Authors:	Demarée, Rob Gabler, Kathrin Polis, Stéphane
Title:	A family affair in the community of Deir el-Medina : gossip girls in two 19th dynasty letters
Online publication date:	23-Aug-2023
Year of first publication:	2022
Language:	english
Abstract:	In this paper, we publish two letters found by E. Schiaparelli in Deir el-Medina (1908). These can be dated to the mid-19th dynasty (c. year 45–50 of Ramesses II) based on palaeographical and prosopographical clues. They add to the body of evidence for epistolary communications between women in the community of workers. In complex interactions (involving numerous quotes based on hearsay), the daughters and other female relatives of Tꜣ-ḫꜥ.t (ii) complain about the evil behavior of their mother and each other. The scribal hand is the same for both letters, though the letters were sent by different individuals, and it reveals the writing habits of a scribe who was active during the first part of the reign of Ramesses II. As such, autographs can be excluded.
DDC:	490 Andere Sprachen 490 Other languages 930 Alte Geschichte 930 History of ancient world 960 Geschichte Afrikas 960 General history of Africa
Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department:	Externe Einrichtungen
Place:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9254
Version:	Published version
Publication type:	Buchbeitrag
Document type specification:	Scientific article
License:	In Copyright
Information on rights of use:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Citation:	Ägyptologische „Binsen“-Weisheiten IV Gülden, Svenja A. Konrad, Tobias Verhoeven, Ursula
Pages or article number:	43 126
Publisher:	Franz Steiner Verlag
Publisher place:	Stuttgart
Issue date:	2022
ISBN:	978-3-515-13333-3
Relations:	is Part of 10.25358/openscience-7159
Appears in collections:	JGU-Publikationen