Ben Haring, Adam Łajtar, Jacques van der Vliet
Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden, Vossiuszaal (1e verdieping)
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.
| 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) |
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borrel gelegenheid voor inzage en aanschaf van beide publicaties |
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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.
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?