Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde, 2023
The article studies the trope of the crocodile bird in its evolution from antiquity to the presen... more The article studies the trope of the crocodile bird in its evolution from antiquity to the present day. The story tells of the mutualistic behaviour between the Nile crocodile and an Egyptian bird, typically known as the trochilus. The trope has a complex history: primarily known from classical writers, it spread in fact to Jewish and Islamic traditions, too. The story is universally thought to be an invention of Herodotus. But a demotic papyrus, here published for the first time, proves that the trope of the crocodile bird has its true origin in ancient Egyptian culture.
S. Schiødt / A. Jacob / K. Ryholt (eds.), Scientific Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East: Joint Proceedings of the 1st and 2nd Scientific Papyri from Ancient Egypt International Conferences, New York: ISAW / NYU Press, 2023: 393–416
List of Figures iv List of Tables iv List of Abbreviations vi Notes on Editorial Procedure viii v... more List of Figures iv List of Tables iv List of Abbreviations vi Notes on Editorial Procedure viii vi List of Abbreviations *Journal abbreviations and any abbreviations not listed below follow Mathieu, B. 2019. Abréviations des périodiques et collections en usage à l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. 7th edition. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale.
A. Almásy-Martin / M. Chauveau / K. Donker van Heel / K. Ryholt (eds.), Ripple in Still Water When There Is No Pebble Tossed: Festschrift in Honour of Cary J. Martin (GHP Egyptology 34), London: Golden House Publications, 2022: 133–202, 2022
I am delighted to have the opportunity to join friends and colleagues in this celebration of Cary... more I am delighted to have the opportunity to join friends and colleagues in this celebration of Cary. Over more than a decade of study and work in England, I have had the opportunity not only to profit from Cary's immense knowledge of everything Demotic, but also to enjoy his textbook British humour. From Oxbridge symposia spent in engrossing conversations and pouring over images of papyri, to drinks enjoyed in ungodly weather during a leisurely boat trip across a flooded open-pit coal mine in the former DDR, 1 Cary is the person one is always grateful to be sitting next to: that mythical phoenix, a top-notch scholar blessed with fine social skills! I hope he will enjoy the topic of this paper, and that he will not mind the fact that only part of the ancient texts that I discuss in it happen to be in Demotic. With luck, Cary will welcome the opportunity to be transported by it back to his beloved Ptolemaic Memphis, a city to the study of whose ancient inhabitants he has contributed with much of his work. 8 Reymond, From the Records, 95, wrongly gives the Harris collection as a source. For the correct provenance, see, e.g.,
B. Bryan, M. Smith, C. DiCerbo, M. Escolano-Poveda, and J.S. Waller (eds.), One Who Loves Knowledge: Studies in Honor of Richard Jasnow (MVCAE 6), Atlanta GA 2022: 305–322
J. Spier / S.E. Cole (eds.), Egypt and the Classical World: Cross-cultural Encounters in Antiquity, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2022: 106–177
The text of this work, unless otherwise indicated, and figs.1.4a-b are licensed under a Creative ... more The text of this work, unless otherwise indicated, and figs.1.4a-b are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. All other images are reproduced with the permission of the rights holders acknowledged in captions and expressly excluded from the CC BY-NC license covering the rest of this publication. These images may not be reproduced, copied, transmitted, or manipulated without consent from the owners, who reserve all rights. First edition, 2022 github.com/thegetty/egypt-classical-world/ Published by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles while also looking at the identity of those who composed and inscribed such "silent" hieroglyphic inscriptions. His study includes a definitive critical reedition of the inscriptions on both obelisks in Benevento, updating all previous scholarship.
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