Ben Haring
Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at Leiden University. Teaching includes Late Egyptian, hieratic, Deir el-Medina, history of Ancient Egypt and the Near East.
Current research focuses on different types of writing (hieroglyphs, hieratic, early alphabetic writing), visual communication related to writing (marking systems), and the uses of these notation systems in society.
See http://zoekenopnaam.leidenuniv.nl/profile/8d6a5069ca6d40abff1677e0f1a1f676f35a6a74?q=haring
Address: Universiteit Leiden
Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen
P.O. Box 9515
NL-2300 RA Leiden
Current research focuses on different types of writing (hieroglyphs, hieratic, early alphabetic writing), visual communication related to writing (marking systems), and the uses of these notation systems in society.
See http://zoekenopnaam.leidenuniv.nl/profile/8d6a5069ca6d40abff1677e0f1a1f676f35a6a74?q=haring
Address: Universiteit Leiden
Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen
P.O. Box 9515
NL-2300 RA Leiden
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From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script is the first book to fully discuss the nature and development of an ancient marking system, its historical background, and the fascinating story of its decipherment. Chapters on similar systems in other cultures and on semiotic theory help to distinguish between unique and universal features. Written by Egyptologist Ben Haring, the book addresses scholars interested in marking systems, writing, literacy, and the semiotics of visual communication.
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necropolis workmen’s community at Deir el-Medina is that the entire community moved away from their settlement at Deir el-Medina at some point in the reign of Ramesses XI, and went to live within the temple precinct of Medinet Habu. But evidence so far presented for this development is circumstantial, and recent investigations point to the continued presence at Deir el-Medina of a group of persons, possibly a large group, after the beginning of the wHm-msw.t. Indications
for their presence are provided by ostraca found at the site, some in hieratic, and some in a pseudo-written code including workmen’s identity marks. The ostraca of both categories follow documentary conventions that are well-known from earlier parts of the Twentieth Dynasty.
From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script is the first book to fully discuss the nature and development of an ancient marking system, its historical background, and the fascinating story of its decipherment. Chapters on similar systems in other cultures and on semiotic theory help to distinguish between unique and universal features. Written by Egyptologist Ben Haring, the book addresses scholars interested in marking systems, writing, literacy, and the semiotics of visual communication.
necropolis workmen’s community at Deir el-Medina is that the entire community moved away from their settlement at Deir el-Medina at some point in the reign of Ramesses XI, and went to live within the temple precinct of Medinet Habu. But evidence so far presented for this development is circumstantial, and recent investigations point to the continued presence at Deir el-Medina of a group of persons, possibly a large group, after the beginning of the wHm-msw.t. Indications
for their presence are provided by ostraca found at the site, some in hieratic, and some in a pseudo-written code including workmen’s identity marks. The ostraca of both categories follow documentary conventions that are well-known from earlier parts of the Twentieth Dynasty.