Chronique d’Égypte

The present article seeks a new understanding of the Egyptian word “ỉśḳ” from the 7^th hour / upper register of the “Amduat”. The explanation as a secondary form of “ḥśḳ” “to cut” is offered as a solution. The basis is the well-known exchange of “ỉ” and “ḥ” because of the similarity of the signs in the Hieratic. The interpretation is backed up by a parallel.

Der Rosettastein ist als trilingualer Schlüssel zur Entzifferung der Hieroglyphen und als Träger des Synodaldekrets von 196 v. Chr. (‚Rosettana‘) eines der wichtigsten Denkmäler des ptolemäischen Ägypten. Der fragmentarische Charakter des Denkmals - etwa die Hälfte der hieroglyphischen Version ist verloren - verlangt jedoch eine erneute Auseinandersetzung mit dem epigrafischen Befund, gerade an den teilweise zerstörten Randbereichen des Steins. Infolge der Analyse wird eine neue Lesung des Endes von Z. 1 des hieroglyphischen Textes vor dem Hintergrund der historischen und zeitgenössischen Faksimiles und eines 3D-Scans vorgeschlagen.

Sound devices are literary elements used in texts to stress certain sounds and create musical effects. Although they have long been acknowledged as a common feature in Ptolemaic hieroglyphic texts, the phenomenon has not been investigated in depth. This article offers an examination of sound devices in the texts of Ptolemaic and Roman temples, providing a typology for the phenomenon, and an analysis of its linguistic techniques and its various functions.

La question de l’existence d’un ou deux vizirs de Ramsès II tous deux nommés (Pa)Râhotep est en suspens depuis plus d’un siècle. Dans le but de la résoudre, l’auteur, s’appuyant sur toute la documentation disponible, réexamine les différents problèmes à l’origine de cette question : principalement les deux ensembles de vases canopes au même nom, les généalogies contradictoires et la mention d’un vizir de ce nom sur un papyrus de l’an 19. Des solutions sont apportées et différentes possibilités comparées, permettant de soumettre les hypothèses de reconstitution les plus probables, lesquelles n’admettent l’existence que d’un seul vizir (Pa)Râhotep sous Ramsès II. De nombreux arbres généalaogiques sont apportés.

The aim of the article is to re-evaluate the question of the location of Bia-Punt. The author re-analyses the sources mentioning the toponym in question. As a result, he observes that Bia-Punt is not mentioned outside of the site of Mersa/Wadi Gawasis; moreover all attestations come from the 12^th dynasty. This leads to a conclusion that Bia-Punt should be interpreted as the Egyptian name of the coastal region of the Red Sea within which the port of Mersa Gawasis was situated rather than as a name of a mining region within or in a vicinity of Punt as previously suggested by other scholars. This hypothesis seems to be corroborated by the testimony of the stela WG 05 dated to the reign of Amenemhat III.

Compte rendu critique de l’ouvrage de James K. Hoffmeier, Akhenaten and the Origins of Monotheism, New York, Oxford University Press, 2015. 1 vol. in-8°, 294 pp., nombr. ill. n. et bl. Prix : €37,49.

Christian Cannuyer & Marianne Michel (edd.), Archiver, conserver et collectionner en Orient. Alexandre Tourovets (1953-2019) in memoriam (Eric Gubel)

Rogerio Sousa, Gilded Flesh. Coffins and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt (Bart R. Hellinckx)

Réédition de P. Aberd. 123 (= MP3 2351), attribué par son éditeur à un traité de médecine - en réalité, développement traitant de la problématique du travail manuel (discours ou exercice oratoire). Fayoum, fin du III^e siècle de notre ère.P. Ryl. III, 506 recto (= MP3 2305; LDAB 5321). Prov. inv., 1re m. du III^e s. apr. J.-C. Fragment de declamatio (peut-être sur le mythe d'Agamède et de Trophonios) ?

Cinq rouleaux de papyrus ont été trouvés, les 7 et 8 novembre 2001, à proximité de la cage d'escalier donnant accès à la cave de la "casa 2000", proche du "temple C" de Médinet Madi. - No. 1. Déclaration de recensement (κατ’ οἰκίαν ἀπογραφή). Narmouthis, 61/2^p (printemps de 62^p ?).

New edition of side A, col. II, of P. Athen. 48. Middle of the second century.

Nuova ricostruzione del testo di P. Lips. Inv. 136 = Ch.L.A. XII, 521, atto di emancipatio puellae unico nella documentazione. Nella prima parte si presentano nuove proposte di lettura e la ricollocazione di un frammento minore; nella seconda parte si discute la struttura formulare dell'atto.

Sotheby's New York Lot, Auction: Ancient Marbles: Classical Sculpture and Works of Art, 13 June 2016, Lot 92. Provenance unknown, 3rd-4th century CE. Contains a protection formula and the depiction of several deities, including Anguipes and Harpocrates. - 1. Presentation of the amulet. - 2. Commentary. - 3. Iconography. - 4. Some conclusions.

Nel Museo di Ismailia, città sulla riva occidentale del Canale di Suez, è conservato un mosaico rinvenuto a Gaza e datato al I sec. a.C. Il pannello raffigura personaggi mitologici del corteggio dionisiaco ed eroi. Tra i tanti personaggi raffigurati, è interessante la figura di un satiro danzante che regge in mano una coppia di crotali a cembalo ed è preceduto dall'iscrizione del suo nome: Σκίρτος, una sorte di nome 'parlante' che indica un particolare tipo di calzatura 'musicale' a percussione. - 1. Askaros. - 2. Scabellum. - 3. Batalon. - 4. Kroupeza.

Corpus dei Papiri Filosofici Greci e Latini (CPF). Testi e lessico nei papiri di cultura greca e latina. Parte II.2. Sentenze di Autori Noti e « Chreiai » (Jean Lenaerts)

Francisco R. Adrados (redactado bajo la dirección de), Juan Rodríguez Somolinos, Helena Rodríguez Somolinos & Elvira Gangutia Elícegui (coord.), Diccionario Griego-Español. Volumen VIII : ἔξαυρος - ἐπισκήνωσις. (Alain Martin)

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Marie-Dominique Nenna (ed.), Alexandrina 5

Edition of Coptic letter from the collection of the Ghent University Library (P. Gand. Inv. 47). The letter is addressed to a certain Dioscorus, most probably Dioscorus of Aphrodite. The fragmentary status of the letter does not allow a full understanding of the text, but the formulary clearly shows a monastic context, in all likelihood the monastery of Apa Apollos founded by Dioscorus’ father in 537 CE. Since the senders address Dioscorus as their ‘brother’, it is likely that the letter belongs to the little-known last period of Dioscorus’ life, when he retired to his father’s monastery around 573 CE.

Réédition commentée de trois reçus de taxe de la collection de Leipzig (O. Lips. Copt. II 331-332 et 342). Les documents proviennent de la ville de Djême et contribuent à enrichir le dossier fiscal de la région thébaine à l’époque omeyyade.

Reedition of CPR IV 197, a declaration by which taxpayers confirm that they have received from the local tax collector (qusṭāl) the money they overpaid for a given fiscal year. The papyrus comes from (the region of) Shmoun and dates from ca. 865/866. The edition of a contemporary Coptic letter mentioning also the title of qusṭāl is provided in annex (P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 165; [region of] Shmoun, mid-9th cent.).