Extending the corpus of Amennakhte’s literary compositions. Palaeographical and textual connections between two ostraca (O. BM EA 21282 + O. Cairo HO 425)
Hassan, Khaled; Polis, Stéphane
2018 • In Dorn, Andreas; Polis, Stéphane (Eds.) Outside the Box. Selected papers from the conference “Deir el-Medina and the Theban Necropolis in Contact” Liège, 27–29 October 2014
[en] Two new literary texts ‘signed’ by the scribe Amennakhte, written respectively on the recto and verso of a single limestone ostracon, have recently been published (O. Cairo HO 425). In this paper, we show that both witnesses are likely to be the end of larger compositions. Based on palaeographical, phraseological and thematic evidence, we suggest connecting the texts of O. Cairo HO 425 to those of O. BM EA 21282. The composition on the recto of these ostraca is perhaps a second ‘teaching’ that could be attributed to the scribe of the Tomb Amennakhte, a miscellany-like instruction aimed at several individuals (pupils, referred to as ‘you (PL)’). The text of the verso, on the other hand, could be an additional hymn by this scribe to an individual who is addressed as the ‘leader’ (Pharaoh?) and praised as the recipient of goods from various regions of Lower Egypt.
Research Center/Unit :
Mondes anciens - ULiège
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics Classical & oriental studies
Author, co-author :
Hassan, Khaled
Polis, Stéphane ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité > Egyptologie
Language :
English
Title :
Extending the corpus of Amennakhte’s literary compositions. Palaeographical and textual connections between two ostraca (O. BM EA 21282 + O. Cairo HO 425)
Publication date :
2018
Main work title :
Outside the Box. Selected papers from the conference “Deir el-Medina and the Theban Necropolis in Contact” Liège, 27–29 October 2014
