities Digital Library. We expect the first books to be published in 2017-18. Learn more about our Partnerships.

The Open Access project team behind the Humanities Digital Library are: Jane Winters, Chair in Digital Humanities at the School of Advanced Study; Steve Whittle, Information Systems Manager at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies; Philip Carter, Head of Digital at the Institute of Historical Research; and Jon Newbury, Publishing Manager at the Institute of Historical Research.
The website is managed by Jon Newbury, Publishing Manager, jonathan.newbury@sas.ac.uk.
Among the initial set of subjects is Classics from the Institute of Classical Studies is the following volume listed as forthcoming in early 2017"
Profession and Performance: Aspects of oratory in the Greco-Roman World
Editors: Christos Kremmydas, Jonathan Powell, Lene Rubinstein
*THIS FORTHCOMING EBOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY 2017*
This volume brings together six papers relating to oratory and orators in public fora of Classical Greece and Rome. Edwards and Bers explore aspects of oratorical delivery in the Athenian courts and Assembly, including the demands placed on orators by the physical settings. Tempest examines the conceptions of oratorical competence and incompetence, particularly in respect of performance, as they are implied in Cicero’s criticisms of the rival prosecutor in the trial of Verres. Papers by Karambelas and Powell look at evidence for the importance of advocacy in the Second Sophistic and the late Roman Empire respectively. In an introduction, the editors discuss recurrent themes connected with the orator’s competence and performance, while the final paper of the volume, by Lord Justice Laws, reflects on the continuing relevance of rhetoric in the modern, highly professionalised practice of the law in England.

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Archaeopress: Open Access

 [First posted in AWOL 29 July 2014, updated 19 January 2017]

Archaeopress: Open Access
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Open Access content is available to view online or you can download to your chosen device. All content is in PDF format. You are welcome to share Open Access content amongst your colleagues but please be sure to cite it fully and accurately. To learn more about publishing in Archaeopress Open Access please contact archaeo@archaeopress.com
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Bronze Age and Iron Age
Classical and Hellenistic
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Multiperiod
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Subject Areas

Agriculture / Farming / Husbandry / Land-use / Irrigation
Archaeobotany / Environment and Climate
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Archaeozoology / Bioarchaeology / Osteoarchaeology
Architecture / Domestic and Urban Buildings and Space / Urbanism
Art / Sculpture / Gems / Seals
Ceramics and Pottery Studies
Computing and Quantitative Methods
Craft working (general titles, bone, glass, textiles, etc.)
Death / Burial / Cemeteries / Tombs
Epigraphy / Ancient and Medieval Texts / Papyri
Ethnoarchaeology / Anthropology
Excavation / Fieldwork / Survey
Experimental Archaeology
History of Archaeology
Human Origins
Hunter-Gatherers / Hunting
Landscape Archaeology
Lithics / Stone Tools
Maritime and Underwater Archaeology
Metal Objects
Metallurgy / Mining
Military / Fortifications / Conflict
Museum Studies / Conservation / Heritage / Education
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Remote Sensing, GIS and Aerial Photography
Ritual / Religion / Temples
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Protection of Cultural Property, Military Manual

Protection of Cultural Property, Military Manual
O'Keefe, Roger, Péron, Camille, Musayev, Tofig and Ferrari, Gianluca (2016) Protection of Cultural Property, Military Manual. Manual. UNESCO, PARIS, 91p. ISBN 978-92-3-100184-0. [Book]
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Abstract (in English)

Unesco published this manual in order to enhance the importance of military and security forces'involvement in the protection of cultural heritage in times of conflicts. This is a practical guide to the implementation by military forces of rules of international law for the protection of cultural property in armed conflict.
Item Type: Book (Manual)
Authors:
AuthorsEmail
O'Keefe, RogerUNSPECIFIED
Péron, CamilleUNSPECIFIED
Musayev, TofigUNSPECIFIED
Ferrari, GianlucaUNSPECIFIED
Languages: English
Keywords: armed conflicts; protection of cultural heritage; military; guidelines; manuals; international meetings; international organizations; damages; destruction of cultural heritage; vandalism; international rules; cultural property; tools
Subjects: G.DETERIORATION > 02. Causes of deterioration
G.DETERIORATION > 05. Prevention of deterioration
K.LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES > 02. International legislation
K.LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES > 05. International organizations
Number of Pages: 91
ISBN: 978-92-3-100184-0
Depositing User: Mrs Lucile Smirnov
Date Deposited: 19 Jan 2017 12:45
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2017 12:45
URI: http://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/1739

