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A Family Affair in the Community of Deir el-Medina: Gossip Girls in two 19th Dynasty Letters
Demarée, Rob; Gabler, Kathrin; Polis, Stéphane
2022In Gülden, Svenja; Konrad, Tobias; Verhoeven, Ursula (Eds.) Ägyptologische ‚Binsen‘-Weisheiten IV. Hieratisch des Neuen Reiches: Akteure, Formen und Funktionen. Akten der internationalen und interdisziplinären Tagung in der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz im December 2019
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Keywords :
hieratic; letter; Deir el-Medina; 19th dynasty
Abstract :
[en] In this paper, we publish two letters found by E. Schiaparelli in Deir el-Medina (1908). These can be dated to the mid-19th dynasty (c. year 45–50 of Ramesses II) based on palaeographical and prosopographical clues. They add to the body of evidence for epistolary communications between women in the community of workers. In complex interactions (involving numerous quotes based on hearsay), the daughters and other female relatives of Tꜣ-ḫꜥ.t (ii) complain about the evil behavior of their mother and each other. The scribal hand is the same for both letters, though the letters were sent by different individuals, and it reveals the writing habits of a ‘messy’ scribe who was active during the first part of the reign of Ramesses II. As such, autographs can be excluded.
Research center :
Mondes anciens - ULiège
Disciplines :
Classical & oriental studies
Author, co-author :
Demarée, Rob
Gabler, Kathrin
Polis, Stéphane  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité > Egyptologie
Language :
English
Title :
A Family Affair in the Community of Deir el-Medina: Gossip Girls in two 19th Dynasty Letters
Publication date :
2022
Event name :
Ägyptologische ‚Binsen‘-Weisheiten IV
Event date :
9-11 December 2019
By request :
Yes
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Ägyptologische ‚Binsen‘-Weisheiten IV. Hieratisch des Neuen Reiches: Akteure, Formen und Funktionen. Akten der internationalen und interdisziplinären Tagung in der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz im December 2019
Editor :
Gülden, Svenja
Konrad, Tobias
Verhoeven, Ursula
Publisher :
Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany
Collection name :
Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse – Einzelveröffentlichungen (AM-GSE)
Pages :
43–126
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Name of the research project :
Crossing Boundaries
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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