A man or a god? Interpreting the first-person singular in the coffin of the overseer of the treasury wx-Htp (MMA 12.182.132a, b).

Grotenhuis, Jorke

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A man or a god? Interpreting the first-person singular in the coffin of the overseer of the treasury wx-Htp (MMA 12.182.132a, b).

Grotenhuis, Jorke

2025 • In Journal of Egyptian Archaeology

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Keywords :

Cursive Hieroglyphs; Coffin Texts; Middle Kingdom; Scribal influence; Classifier; First-Person Singular

Abstract :

[en] In the coffin of wx-Htp (MMA 12.182.132a, b), the first-person singular is often written with the hieroglyphic sign (A40). This article argues that this use of the (A40) is not based on cultural or religious reconceptualization of the deceased, but rather that this variation originates from the stroke patterns of the (A1) versus the (A40) when written in the more cursive form of writing of the scribe.

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Archaeomind Lab

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Languages & linguistics

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Grotenhuis, Jorke ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité > Egyptologie

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English

Title :

A man or a god? Interpreting the first-person singular in the coffin of the overseer of the treasury wx-Htp (MMA 12.182.132a, b).

Publication date :

15 July 2025

Journal title :

Journal of Egyptian Archaeology

ISSN :

0307-5133

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Egypt Exploration Society, United Kingdom

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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iClassifier

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Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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Supported by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities & Council for Higher Education Excellence Fellowship Program for International Postdoctoral Researchers.

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