Senior research fellow in Toponymy of ancient and modern Egypt is sought

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General information

Reference : UMR5189-PHIBIL-003
Workplace : LYON 07
Date of publication : Monday, October 08, 2018
Type of Contract : FTC Scientist
Contract Period : 12 months
Expected date of employment : 1 January 2019
Proportion of work : Part time
Remuneration : 1640€ (half time)
Desired level of education : PhD
Experience required : Over 10 years

Missions

Identification and collection of place names and study of the evolution of the ancient toponymy of the Eastern Desert of Egypt through the study of ancient sources (in Pharaonic Egyptian languages, Latin and Greek) and the current cartographic documentation (in Arabic) within the framework of the ERC project "Desert Networks" (StG # 759078)

Activities

- Collection and comparative analysis of all the ancient toponyms of the Eastern Desert of Egypt in ancient sources (literary texts, papyrus and ostraca, inscriptions) in Pharaonic Egyptian languages, Latin and Greek;
- Location of ancient sites and identification of the ancient toponyms with modern Arabic place names;
- Work on the modern maps of the Eastern Desert to identify place names (sites, mountains, wadis, wells, etc.) of the region and verify the English transcriptions of these place names from modern Arabic;
- Preparation of the insertion of these data in the GIS of the project "Desert Networks", with the realization of ordered data tables;
- Particular attention to the interoperability of the data tables with other current projects in Digital Humanities;
- Study of the toponymic evolution of the region;
- Publication of collective and individual articles analysing the data collected during the project.

Skills

• PhD in history or philology on Late Egypt (Late Period, Ptolemaic, Roman or Byzantine periods);
• Very good knowledge of Greek, Latin and ancient Egyptian languages, as well as modern Arabic;
• Recognized skills in ancient toponymy;
• Experience in the treatment of ancient sources (inscriptions and papyri in particular) and cartographic sources;
• Previous realization(s) of toponymic analyses;
• Capacity to work collectively;
• Experience in Egypt;
• Fluency in oral and written French and English

Work Context

The researches that are carried out within the HiSoMA research centre concern the ancient worlds, approached through archaeology, history, literary studies, philology, epigraphy, numismatics, iconographic studies, over a very long period extending from the Old Kingdom in Egypt to the late Antiquity, and in a coherent geographical space that corresponds mainly to the civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean.

Constraints and risks

Possible stay abroad (Egypt)

Additional Information

ERC Desert Networks project