Chester Beatty Papyri at The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM)

Chester Beatty Papyri at The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM)
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The Chester Beatty papyri, published in the 1930s and 1950s, are some of the oldest and most important biblical manuscripts known to exist. Housed at the Chester Beatty Library (CBL) in Dublin, they have attracted countless visitors every year. It is safe to say that the only Greek biblical manuscripts that might receive more visitors are Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus, both on display at the British Library.

The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM) is pleased to announce that a six-person team, in a four-week expedition during July–August 2013, digitized all the Greek biblical papyri at the Chester Beatty Library. The CBL has granted permission to CSNTM to post the images.

 
NumberType Date
Rahlfs 963 Papyrus 2nd Century
Second century manuscript on papyrus; 55 leaves, 2 columns, fragmentary, up to 36 lines per column; Contents: LXX (Septuagint) Numbers and Deuteronomy. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: Rahlfs 963 (CBL BP VI)
Rahlfs 2149 Papyrus 4th Century
Fourth century manuscript on papyrus; 4 leaves, single column, up to 34 lines per column; Contents: LXX (Septuagint): Psalms 72.6–88.2 (sans Ps76). Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP XIII
Rahlfs 2150 Papyrus 4th Century
Fourth century manuscript on papyrus; 1 leaf, single column, 30 lines per column. Contents: LXX (Septuagint): Psalms 31, 26, and 2. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP XIV
Rahlfs 968 Papyrus 3rd Century
Early third century manuscript on papyrus; 13 leaves, Single Column, 26 lines per column. Contents: LXX (Septuagint): Daniel and Esther. Images are from the Chester Beatty Library Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP X
Rahlfs 965 Papyrus 3rd Century
Early third century manuscript on papyrus; 36 leaves, single column; Contents: LXX (Septuagint) Isaiah. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: Rahlfs 965 (CBL BP VII)
Rahlfs 962 Papyrus 3rd Century
Late third century manuscript on papyrus; 31 leaves, single column, up to 20 lines per column; Contents: LXX (Septuagint) Genesis 8–46. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP V
Rahlfs 961 Papyrus 4th Century
Early fourth century manuscript on papyrus; 51 leaves, 2 columns, fragmentary, up to 38 lines per column; Contents: LXX (Septuagint) Genesis 9–44. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP IV
Rahlfs 964 Papyrus 4th Century
Fourth century manuscript on papyrus; 2 leaves, single column, 33 lines per column; Contents: LXX (Septuagint) Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 36.28–37.11; 37.1–122. 46.16b–47.2; 46.6–11. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: Rahlfs 964 (CBL BP XI)
Rahlfs 967 Papyrus 3rd Century
Early third century manuscript on papyrus; 9 leaves, 2 columns, fragmentary, up to 32 lines; Contents: LXX (Septuagint) Ezekiel and Esther. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: Rahlfs 967 (CBL BP IX)
Rahlfs 966 Papyrus 2nd or 3rd Century
Late second century or early third century manuscript on papyrus; 2 leaves, single column, fragmentary, up to 15 lines per column; Contents: LXX (Septuagint) Jeremiah 4.30–5.1; 5.9–13; 5.13–14; 5.23–24. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP VIII
Not yet catalogued Papyrus Unknown
Manuscript on papyrus; 1 leaf, fragmentary; Contents: LXX (Septuagint) Genesis, Enoch and Romans (folio 18 of P46). Images from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP 190
Not yet catalogued Papyrus 4th or 5th Century
Fourth or fifth century manuscript on papyrus; 1 leaf, fragmentary; Contents: Apology of Phileas and unknown text. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP X001
Not yet catalogued Papyrus 4th Century
Fourth century manuscript on papyrus; 8 Leaves + 1 fragment plate, single column, up to 44 lines per column; Contents: LXX (Septuagint); Enoch and Melito. Images from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP XII
