Émile Amélineau

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Émile Amélineau (born August 28, 1850 in La Chaize-Giraud , † January 12, 1915 in Châteaudun ) was a French Egyptologist and Coptologist . He was best known for his excavation work in the Egyptian royal cemetery of Abydos and for his publications on the Coptic language .

Career

The grave stele of King Wadji was discovered by Émile Amélineau

Amélineau originally studied theology and was ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Rennes in 1878 . In Paris he attended courses in Egyptology and Coptic Studies with Gaston Maspero and Eugène Grébaut from 1878 to 1883 . From 1883 to 1885 he was a member of the Mission archéologique française in Cairo . In 1887 he resigned his priesthood and received his doctorate with the work Essai sur le gnosticisme égyptien, ses développements et son origine égyptienne . From 1887 to 1903 he was maître de conférences at the École pratique des hautes études in the department of religious studies. From 1894 to 1895 he carried out excavations in Abydos every year. His excavations brought out finds such as the grave stele of the king ( Pharaoh ) Wadji ( 1st dynasty ). His collection was sold to the Louvre at several auctions in the Hôtel Drouot in Paris in 1904 . From 1903 to 1915 he was deputy director and head of the chair for Egyptian religion at the École pratique des hautes études.

Fonts (selection)

  • Fragments of coptes pour servir à l'histoire de la conquête de l'Égypte par les Arabes. In: Journal asiatique . Série 8, Vol. 12, 1988, pp. 361-410, ( digitized ).
  • Le tombeau d'Osiris. Monograph de la découverte faite en 1897–1898. E. Leroux, Paris 1899, ( digitized ).
  • La Géographie de L'Egypte à L'Époque Copte. Imprimerie nationale, Paris 1893, ( digitized version ).
  • Histoire des monastères de la Basse-Egypte. Vies des Saints Paul, Antoine, Macaire, Maxime et Domèce Jean le Nain (= Annales du Musée Guimet. 25, ZDB -ID 203573-X ). Leroux, Paris 1894, ( digitized version ).

literature

  • Morris L. Bierbrier: Who was who in Egyptology . 3rd, revised edition. Egypt Exploration Society, London 1995, ISBN 0-85698-125-7 , p. 13.
  • André Wiese: The Egyptian Department. Antikenmuseum Basel and the Ludwig Collection. von Zabern, Mainz 2001, ISBN 3-8053-2742-0 , pp. 16-17.
  • Stijn Bielen: The funerary objects from the Early Dynastic royal tombs at abydos in the royal museums of art and history in Brussels. In: Stan Hendrickx, Renée F. Friedman , Krzysztof M. Ciałowicz, Marek Chłodnicki (eds.): Egypt at its origins. Studies in memory of Barbara Adams. Proceedings of the international conference “Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt " (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. 138). Peeters Publishers et al., Leuven et al. 2004, ISBN 90-429-1469-6 , pp. 621-635, here p. 624.

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personal data
SURNAME Amélineau, Émile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Egyptologist and Coptologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH La Chaize-Giraud
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1915
Place of death Châteaudun