Science in Ancient Egypt

Ostracon Letellier

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
wise woman
Present location
Private collection
Find spot
Asyut to First Cataract » Thebes » West Bank » Deir el-Medina
Date
from: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » New Kingdom » 19th Dynasty to: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » New Kingdom » 20th Dynasty
Text type
letter
Material
Non organic » Stone » Limestone
Object type
Artefact » Writing surfaces » Ostracon
Script
Hieratic » Ramesside Hieratic
Language
Egyptian-Coptic » Egyptian » Late Egyptian
Editions

- Letellier 1980: B. Letellier. La destinée de deux enfants: Un ostracon inédit. In: J. Vercoutter [Hrsg.]. Livre du centenaire, 1880-1980. MIFAO 104, Kairo 1980, 127–133.

- Karl 2000: D. Karl. Funktion und Bedeutung einer weisen Frau im Alten Ägypten. In: SAK 28, 2000, 131–160.

Bibliographic references

- Austin 2024: A.E. Austin. Healthmaking in Ancient Egypt. The Social Determinants of Health at Deir el-Medina. CHANE 138. Leiden 2024.

- Gabler 2018: K. Gabler. Who’s who around Deir el Medina: Untersuchungen zur Organisation, Prosopographie und Entwicklung des Versorgungspersonals für die Arbeitersiedlung und das Tal der Könige. EU 31, Leuven 2018.

- Kitchen 1989: K.A. Kitchen. Ramesside Inscriptions VII. Oxford 1989.

- Mathieu 1993: B. Mathieu. Sur quelques ostraca hiératiques littéraires récemment publiés. In: BIFAO 93, 1993, 335–336.

- Nassar 2019: M.A. Nassar. The Wise Woman and the Healing Practice (O.OIM 16974), in: Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 24, 2019, 41–48.

- Neunert 2010: G. Neunert. Mein Grab, mein Esel, mein Platz in der Gesellschaft: Prestige im Alten Ägypten am Beispiel Deir el-Medine. Berlin 2010.

- Wente 1990: E. Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, Writings from the Ancient World 1. Atlanta/Georgia 1990.

- Quaegebeur 1975: J. Quaegebeur. Le Dieu égyptien Shaï dans la religion et l’onomastique. OLA 2. Leuven 1975.

- Toivari-Viitala 2001: J. Toivari-Viitala. Women at Deir el-Medina. A Study of the status and roles of the female inhabitants in the workmen’s community during the Ramesside Period. EU 15. Leiden 2001.

Author
Dr. Anke Ilona Blöbaum
Author of metadata
Dr. Anke Ilona Blöbaum

Translation and Commentary

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