Books by Jennifer Cromwell
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Amyrtaeus, only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty, shook off the shackles of Persian rule in 404 BCE; a little over seventy years later, Ptolemy son of Lagus started the ‘Greek millennium’ (J.G. Manning’s phrase) in Egypt―living long enough to leave a powerful kingdom to his youngest son, Ptolemy II, in 282. In this book, expert studies document the transformation of Egypt through the dynamic fourth century, and the inauguration of the Ptolemaic state. Ptolemy built up his position as ruler subtly and steadily. Continuity and change marked the Egyptian-Greek encounter. The calendar, the economy and coinage, the temples, all took on new directions. In the great new city of Alexandria, the settlers’ burial customs had their own story to tell.
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Recording Village Life presents a close study of over 140 Coptic texts written between 724–756 CE... more Recording Village Life presents a close study of over 140 Coptic texts written between 724–756 CE by a single scribe, Aristophanes son of Johannes, of the village Djeme in western Thebes. These texts, which focus primarily on taxation and property concerns, yield a wealth of knowledge about social and economic changes happening at both the community and country-wide levels during the early years of Islamic rule in Egypt. Additionally, they offer a fascinating picture of the scribe’s role within this world, illuminating both the practical aspects of his work and the social and professional connections with clients for whom he wrote legal documents.
Papyrological analysis of Aristophanes’ documents, within the context of the textual record of the village, shows a new and divergent scribal practice that reflects broader trends among his contemporaries: Aristophanes was part of a larger, national system of administrative changes, enacted by the country’s Arab rulers in order to better control administrative practices and fiscal policies within the country. Yet Aristophanes’ dossier shows him not just as an administrator, revealing details about his life, his role in the community, and the elite networks within which he operated. This unique perspective provides new insights into both the micro-history of an individual’s experience of eighth-century Theban village life, and its reflection in the macro social, economic, and political trends in Egypt at this time.
Articles and Book Chapters by Jennifer Cromwell
Egyptian textiles and their production: ‘word’ and ‘object’, 2020
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The Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World (ed. Sabine Huebner and Christian Laes), 2019
Scribal Repertoires in Egypt from the New Kingdom to the Early Islamic Period, 2018
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Egyptian Archaeology 51, 2017
edition of five coptic tax receipts from the village Djeme (western Thebes) written between 717 a... more edition of five coptic tax receipts from the village Djeme (western Thebes) written between 717 and 725 ce. All receipts are for the poll tax (diagraphon) and are written by the same scribe, Psate son of Pisrael.
The Cultural Manifestations of Religious Experience: Studies in Honour of Boyo G. Ockinga
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Coptic Society, Literature and Religion from Late Antiquity to Modern Times, 2016
Thebes during the early Islamic period provides an excellent opportunity to study the work of Cop... more Thebes during the early Islamic period provides an excellent opportunity to study the work of Coptic scribes in the main village in the area, Djeme (Medinet Habu). Not only is there a vast amount of written material dating to the 7th and 8th centuries, many documents are signed, allowing the study of the dossiers of individual scribes. At the time of their original publication, some of these scribes were not identified. This includes the men who wrote P.KRU 34 and 55. Re-examination of these papyri corrects this situation, enabling the two men responsible – Paulos son of Kabiou and Shenoute son of Elias – to be added to the growing number of known scribes and writers from this region. This study includes new editions, commentaries, and the first published images of both documents.
Proceedings of the 27th International Congress of Papyrology Warsaw, 29 July – 3 August 2013, 2016
The University of Michigan papyrus P.Mich. inv. 1545 is a register of men, written in Coptic. Var... more The University of Michigan papyrus P.Mich. inv. 1545 is a register of men, written in Coptic. Various pieces of information are provided for each man, including their patronymic, their place of residence, their occupation, or the name of the person they served. Occupations include dealers of various commodities, gardeners, and herders. Where toponyms can be identified, they are from the Hermopolite nome. It is argued that this register records the male visitors to the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit, near Hermopolis, during a period of one week in Tobe (January) in the seventh/ eighth century CE.
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Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 195, 2015
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (London) houses approximately 350 Coptic/bilingual Copt... more The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (London) houses approximately 350 Coptic/bilingual Coptic-Greek ostraca, of which 90 have to date been published. 1 The majority of the Coptic ostraca were published by Walter Crum in 1902 (O.Crum) and 1939 (O.CrumVC), where they are listed by old Petrie or University College numbers. Not only have these numbers entered the relevant online papyrological tools, 2 there is no accurate record available of the current archival information of these texts. Indeed, Trismegistos lists the location of many of these texts as 'unknown'. 3 This is by no means the fault of the respective editors of these databases. Rather, this situation refl ects the lack of archival research that has been undertaken on Coptic texts that were published long ago, and that in many cases were once part of private collections. 4 This is not the case with the Greek ostraca, thanks to the 2012 three-volume Ostraca greci e bilingui del Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (O.Petr.Mus.) edited by Maria Serena Funghi, Gabriella Messeri, and Cornelia Römer. While a Coptic counterpart to O.Petr.Mus. is a desideratum, it is unlikely that such a volume will appear in the near future. 5 The current article, instead, has two purposes: the edition of unpublished ostraca united by the general label 'writing exercises' and the provision of a concordance of the published Coptic items in the collection, with their Petrie Museum inventory numbers.
