Articles by Janice Kamrin
The kingdom of the mummies: essays in memory of Ramadan B. Hussein, 2024
The anthropoid limestone coffin of Isetirdiset (Ast-ir-di-s(t)), daughter of Tadiusir (MMA 11.154... more The anthropoid limestone coffin of Isetirdiset (Ast-ir-di-s(t)), daughter of Tadiusir (MMA 11.154.6a, b), was discovered in Quibell Tomb 410 at Saqqara in 1911, and sold by the Egyptian Antiquities Service to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It has been on long-term loan to the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, since 1990. The exterior lid of the coffin is inscribed with excerpts from Spells 26 and 72 from the Book of Coming Forth by Day. Flanking the inscription field are figures of Menankh and Mennefer, anthropomorphized images of the pyramid complexes of Pepi II and Pepi I, as well as figures of the four sons of Horus. Although several of the other sarcophagi found in the same tomb can be dated reliably to the Nectanebid Period, this coffin may be an intrusive addition; without internal dating criteria, it can only be assigned at this point generally to Dynasty 30 through the Ptolemaic era.
The Egyptian Museum Database and Registrar Training Projects
Bulletin of the American Research Center in Egypt, 2012
Bulletin of the American Research Center in Egypt , 2009
Bulletin of the American Research Center in Egypt, 2007
It is official. We have successfully completed our AEF-funded project to digitize and pass on for... more It is official. We have successfully completed our AEF-funded project to digitize and pass on for conservation two of the three sets of handwritten register books at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. It has been a very interesting year, and we have learned a great deal; most importantly, we have accomplished the task we set out to do. We conceived of this project more than a year and a half ago, when Dr. Gerry Scott encouraged me to apply for an AEF grant to digitize the old register books at the Egyptian Museum. This idea grew out of our ongoing project of creating a new database for the museum, a project which has now, thanks to Dr. Gerry, turned into a full-fledged EAC grant to develop a modern collections management system and create Egypt's first registrar's office. As a first step, we decided to try and save the information contained in the priceless register books.
ARCE in the Egyptian Museum
Ancient Egypt, 2011
Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, Jan 1, 2010
Beni Hasan
The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, 2012
Guardian of Ancient Egypt: Studies in Honor of Zahi Hawass, 2020
During its 1923–24 season the Egyptian Expedition of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), un... more During its 1923–24 season the Egyptian Expedition of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), under the direction of Herbert Winlock, uncovered the entrance to a tomb just outside the northern boundary of the Hatshepsut complex at Deir el-Bahri. This sepulcher yielded a dozen distinct burial assemblages from the 21st Dynasty, as well as material from the Saite period. The finds from Tomb MMA 60 were divided through partage between Egypt and New York; most of the objects are in the Cairo Museum or The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with additional pieces in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, on loan to the Walters Art Gallery, or in storage on the West Bank in Luxor. Objects from the tomb have been discussed or catalogued in a variety of publications, but other than Winlock’s brief descriptions (1924, 1926, 1942), the tomb as a whole has not been fully published. The current article, which draws from the excavation archives kept in The Department of Egyptian Art at The Met, is meant as a summary of the tomb and its contents; a comprehensive publication by the current author and Dr. Yasmin El Shazly, with additional contributors, is forthcoming.
Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, 2009
This paper addresses the well- known scene of “Asiatics” in the tomb of Khnumhotep II at Beni Has... more This paper addresses the well- known scene of “Asiatics” in the tomb of Khnumhotep II at Beni Hassan (tomb BH 3), which an associated inscription dates to Year 6 of Senusret II (ca. 1897–1878 bce). Many scholars have studied this scene and come to a variety of conclusions about the original home of the foreigners represented and the specific reason for their apparent visit to Egypt. These various theories are discussed and evaluated herein through a detailed review of the scene’s individual elements, along with its accompanying inscriptions. Attention is also paid to the additional levels of meaning embedded in the scene, in which the foreigners function as symbols of controlled and pacified denizens of the chaotic realm that constantly surrounds and threatens the ordered world of the Egyptians. The symbolic levels at which the scene functions within its ritually charged setting neither conflict with nor detract om its historic value, but rather complement and enhance the inherent ...
The archaeology and art of ancient Egypt: essays in honor of David B. O'Connor, 2007
I am one of those privileged to claim David O'Connor as my professor and mentor. He was a wonderf... more I am one of those privileged to claim David O'Connor as my professor and mentor. He was a wonderful teacher, and no one could ask for a better or more generous dissertation advisor. His support and encouragement were vital to me throughout graduate school, and continue to be of great value today. His ideas and perspectives on Egyptology and related fields, informed by his vast knowledge of ancient Egypt and his willingness to think outside the traditional Egyptological box, help keep the field fresh for us all. I dedicate this article to David O'Connor, in gratitude and in recognition of his unsurpassed scholarship and contributions to Egyptology.
The Book of the Dead, Saite through Ptolemaic Periods: essays on Books of the Dead and related materials, 2019
There is no detailed information available about the original findspot of the papyri, 10 but it s... more There is no detailed information available about the original findspot of the papyri, 10 but it seems reasonable to suggest that they must have been with Imhotep's burial. Since Kamal does not mention either the papyri or the inner coffin, it seems likely that the papyri were inside the coffins, and were discovered when the outer coffin was opened, which must have been some time before 1924. This would be in keeping with practices known, for example, from the Third Intermediate Period, although during this period Books of the Dead were more usually put inside Osiris figures, while other categories of texts were placed on the body. 11 Although there is little information available about find contexts for Late Period and Ptolemaic funerary papyri, it is likely that similar practices were followed 12 ; one example is a Book of the Dead papyrus found inside a Dynasty 30 anthropoid coffin (Austrian Mission, Reg. 614) that was part of a secondary burial in TT 414, the tomb of Ankhhor. 13 Written in hieratic and arranged in sixty-two columns, the Liturgical Papyrus consists of six Osiris liturgies, spells meant to protect, glorify and lament Osiris. These are thought to have been adapted from temple contexts to serve, at least in part, for the benefit of the deceased, and belong to a corpus known primarily from the Late Dynastic, Ptolemaic, and Roman periods. 14 The papyrus was published in 1999 by Jean
Millions of jubilees: studies in honor of David P. Silverman , 2010
D avid Silverman has been associated with Tutankhamun since 1977, when he curated the original 'T... more D avid Silverman has been associated with Tutankhamun since 1977, when he curated the original 'Treasures of Tutankhamun' exhibition at Chicago's Field Museum and authored the accompanying catalogue, 50 Wonders of Tutankhamun. As national curator, advisor, and academic content creator for the Tutankhamun exhibition, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, that is now touring the United States and Europe, he is reprising this role. It has been a pleasure for me to have occasion to correspond with him on issues associated with the new show as part of my role as Egyptological consultant to Dr. Zahi Hawass, also a student of Dr. Silverman's.
Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar , 2015
Books by Janice Kamrin
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs: a practical guide; a step-by-step approach to learning ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
Monument and microcosm: The 12th Dynasty tomb chapel of Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasan
The Cosmos of Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasan
... The cosmos of Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasan. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Kamrin, Jani... more ... The cosmos of Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasan. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Kamrin, Janice (b. 1966, d. ----. PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul International (New York). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1998. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 0710305745 ). VOLUME/EDITION: ...
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