Decoding Signs of Identity: Egyptian Workmen's Marks in Archaeological, Historical, Comparative and Theoretical Perspective: Proceedings of a Conference in Leiden, 13-15 December 2013

Series numbering incorrectly called XXII on series title page. Correct series numbering on cover and spine.

"The symposium "Decoding Signs of Identity" was organised as part of the research project "Symbolizing Identity. Identity marks and their relation to writing in New Kingdom, Egypt", which was supported by the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO). The symposium was hosted by the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS)."--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references.

Writing and Reading Ourselves out of Trouble: Evolutionary Insights on Non-linguistic Marking Systems Joám Evans Pim Les signes lapidaires emblématiques où monogrammatiques: un choix, deux logiques (Belgique, Espagne, France, XIIe-XVIIIe) J.L. van Belle Signs Seen from Above Dirk J. de Vries Numbers Do Not Count: Bias, Consistency, and Specificity of 'Numbered Signs' Alex de Voogt Products of the Physical Engagement with Sacred Space: The New Kingdom Non-textual Tomb-Graffiti at Saqqara Nico Staring Quarry Marks in Gebel el Silsila: Signifiers of Men and Gods Alike? Maria Nilsson Integrating Hieratic and Marks Data for the Prosopography of Deir el-Medina Workmen in the Early to Mid 20th Dynasty Mark Collier Duty Rosters and Delivery Records Composed with Marks and their Relation to the Written Administration of Deir el-Medina Daniel M. Soliman Methods of Identification Among the Deir el-Medina Workmen and their Service Personnel. The Use of Names, Titles, Patronyms and Identity Marks in Administrative Texts Kathrin Gabler

Decoding Signs of Identity' is the volume of proceedings resulting from the symposium with the same name and held in Leiden, 13-15 December 2013, in the framework of the NWO research project ?Symbolizing Identity: Identity marks and their relation to writing in New Kingdom Egypt?. The aim of the project, and indeed of the symposium, was to investigate identity marks of Ancient Egyptian workmen, both in a specialist, in-depth manner, and in a more general, comparative perspective. The reader will recognise both of these approaches in the present collection of papers. In the course of its three sections, the topic is narrowed down from general considerations and non-Egyptian cases, to various sorts of Ancient Egyptian identity marks, and finally to the specific marking system of the royal necropolis workforce of the Egyptian New Kingdom, which was the core material of the NWO project. This volume can be considered a follow-up to 'Pictograms or Pseudo Script?' (EU XXV, 2009), and testifies to the continuing scholarly interest in systems of identity marks, both in Egyptology and outside.