Heinrich Balcz

Heinrich Balcz (born June 17, 1898 in Vienna , † 1944 in Yugoslavia ) was an Austrian Egyptologist .

Life

Balcz studied Egyptology at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in 1925 under Hermann Junker . Then he was his assistant at the University of Vienna. In 1931/32 he was a research assistant at the Cairo department of the German Archaeological Institute . He then worked as a university assistant at the University of Vienna, where he completed his habilitation in 1934 and was appointed extraordinary professor in May 1940. Balcz took part in the excavations of Merimde , Hermopolis Magna and Thebes . In 1938 he published the monthly archive for Egyptian archeology with Egon von Komorzynski , but it was only published for one year. In 1942 he was drafted into the war and fell in 1944.

Publications (selection)

The Egyptian wall structure. A contribution to the early Egyptian building history. Dissertation, University of Vienna 1924 ( digitized version of the unprinted typewritten version ).
The ancient Egyptian wall structure. In: Communications from the German Institute for Egyptian Antiquity in Cairo. (MDIAAK) Vol. 1, 1930, pp. 38-92.
The religion of the ancient Egyptians. In: The religions of the earth in individual representations (= science and culture. 2, ZDB -ID 977509-2 ). Deuticke, Leipzig et al. 1929, pp. 41-62.
The depictions of vessels of the Old Kingdom. In: Communications from the German Institute for Egyptian Antiquity in Cairo. (MDIAAK) Volume 3, 1932, pp. 50-114 and Volume 4, 1933, pp. 19-36, 207-227 and Volume 5, 1934, pp. 45-94, (= habilitation thesis).

literature

Wolfdieter Bihl : Oriental Studies at the University of Vienna. Research between the Maghreb and East and South Asia. The professors and lecturers. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-205-78371-8 , pp. 131-132.
Susanne Voss: The history of the Cairo department of the DAI in the field of tension between German political interests. Volume 2: 1929–1966 (= people - cultures - traditions. Vol. 8, 2). Marie Leidorf, Rahden / Westf. 2017, ISBN 978-3-86757-396-2 , pp. 120-123.

Individual evidence

^ The journal Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologische Institut, Cairo Department. (MDAIK) was published in the period from 1930 to 1944 as communications from the German Institute for Egyptian Antiquity in Cairo. (MDIAAK), published in Berlin and the abbreviation MDIAAK also used occasionally. Source: abbreviations of periodicals, series, literature, authorities or concepts for Egyptology - abbreviations M . From: kv5.de , accessed on August 7, 2015.

Web links

History of the Institute for Egyptology in Vienna
Writings in the literature database of the Institute for Egyptology and Coptic Studies at the University of Münster

personal data
SURNAME	Balcz, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian Egyptologist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 17, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	1944
Place of death	Yugoslavia

[1] The journal Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologische Institut, Cairo Department. (MDAIK) was published in the period from 1930 to 1944 as communications from the German Institute for Egyptian Antiquity in Cairo. (MDIAAK), published in Berlin and the abbreviation MDIAAK also used occasionally. Source: abbreviations of periodicals, series, literature, authorities or concepts for Egyptology - abbreviations M . From: kv5.de , accessed on August 7, 2015.