Not yet catalogued Papyrus 3rd or 4th Century
Third or fourth century manuscript on papyrus; 8 leaves, single column; Contents: the Apocryphon of Jannes and Jambres the Magicians. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP XVI
Not yet catalogued Lectionary 12th Century
Late twelfth century Armenian lectionary of the Gospels on parchment; 259 leaves, 2 columns, 21 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL ARM 624
P46 Papyrus 2nd-3rd Century
Late second century or early third century (c. 200) manuscript of Paul on papyrus; 86 leaves, single column, 23–26 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP II (Dublin)
P47 Papyrus 3rd Century
Late third century manuscript of Revelation on papyrus; 10 leaves, single column, 25–30 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP III
P97 Papyrus 6th–7th Century
Sixth or seventh century manuscript of the Gospels on papyrus; 1 leaf, single column, 11–27 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP XVII
P99 Papyrus 5th Century
Late fifth century manuscript of Paul on papyrus; Greek-Latin diglot; 16 leaves (8 bifolia), single column, 27–32 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP XXI
GA 106 Minuscule 11th–12th Century
Eleventh or twelfth century minuscule of the Gospels on parchment; 212 leaves, single column, 22 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
Shelf Number: CBL W 135
GA 2603 Minuscule 12th Century
Twelfth century minuscule of the Gospels on parchment; 255 leaves, single column, 24-26 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL W 134
GA 2604 Minuscule 12th Century
Twelfth century minuscule of the Gospels with commentary on parchment; 378 leaves, single column, 20 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL W 139
GA 2605 Minuscule 13th Century
Thirteenth century minuscule of the Gospels on parchment; 176 leaves, single column, 24-27 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL W 140
GA 2606 Minuscule 13th Century
Thirteenth century minuscule of the Gospels on parchment; 119 leaves, single column, 28–30 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL W 141
GA Lect 1026 Lectionary 17th Century
Seventeenth century (1647) lectionary of the Gospels on paper; 1 leaf, 2 columns, 27 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL W 143.4.13
GA Lect 1027 Lectionary 17th Century
Seventeenth century (1610) lectionary of the Gospels on paper; 14 leaves, single column, 29 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL W 143.4.4–12, 14, 15; 143.5.1, 2, 4
GA Lect 1030 Lectionary 16th Century
Sixteenth century (1596) lectionary of the Gospels on paper; 1 leaf, single column, 18 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL W 143.5.3
GA Lect 1031 Lectionary 16th Century
Sixteenth century (1599) lectionary of the Gospels on paper; 3 leaves, 2 columns, 25 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL W 143.4.1, 2, 3
GA Lect 1957 Lectionary 10th–11th Century
Tenth or eleventh century majuscule lectionary on parchment; 200 leaves, 2 columns, 22 lines per column; Contents: lectionary contains weekday readings from Easter to Pentecost, and Saturday and Sunday readings for other weeks. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL W 138
GA Lect 2450 Lectionary 11th Century
Eleventh century lectionary of the Gospels on parchment; 1 leaf, 2 columns, 24 lines per column. This manuscript is included in the CBL ARM 624. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Shelf Number: CBL ARM 624
P45 Papyrus 3rd Century
Third century manuscript of the Gospels on papyrus; 30 leaves, single column, approximately 32-33 lines per column. Images are from the Chester Beatty Collection.
Location: Dublin, Chester Beatty Library and Vienna, Austrian National Library
Shelf Number: CBL BP I (Dublin), Pap. G. 31974 (Vienna)
P66 Papyrus 2nd–3rd Century
Late second or early third century manuscript of the Gospels on papyrus; 1 leaf, single column, 10–11 lines per column. Public images are from the Chester Beatty Collection. Images from other institutions available for private viewing.
Location: Cologny/Genf, Bodmeriana; Dublin, Chester Beatty Library; Cologne, Univ. Inst. fur Altertumskunde
Shelf Number: various