International Conference 2022
From One Shore to the Other
New Perspectives on Funerary and Religious Practices in Ptolemaic and Roman Thebes
The Ptolemaic period (332 – 30 BC) saw the emergence of new funerary compositions with diversified contents and formats that would gradually supplant the famous Book of the Dead, particularly in the Theban area.
The goal of this international conference is to connect textual, religious, socio-economical and historical backgrounds. The conference will bring together egyptologists, papyrologists and archaeologists, involved in research related to the Theban area during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, to discuss funerary, documentary and archaeological sources and examine the socio-cultural factors and the influence of local cults, that could have contributed to the evolution of late funerary literature.
Organisers
Prof. Dr. Sandrine Vuilleumier,
Lauren Dogaer and Cyprian H.W. Fong
This event is part of the PRIMA
research project Beyond the Text.
New Funerary Compositions in the
Graeco-Roman Period: Textualities
and Archaeology in Thebes and is
sponsored by the Swiss National
Science Foundation (SNSF).
Registration
Participation in the conference is free,
but registration is required.
Attendance via Zoom is also possible.
To register, please send an email to
conference@beyondthetext.ch.
Location
University of Basel
Vesalianum (large auditorium)
Vesalgasse 1
4051 Basel
Location Map
Program of the Conference
Wednesday
September 14, 2022
14:00
Welcome
14:20-14:50
Sandrine Vuilleumier
Introduction
Moderation
Mark Smith
14:50-15:40
Susanne Töpfer
Funerary and Religious Manuscripts in the Museo Egizio from the Ptolemaic and Roman Period – An Overview
15:40-16:10
Coffee Break
16:10-17:00
Cyprian H.W. Fong
Me So Hungry, Me Want Milk! A Case Study of P. BM EA 10264
Moderation
Ann-Kathrin Gill
17:00-17:50
Andrea Kucharek
The Various Affiliations of P. BM EA 9916
19:00
Dinner
Thursday
September 15, 2022
8:30-9:20
Ralph Birk
Priests Working in Shifts. Reconstructing Theban Cults and Administration through the Phylae System
Moderation
Katelijn Vandorpe
9:20-10:10
Lauren Dogaer
A Division of Labour across Clergies?
Socio-Cultural Connections between Theban Priesthoods Reviewed
10:10-10:40
Coffee Break
10:40-11:30
Frédéric Colin
An Allusion to Hatshepsut’s Causeway in a Demotic Mummy List in the Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg?
Moderation
Sandrine Vuilleumier
11:30-12:20
Abraham Fernandez-Pichel
Le voyage de Khonsou-Chou de Karnak à la nécropole des dieux de Djêmé à la période gréco-romaine
12:30
Lunch
14:00-14:50
Sandrine Vuilleumier
New Perspectives on the First Document of Breathing
Moderation
Susanne Bickel
14:50-15:40
Mark Smith
‘You Will Assume Your Form as a Serpent’: Books of Transformation from Ptolemaic and Roman Thebes
15:40-16:10
Coffee Break
16:10-17:00
Gert Baetens
Contracts about Mummification in Ptolemaic Thebes and Beyond
Moderation
Cyprian H.W. Fong
17:00-17:50
Julia Budka
Between Tradition and Innovation: Contextualising Ptolemaic Funerary Equipment from the Tomb of Ankh-Hor (TT 414)
18:30
Conference Dinner at the Museum
Friday
September 16, 2022
8:30-9:20
Ann-Kathrin Gill
The People Behind the Papyri
Moderation
Lauren Dogaer
9:20-10:10
Marion Claude
Uncommon Texts for Common People? A Study in Prosopography and Funerary Texts in Akhmîm
10:10-10:40
Coffee Break
10:40-11:30
Katelijn Vandorpe
A Controlling or Accommodating Government? The Organization of the Temples’ Economic Activities and Finances in the Ptolemaic Thebaid
Moderation
Frédéric Colin
11:30-12:20
Stefania Alfarano and François Gérardin
The Funerary Materials and Cultural Identity at Roman Antinoopolis
12:20
Final Discussion
Address
Universität Basel
Departement Altertumswissenschaften
Petersgraben 51
CH-4051 Basel
Contact
info@beyondthetext.ch