Graffiti Quest : Proceedings of the workshop at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, 17 July 2023 / edited by Chloé Agar, Niv Allon, Linda Hulin, Hana Navratilova, Tim Penn, and Marina Sartori.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Agar, Chloé, editor.

Allon, Niv, editor.

Hulin, Linda, editor.

Navrátilová, Hana, editor.

Penn, Tim, editor.

Sartori, M. (Marina), editor.

Series:

Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Harvard Egyptological Studies ; 29.

Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Harvard Egyptological Studies ; 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ancient Near East and Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Proceedings of the workshop at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, 17 July 2023

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Graffiti Quest , you step into an Egyptian world where walls speak. Ordinary and extraordinary people pen and carve quick insults, political slogans, prayers, and proud declarations—proof that ancient graffiti makers were just as likely to praise a king as to mock a colleague. This interdisciplinary volume invites you into the conversations sparked at a 2023 workshop, where archaeologists, historians, and epigraphers rethink how people engage with places and spaces. Featuring rare images, unpublished archival material, and fresh case studies, these proceedings offer you new tools and new stories that transform the way we read Egypt’s inscribed past.

Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

List of Figures and Tables

Chronology of Ancient Egypt

Introduction

Chloé Agar and Hana Navratilova

Part 1 Interactions

1 From Graffiti to Ready-Made Portraits: Perception of Self in Tomb Decoration

Alexis Den Doncker

2 Cult Fusion or ‘Satyros Saved by Sarapis’: Ptolemaic Elephant-Hunter Dedications in the Temple of Seti I at Abydos

Tim Moller

Part 2 Spaces, Surfaces, Hands

3 Inscriptional Devices in the Old Kingdom Eastern Desert

Vincent Morel

4 Script Tactics: Khawy’s Rock Inscription in the Valley of the Kings (14.6.183)

Niv Allon

5 Variation in Sign Forms in New Kingdom Theban Graffiti as Spotted by Digital Methods: What It Can Imply and Its Limitations

Tabitha Kraus

Part 3 Operational Chains

6 A New-Kingdom Inscription in the Chapel of Khuwy at South Saqqara

Hana Vymazalová with contribution by Hana Navratilova

7 Extending, Intercarving, Overcarving: The Augmentation, Appropriation or Obliteration of Graffiti Gameboards

Tim Penn

8 Hieroglyphic, Aramaic, Coptic, and Pictorial Graffiti in the Northern Entrance Passage of the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur: Additions from the Manuscripts of Robert Hay, James Burton, and Flinders Petrie

Lea Rees

Index of Sites

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789004765122

OCLC:

1605652321

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004765122 DOI