- Boyo Ockinga
Boyo Ockinga
PhD , is anEgyptologist , epigrapher, andphilologist of the ancientEgyptian language , who holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Ancient History atMacquarie University inSydney ,Australia . A graduate of theUniversity of Auckland ,New Zealand and theEberhard Karls University of Tübingen ,Germany , Professor Ockinga specialises in the art and language of the Egyptian New Kingdom and has excavated extensively at a variety of locations inEgypt , includingEl Mashayikh (near Abydos),Awlad Azzaz (nearSohag ),Dra Abu el-Naga , andSaqqara .As such, Prof Ockinga is one of the leading figures in Australian Egyptology and its main organ, the
Australian Centre for Egyptology .He is the author of a growing number of scholarly articles, monographs and other publications.
Publications
*"A Note on 2 Samuel 18:18", "Biblische Notizen" 31 (1986), pp.31-34.
*"On the Interpretation of the Kadesh Record", "Chronique d'Égyptologie" 62 (1987), pp.38-48.
*"Two Ramesside Tombs at Mashayakh I", Australian Centre for Egyptology, 1988. ISBN 0-85668-453-8
*"The Inviolability of Zion: A Pre-Israelite Tradition", "Biblische Notizen: Betrage zur exegetischen Diskussion" 44 (1988), pp.54-60.
*Kitchen, K.A. & Ockinga, B., "A Memphite Monument of the Vizier "T3" in Sydney", "Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo" 48 (1992), pp.99-103, pls 20-21.
* "Concise Grammar of Middle Egyptian - An Outline of Middle Egyptian Grammar" (Revised and expanded), Phillip von Zabern Verlag, 1998. ISBN 3-8053-2501-0
*"A Tomb from the Reign of Tutankhamun at Awlad Azzaz (Akhmim)", Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1998.
*"An Ancient Egyptian Puzzle: Piecing Together the Saqqara Tomb of the Overseer of Craftsmen and Chief Goldworker, Amenemone", "Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology" 9 (1998), pp.73-87.
*"Nag' el-Mashayikh – the Ramesside Tombs", "Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology" 1 (1990)
*"The Tomb of Sennedjem at Awlad Azzaz (Sohag)", "Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology" 2 (1991)
*"Macquarie University Theban Tombs Project: TT148 Amenemope: Preliminary Report on the 1991/92 and 1992/93 Seasons", "Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology" 4 (1993)
*"Another Ramesside Attestation of Usemont, Vizier of Tutankhamun", "Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology" 5 (1994)
*"Hatshepsut's Election to Kingship: the Ba and Ka in Egyptian Royal Ideology", "Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology" 6 (1995)
*"Macquarie Theban Tombs Project: TT 148 the Tomb of Amenemope", "Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology" 7 (1996)
*"An Ancient Egyptian Puzzle: Piecing together the Saqqara Tomb of the Overseer of Craftsmen and Chief Goldworker Amenemone", "Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology" 9 (1998)
*"Theban Tomb 233 – Saroy regains an identity", "Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology" 11 (2000), pp.103-113.
*"Excavations at Dra' Abu el-Naga': Report on the Nov-Dec 2000 and Jan-Feb 2002 Seasons", "Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology" 13 (2002)
*"TT147 – Observations on its Owners and Erasures", "Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology" 15 (2004)
*Boyo Ockinga and Ian Plant, "Egyptian Religion - Greek and Latin Sources in Translation", Equinox, due April 2007. ISBN 1-84553-031-4 (hbk), ISBN 1-84553-032-2 (pbk)External links
* [http://www.pr.mq.edu.au/macnews/ShowItem.asp?ItemID=178 "Unlocking the secrets of Ancient Egypt"] ("Macquarie University News" article, May 2003, with picture which includes Professor Ockinga).
* [http://www.egyptology.mq.edu.au Australian Centre for Egyptology] (official website)
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