The Netherlands Institute for the Near East

Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten  -  Institut néerlandais du Proche-Orient

21 Feb 15:00

Dubbele boekpresentatie Egyptologie - Koptologie

Ben Haring, Adam Łajtar, Jacques van der Vliet

Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden, Vossiuszaal (1e verdieping)

Twee nieuwe boeken gepubliceerd door medewerkers LIAS/Egyptologie:

Ben Haring, From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script. An Ancient Egyptian System of Workmen’s Identity Marks (Brill, januari 2018)

Adam Łajtar & Jacques van der Vliet, Empowering the Dead in Christian Nubia. The Texts from a Medieval Funerary Complex in Dongola (Warschau, december 2017)

Op heel verschillende wijze zijn beide werken een brug tussen de studie van de Egyptische cultuur en andere vakgebieden. De auteurs zullen hun werk toelichten, er is gelegenheid de publicaties aan te schaffen en het glas te heffen op de verschijning van twee belangrijke uitgaven.

Programma

15.00u Welkom Vincent Oeters (Brill)
15.10u Toelichting op From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script Ben Haring (LIAS, Egyptologie)
15.30u Toelichting op Empowering the Dead in Christian Nubia Adam Łajtar (Universiteit Warschau) en Jacques van der Vliet (LIAS, Egyptologie)
15.50u Afsluiting Carolien van Zoest (NINO)
16.00u

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gelegenheid voor inzage en aanschaf van beide publicaties

 
17.00u

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Over From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script

Writing is not the only notation system used in literate societies. Some visual communication systems are very similar to writing, but work differently. Identity marks are typical examples of such systems, and this book presents a particularly well-documented marking system used in Pharaonic Egypt as an exemplary case.

From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script is the first book to fully discuss the nature and development of an ancient marking system, its historical background, and the fascinating story of its decipherment. Chapters on similar systems in other cultures and on semiotic theory help to distinguish between unique and universal features. Written by Egyptologist Ben Haring, the book addresses scholars interested in marking systems, writing, literacy, and the semiotics of visual communication.

Over Empowering the Dead in Christian Nubia

The texts written on the plastered walls of this funerary crypt in Dongola are an aspect of religious practice discerned in Christian Nubia that some would characterize as “magical” or “apocryphal”, others as “ritually powerful” or “mystical”. They were intended to create a phylactery for the afterlife of Georgios, the Archbishop of the royal city of the kingdom of Makuria. How can the combination of the ecclesiastic authority of a Bishop with the ritual power of texts be understood in the frame of Christian Nubian monarchy?