Foy Scalf

Introduction to Ptolemaic Hieroglyphs
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Mondays, Jan 26-Mar 16, 7-9pm on Zoom
This course introduces participants to the hieroglyphic inscriptions of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods.

Foy Scalf. “New Papyri from Bab el Gusus? The Prosopography and Provenience of Papyrus HM 84123.” Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale 125 (2025): 425–448.
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Do you need a Coptic refresher course? Or, did you start Coptic, but need to go further? Introduction to Coptic 2 starts next week!!!
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We pick up with Lesson 17 in Lambdin's Introduction to Sahidic Coptic.

Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire joins the Linked Open Data cloud In a significant enhancement to the study of Roman imperial coinage, nearly 5,000 coin hoards from the Oxford Coin Hoards of the Roman Empir...

Thanks to an export from @gordien3a.bsky.social, almost 5000 coin hoards of the Roman Empire have been linked to about 14000 coin types in OCRE, greatly expanding geographic visualization, from Hadrian's Wall to India. numishare.blogspot.com/2025/02/coin... #lawdi #LODLAM #classicsbluesky

The manuscript is one of the earliest and most complete Sahidic copies of the Book of Proverbs in the world, despite the damage suffered from bookworms. As such, it forms an important source for the Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament project:
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This manuscript also appeared in Tasha Vorderstrasse's discussion of "Linguistic Diversity at Fustat" as part of the exhibition catalog A Cosmopolitan City.
Open access download:
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ISACM E10485
Book of Proverbs in Sahidic Coptic
Parchment, ink
8.3 x 11.3 cm
6th Century
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Originally published by Sabhy:
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Re-edited by Worrell (open access download):
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Students read this manuscript from the original in a previous Coptic class with the wonderful help of the ISAC Museum registrars. If you want to learn to read it, join Introduction to Coptic 1 (starts Feb 4): eventbrite.com/e/introducti...
Photo by Helen McDonald

The back contains the activation formula ⲁⲓⲱ ⲁⲓⲱ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ "Hey, hey! Hurry, hurry!"
For the original publication, see the short article by Elizabeth Stefanski, "A Coptic Magical Text," doi.org/10.1086/370549
and Kyrianos: hhttps://www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-134/

ⲙⲁⲣⲉ-ⲡⲙⲟⲩⲣ ⲉⲧⲛⲙⲁⲁⲩ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ϩⲓϫⲟ ⲡⲥⲟⲙⲁ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⲛⲫⲁⲣⲁⲟⲩⲱ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲧⲉⲥⲁⲣⲝ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲙⲟⲥ ⲛ ⲑⲉ ⲛ ⲟⲩϣⲉ
"May that binding be upon the male member of Pharaouo and (his) flesh so that you dry it up like wood"

Binding spell to cause impotence written in Sahidic Coptic
Paper, ink
6 x 16 cm
9th–11th centuries
Moritz Collection, purchased 1929
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See brief overview: www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/20...

Come learn Coptic with us!
Introduction to Sahidic Coptic Part 1 (8 weeks)
Starts: Feb 4, Tuesdays, 7–9 (Chicago Time)
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Horner Sahidic: ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϥϯ ⲟⲩⲃⲉ ⲛ̅ϫⲁⲥⲛ̅ϩⲏⲧ. ϥⲛⲁϯ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛ̅ⲛⲉⲧⲑⲃ̅ⲃⲓⲏⲩ
“God opposes the proud, but he will give grace to those who are humble.”
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James 4:6 citing Prov 3:34
ISACM A12089: ⲫϯ ⲉϥϯ ⲉϦⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̇ϩⲣⲉⲛ ⲛⲓϭⲁⲙϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲏ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧ ⲑⲉⲃⲓⲏⲟⲩⲧ ϥⲛⲁϯ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩϩⲙⲟⲧ
Horner Bohairic: ⲫϯ ϥϯ ⲉϦⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϦⲣⲉⲛ ⲛⲓϭⲁⲥⲓϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲏ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧ ⲑⲉⲃⲓⲏⲟⲩⲧ ϥⲛⲁϯ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩϩⲙⲟⲧ

ISACM A12089
Annual Lectionary Written in Bohairic Coptic
Paper, ink
18th–19th century
Abu Makar Monastery (Wadi Natrun)
20.5 x 26.1 cm
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See description in Tasha Vorderstrasse's A Cosmopolitan City, pages 140–141:
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Introduction to Sahidic Coptic starts in 2 weeks (Feb 4). Take 1&2 at discount for complete Coptic (16 weeks). Meet on Zoom. Recordings/materials are available on our Canvas course website to learn at your own pace. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/introducti...
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Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...

YouTube video by Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems Cory Crawford: Alphabets in a world of hieroglyphs

Day 7 of our WAVE Advent Calendar:

Cory Crawford - Alphabets in a world of hieroglyphs

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#job in #numismatics and #PhD candidates

two research associates (m/f/d) in Berlin at Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (BBAW)

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And another book that can be read and downloaded for FREE:

J. Rizzo, "Perpétuer le nom (sanx rn). Une liturgie mémorielle dans l’ancienne Égypte", CENiM 39

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#Egypt #Egyptology

The Museo Egizio in Turin is hiring a curator - particular for the predynastic!!

#Egyptology #Museology

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Of course!

YouTube video by The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures ISAC Short Class: How to become an Art Historian Week 2

ISAC Short Class: How to become an Art Historian Week 2 - YouTube - www.youtube.com/watch?v=caeL...

Cover art for Neil Postman's book Amusing Ourselves to Death

"What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. ... Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance."

Imhotep: A Sage between Fiction and Reality - ARCE Step Pyramid before excavations, Saqqara Photo: In Firth, C.M., J. E. Quibell and J.-P. Lauer. The Step Pyramid. Vol. II:…

If you’d like to learn more about how #Imhotep became a character in historical fiction and a legendary sage, author of astrological treatises, you can read this short piece I wrote some time ago for the American Research Center in Egypt:

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