Ancient Egyptian Philology (A02)

• Subject Area: Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
• Term: since 2012
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 191249397

The project investigates transfer of knowledge in ancient Egyptian mortuary literature from around 2000 BCE. By analysing texts that were used by specific groups of individuals across different regions of Egypt, including rulers (kings and nomarchs), their families and members of their extended communities, during a period of profound social change, the project aims to investigate the processes of textual production from a multi-causal and multidirectional perspective that takes into account, amongst other things, social status, gender and scribal practices.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 980: Episteme in Motion - Transfer of Knowledge from the Ancient World to the Early Modern Period
• Applicant Institution: Freie Universität Berlin
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Jochem Kahl