The Petrie Museum of Archaeology: Characters and Collections (Ed. A. Stevenson)
PUG V 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225a–d (Coptic Papyri of the University of Genoa) S. Perrone (ed.), Papiri dell'Università di Genova (PUG), vol. 5: 111–136, pls. 23–32, 2015
isBn volume realizzato con il contributo dell'università degli studi di Genova della Banca d'ital... more isBn volume realizzato con il contributo dell'università degli studi di Genova della Banca d'italia, Filiale di Genova della Fondazione CariGe È vietata la copia, anche parziale e con qualsiasi mezzo effettuata Ogni riproduzione che eviti l'acquisto di un libro minaccia la sopravvivenza di un modo di trasmettere la conoscenza Tutti i diritti riservati edizioni di storia e letteratura 00165 roma -via delle Fornaci, 24
in P. Bukovec (ed), Christlicher Orient im Porträt. Religionen im Vorderen Orient, Band 2 (Hamburg): 407–422, 2014
Jennifer Cromwell Walter Ewing Crum, by Walter Stoneman (1932) [© National Portrait Gallery, Lond... more Jennifer Cromwell Walter Ewing Crum, by Walter Stoneman (1932) [© National Portrait Gallery, London] "As a Coptic scholar Crum is sui generis." These words, by one of Crum's contemporaries and teachers, the great German Coptologist Georg Steindorff, are testament to Crum's position at the pinnacle of Coptic studies. 1 Crum never wrote a grammar of Coptic, or monographs on specific topics of history and culture, but what he did instead was to publish thousands of texts from collections throughout Europe and Egypt and provide one of the most -if not the most -important research aids in the discipline: A Coptic Dictionary.
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Books by Jennifer Cromwell
Amyrtaeus, only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty, shook off the shackles of Persian rule in 404 BCE; a little over seventy years later, Ptolemy son of Lagus started the ‘Greek millennium’ (J.G. Manning’s phrase) in Egypt―living long enough to leave a powerful kingdom to his youngest son, Ptolemy II, in 282. In this book, expert studies document the transformation of Egypt through the dynamic fourth century, and the inauguration of the Ptolemaic state. Ptolemy built up his position as ruler subtly and steadily. Continuity and change marked the Egyptian-Greek encounter. The calendar, the economy and coinage, the temples, all took on new directions. In the great new city of Alexandria, the settlers’ burial customs had their own story to tell.
Papyrological analysis of Aristophanes’ documents, within the context of the textual record of the village, shows a new and divergent scribal practice that reflects broader trends among his contemporaries: Aristophanes was part of a larger, national system of administrative changes, enacted by the country’s Arab rulers in order to better control administrative practices and fiscal policies within the country. Yet Aristophanes’ dossier shows him not just as an administrator, revealing details about his life, his role in the community, and the elite networks within which he operated. This unique perspective provides new insights into both the micro-history of an individual’s experience of eighth-century Theban village life, and its reflection in the macro social, economic, and political trends in Egypt at this time.
Articles and Book Chapters by Jennifer Cromwell
Amyrtaeus, only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty, shook off the shackles of Persian rule in 404 BCE; a little over seventy years later, Ptolemy son of Lagus started the ‘Greek millennium’ (J.G. Manning’s phrase) in Egypt―living long enough to leave a powerful kingdom to his youngest son, Ptolemy II, in 282. In this book, expert studies document the transformation of Egypt through the dynamic fourth century, and the inauguration of the Ptolemaic state. Ptolemy built up his position as ruler subtly and steadily. Continuity and change marked the Egyptian-Greek encounter. The calendar, the economy and coinage, the temples, all took on new directions. In the great new city of Alexandria, the settlers’ burial customs had their own story to tell.
Papyrological analysis of Aristophanes’ documents, within the context of the textual record of the village, shows a new and divergent scribal practice that reflects broader trends among his contemporaries: Aristophanes was part of a larger, national system of administrative changes, enacted by the country’s Arab rulers in order to better control administrative practices and fiscal policies within the country. Yet Aristophanes’ dossier shows him not just as an administrator, revealing details about his life, his role in the community, and the elite networks within which he operated. This unique perspective provides new insights into both the micro-history of an individual’s experience of eighth-century Theban village life, and its reflection in the macro social, economic, and political trends in Egypt at this time.
Inaugural lecture by Dr Joyce Tyldesley: "Nefertiti's Face"