New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

Demotic Papyri from the Memphite Necropolis
In the Collections of the National Museum of Antiquities
in Leiden, the British Museum and the Hermitage Museum
by Cary J Martin
The Demotic texts published in this volume come from the archives of the funerary
workers of the Memphite necropolis. The papyri date to the Ptolemaic
Period and were discovered early in the 19th century. The book is in two
sections. The first part provides an introduction to the archives and to the
funerary workers and their families. The topography of the necropolis is discussed
and the different types of tomb structures and funerary income are
examined. The second part contains full editions of and commentaries on
nine of the papyri, most of which are either unpublished or only available in summary and now-out-of-date editions.
Seven of the texts are kept in the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden; one is in the British Museum and another
is in the Hermitage. Full photographs of each papyrus are provided; detailed indexes complete the publication.
270p, illus, paperback, 9782503530574, $115.00(s), Brepols Publishers, November 2009,
Papers on Archaeology from The Leiden Museum of Antiquities 5.
Coptic Paradigms
A Summary of Sahidic Coptic Morphology
by Gregory E Sterling
Facility in reading an ancient language requires
several competencies: control of the morphology, a
working vocabulary of common words and phrases,
and a grasp of syntax. This pedagogical aide addresses
the first of these by collecting the basic forms
and patterns of Sahidic Coptic and presenting them
in a convenient format. It is not a full grammar, but a
supplement to a grammar. The work provides beginning
students with an overview of the morphology of Sahidic Coptic so that they can see
the whole of a part of speech or pattern as they learn discrete parts. It offers a concise
review to those who once learned Coptic but have not been able to maintain it. While
the work is not exhaustive, it is complete enough that it can serve as a useful reference
for those who teach Coptic.
95p, paperback, 9789042918726, $18.00, Peeters Publishers, December 2008.
Palästinisches Hieratisch
Die Zahl- und Sonderzeichen in der althebräischen Schrift
by Stefan Wimmer
This volume focuses on Egyptian hieratic signs found in Hebrew inscriptions of Iron Age II
date. It contains a catalog of over 200 mostly numerical inscriptions from ostraca, vessels,
weights and other analyzed artifacts. German text.
306p, illus, hardback, 9783447058629, $111.00(s), Harrassowitz Verlag, December 2008,
Ägypten und Altes Testament 75.
ancient egypt
A Coptic Learning Grammar (Sahidic)
by Johanna Brankaer
This textbook is written for students who are new to Coptic and for those who
already have a first understanding of the language. The book consists of two
main parts, elements and constructions, followed by application exercises
and a selection of texts. The student gradually learns the Coptic constructions
with reference to the elements that are relevant for each construction.
A Coptic Learning Grammar is not only a teaching method for Sahidic, the
‘classical’ Coptic dialect, but can also be used as a reference tool for students
who are already familiar with the language.
200p, paperback, 9783447058940, $45.00(s), Harrassowitz Verlag,
October 2009, Subsidia et Instrumenta Linguarum Orientis 1.
Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar (BES)
Vol. 18 – 2009
edited by Dag Bergman, Diane Bergman, Dieter Arnold
and John Gee
Most of this issue of BES is devoted to “Abbreviations in Egyptology,” a comprehensive
research tool that provides scholars with more than 5200 abbreviations
used in Egyptological and Biblical literature. It is of particular use
to those without ready access to the Lexikon der Ägyptologie. Also included
are articles by Dieter Arnold discussing an exciting new discovery about the
construction of Senwosret III’s pyramid at Dahshur and John Gee about the
use of the adverbial component in Egyptian sentences.
100p, 11 illus, paperback, 9780981612010, $40.00,
Egyptological Seminar of New York, June 2009.
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