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Can I stay or must I go? Relations between the Deir el-Medina community and their service personnel

Gabler, Kathrin. (2018) Can I stay or must I go? Relations between the Deir el-Medina community and their service personnel. In: Outside the Box. Selected papers from the conference "Deir el-Medina and the Theban Necropolis, 11. Liège, pp. 157-189.

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Abstract

This paper discusses the possible origins of Deir el-Medina's smd.t, the workmen's service personnel. It focusses on the period of Ramesses III to VI, and takes the individuals Wsr-mAa.t-Ra-nxt (I) and Pn-njw.t (i/iii) as case studies: they demonstrate two possibilities as to the derivation of service members. Against the background of more general information about the service staff, the paper reveals a pattern of 'promotion' between some of the different supply jobs; it also shows the possibility that some deliverers may have originated from the families of workmen. The article gives new insights into the origins and daily life of the smd.t, as well as the social structure and age groupings of the service personnel in the mid-20th Dynasty. On the basis of its discoveries, the paper also presents some additions to the family of Pn-njw.t (i/iii). Furthermore, an additional appendix summarises the available hieratic attestations of the term ms-xr, which generally refers to the origins of a person.
Faculties and Departments:04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Altertumswissenschaften
04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Altertumswissenschaften > Fachbereich Ägyptologie
04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Altertumswissenschaften > Fachbereich Ägyptologie > Ägyptologie (Bickel)
UniBasel Contributors:Gabler, Kathrin
Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item, refereed
Conference or workshop item Subtype:Conference Paper
Publisher:Presses Universitaires de Liège
ISBN:978-2-87562-166-5
Series Name:Aegyptiaca Leodiensia
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Conference paper
Last Modified:30 Oct 2018 11:11
Deposited On:30 Oct 2018 10:24

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