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Women in the Temple: an Appeal to the Living by a Woman, on a Statue Fragment of the Late 1st Millennium BC in the Petrie Museum, London

Quirke, Stephen; Ibrahim, Ibrahim; (2021) Women in the Temple: an Appeal to the Living by a Woman, on a Statue Fragment of the Late 1st Millennium BC in the Petrie Museum, London. International Journal of Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality , 15 (2) pp. 49-62. 10.21608/ijhth.2022.245877. Green open access

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Abstract

Publication of a fragment from a basalt statue of a woman, inscribed with a short Appeal to the Living and provisionally dated to the Ptolemaic Period. The article introduces its acquisition history, material features, and inscription, addressing the question of female literacy in ancient Egypt.

Type: Article
Title: Women in the Temple: an Appeal to the Living by a Woman, on a Statue Fragment of the Late 1st Millennium BC in the Petrie Museum, London
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.21608/ijhth.2022.245877
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.21608/ijhth.2022.245877
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Statue Fragment; Appeal to the Living; Petrie Museum; Temples; Women
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10174289
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