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Details of an evening talk on Wednesday 28th February 2024 appear towards the bottom of this page.

Saturday 17 February 2024 1400 UK Time: 

 

Roland Enmarch: 'Ex-pats and Vassal Princes: Some Curious International Messengers in the Late 13th Century BC.'

 

This talk considers the role played by some of Egypt’s Levantine vassals in international diplomacy during the last decades of the Late Bronze Age Near East (the later 1200s BC).Cuneiform sources from the Assyrian outpost at Tell Huwera in northern Syria detail the hospitality that was offered to foreign delegates such as those conveying Egyptian diplomatic messages to the other ‘great kings’. The close integration of West Semitic language speakers into the Egyptian Levantine communication network is demonstrated by the number of couriers with Semitic names or of Semitic descent, who travelled from Egypt with messages and gifts for Egyptian vassal rulers and garrison commanders. The messengers included a merchant of Amurru and a Sidonian charioteer who may have been engaged in espionage in Assyria on behalf of Egypt.  

 

Roland Enmarch is Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, specialising in the written culture of Ancient Egypt. His research interests include Egyptian literature, and Egyptian expeditions and resource procurement. A former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, his publications include A World Upturned (2008) and Ancient Egyptian Literature: Theory and Practice (2013). He is co-director of the Anglo-French Hatnub archaeological mission.    

 

The waiting room will open about 1345 for a 1400 start UK time.  
   
Zoom Meeting Joining Instructions  
   

To join the meeting on  17 February 2024 all you have to do is follow these steps:  


1: Click/tap on the registration link you have been sent. You will be asked to enter your name and email address to register for the meeting. Visitors please contact the Secretary at saesinfo55@gmail.com to obtain a link.   

2: If you have not already paid the meeting fee in advance, contact the Secretary at saesinfo55@gmail.com to arrange payment. Payments can be made by BACS transfer, through PayPal, or by cheque. Details on the website 'Join Us' page.  

3: Look out for the meeting link which will be sent during the week before the talk. You may need to check your junk or spam folders in case it goes astray. If you have not received this link by the day before the meeting please try registering again or contact the Secretary. For reasons of security and copyright the meeting link should not be shared with anyone else.  

Remember, the registration link you will be given is specific to the meeting on 17th February 2024. A new registration link will be issued for each future meeting.    

 Registration for this lecture will open in late January or early February 2024.  

 

 

Wednesday 28th February 2024 1900 UK time

 

Jen Turner: 'Statues in the Sacred Space: Monuments from the Karnak Cachette.' 

 Jen Turner has made a particular study of statuary of the first millennium BC, as represented by the great collection of objects that were deposited within the temple at Karnak. Including sacred and royal statues as well as images of favoured courtiers and officials, this fantastic collection is now known as the Karnak Cachette. Jen’s talk will explore some intriguing examples of non-royal monuments to showcase stories of individuals from this transitory time of Egyptian history.

Jen Turner studied Egyptology at the University of Birmingham, specialising in elite sculpture from the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt. She is a former Project Curator of Egyptian statues at the British Museum (2020-2023), and recently joined the Griffith Institute at Oxford as Archive Administrator.                

 

The waiting room will open about 1845 for a 1900 start UK time.  
   
Zoom Meeting Joining Instructions  
   

To join the meeting on  28 February 2024 all you have to do is follow these steps:  


1: Click/tap on the registration link you have been sent. You will be asked to enter your name and email address to register for the meeting. Visitors please contact the Secretary at saesinfo55@gmail.com to obtain a link.   

2: If you have not already paid the meeting fee in advance, contact the Secretary at saesinfo55@gmail.com to arrange payment. Payments can be made by BACS transfer, through PayPal, or by cheque. Details on the website 'Join Us' page. 

3: Look out for the meeting link which will be sent during the week before the talk. You may need to check your junk or spam folders in case it goes astray. If you have not received this link by the day before the meeting please try registering again or contact the Secretary. For reasons of security and copyright the meeting link should not be shared with anyone else.  

Remember, the registration link you will be given is specific to the meeting on 28th February 2024. A new registration link will be issued for each future meeting.     

Registration for this lecture will open in February 2024.  

Note: As an extra meeting, this lecture is not part of the advance payment scheme. The fee for this meeting will be advised in due course.