The Workman's Progress: Studies in the Village of Deir El-Medina and Other Documents from Western Thebes in Honour of Rob Demarée

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Egyptologische Uitgaven ; XXVIIIPublisher: Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten; 2014Publisher: Leuven: Peeters, 2014Description: 332 p., ill.; 27 cmISBN:

9789042931237

Subject(s):

Egyptian language -- Egypt -- Deir el-Medina Site -- Texts

Summary: This book contains twenty-two papers collected in honour of Robert J. Demarée by his friends and colleagues. Because of his expertise in the area of Western Thebes and ostraca of the village of Deir el-Medina in particular, the contributors have sought to address those topics in particular. Central theme of the Festschrift is the community of workmen of Deir el-Medina, which is investigated from many different angles. The papers discuss the documentary texts from the village, either written in graffiti, on papyri or on ostraca, but also aspects of the work in the Valley of the Kings, the workmen's use of oil, birthing beds, coffins, stelae as well as their religious beliefs and behaviour. The volume thus sheds new light on the workmen's community, as well as on the area of Western Thebes in more general terms.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Continuing Resources	Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) Library First Floor - 1.05	EgyptUitg 28 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		EgyptUitg 28

Includes bibliography of Robert J. Demaree.

This book contains twenty-two papers collected in honour of Robert J. Demarée by his friends and colleagues. Because of his expertise in the area of Western Thebes and ostraca of the village of Deir el-Medina in particular, the contributors have sought to address those topics in particular. Central theme of the Festschrift is the community of workmen of Deir el-Medina, which is investigated from many different angles. The papers discuss the documentary texts from the village, either written in graffiti, on papyri or on ostraca, but also aspects of the work in the Valley of the Kings, the workmen's use of oil, birthing beds, coffins, stelae as well as their religious beliefs and behaviour. The volume thus sheds new light on the workmen's community, as well as on the area of Western Thebes in more general terms.

17 English, 1 French, 4 German contributions.

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