Hieratic Ostraca in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
Hieratic Ostraca in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow

Author: A. G. McDowell

Publisher: Griffith Inst

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9780900416590

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This volume presents the twenty-seven limestone and hieratic ostraca collected by the Reverend Colin Campbell in Egypt at the turn of the century and donated by him to the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. All but one come from the New Kingdom community of Deir el-Medina, the exception being a Ptolemaic copy of the Offering of the mnw-vase, hitherto known only from inscriptions. The main group of ostraca contains hymns, magical, literary, administrative, legal and economic texts. Particularly interesting examples include a letter about the inheritance of a group of slaves, and what appears to be record of a son's support for his retired father. Many of these texts are published here for the first time; they are presented in facsimiles and transcriptions, and furnished with full translation and commentary. Indexes of personal names and Egyptian words discussed in the commentary complete the book.

New Kingdom Ostraca from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
New Kingdom Ostraca from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Author: Fredrik Hagen

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-01-17

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9004183760

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This book publishes a previously unknown collection of hieratic ostraca from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The texts include a broad range of genres, including wisdom literature, religious hymns, magical texts, medical recipes, private letters, administrative notes, scribal exercises (Kemit), and copies of tomb inscriptions. Each ostracon is presented with photographs, facsimile drawings and hieroglyphic transcriptions, as well as translations and brief philological commentaries. Many of the texts can be linked to the village of Deir el-Medina on internal evidence, and the book offers new data to scholars working with material from this famous site.

New Kingdom Ostraca from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
New Kingdom Ostraca from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Author: Fredrik Hagen

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-01-17

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 9004182950

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This book makes the hieratic ostraca from the Fitzwilliam Museum available for the first time. Most of these come from the village of Deir el-Medina near Thebes, and they include new literary texts, administrative notes, religious hymns, and copies of tomb inscriptions.