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Graeco-Aegyptiaca S04E06: Lecture by Jaqueline Stock

The Graeco-Aegyptiaca online seminar started in January 2022 with papers given monthly by established scholars in the field of Egyptian and Greek cultural relations. The fourth season's sixth event „Insights into scribal practices at Egyptian temple libraries from the hieratic-demotic copies of the Book of the Fayum” was held by Jaqueline Stock (Universität Leipzig) on 29 April 2025. The so-called Book of the Fayum is a manual describing the geographic and religious traditions of the Fayum and is therefore one of the most important sources on Egyptian religion in this region. In addition to its content, the text is notable for the large number of preserved papyrus copies. These are presumed to be from the Tebtunis temple library and Soknopaiou Nesos (modern Dime) and include hieroglyphic-illustrated, hieratic, and hieratic-demotic manuscripts from the Roman period. Therefore, the text is not only of interest for the study of ancient Egyptian religion but also for understanding scribal practices in institutional libraries during that time. Especially the hieratic–demotic copies (pCarlsberg 387 + pFlorence PSI inv. I 140 + pBerlin 14.450 a; pBerlin 8.521 + pWien D 6701; pCarlsberg 613 + pLondon BM EA10957 + pFlorence PSI inv. I 108; pFlorence PSI inv. I 141; pFlorence PSI inv. I 142; pFlorence PSI inv. I 141) present an intriguing case study in the working methods of the local scribes, because they include the original text in hieratic script accompanied by commentaries in demotic script and language. Consequently, the texts serve as a testament to the handling of disparate scripts and languages within the same document. The objective of this study is to identify these practical aspects of writing and the structure of these comments. To achieve this, an analysis of the material aspects, layout, paleography, and language will be conducted, using excerpts from the new edition and analysis of the papyri. By examining these factors, the paper aims to identify variations in practice and gain a better understanding of how these copies were made, shedding light on the skills of the scribes involved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graeco-Aegyptiaca is a collaborative initiative by colleagues in the fields of Egyptology and Classics based in Hungary and the United Kingdom. The project aims to bring together researchers interested in the history of cultural interaction between Egyptians and Greeks from the very beginning to the Byzantine period. Further information: University College London - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/graeco... The Palladion - https://www.palladion.hu/en/graeco-ae...