Writing in a Workmen's Village: Scribal Practice in Ramesside Deir El-Medina

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-90-6258-216-7
Verlag: PEETERS PUB

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 228 Seiten, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: Egyptologische Uitgaven - Egyp

Four studies on the daily practice of the scribes of Deir el-Medina.
Under the heading "duplication", the first chapter looks into the use of
drafts or mother copies, and the second deals with the work of five
individual scribes. Under the heading "classification", the third
chapter presents a survey of the words used by the scribes when
referring to their products, the documents, and the fourth looks at the
method of reconstructing ancient classifications by the clustering of
texts with identical headings.
Together, these chapters
reconstruct the individual and collective habits of those who have
produces the mass of texts found at Deir el-Medina, the Valley of the
Kings and the Valley of the Queens.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Donker van Heel, K.

Haring, B.J.J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie