Detlef Franke (November 24, 1952 in
Lüneburg
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– September 2, 2007) was a
German
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Egyptologist specialist of the
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
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.
Biography
Detlef Franke received his doctorate at the
University of Hamburg
The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...
in 1983 with his thesis "''Altägyptische Verwandtschaftsbezeichnungen im Mittleren Reich''" ("The ancient Egyptian kingship in the Middle Kingdom"). He then received his
habilitation
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at the
University of Heidelberg
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in 1994 with his work "''Das Heiligtum des Heqaib auf Elephantine. Geschichte eines Provinzheiligtums im Mittleren Reich''" ("On the sanctuary of
Heqaib
Heqaib, also Hekaib or Hekayeb, was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 1st '' nomos'' of Upper Egypt (" Land of the Bow") under king Pepi II Neferkare, towards the end of the 6th Dynasty. He was also an officer in charge of military expeditions i ...
on
Elephantine
Elephantine ( ; ; arz, جزيرة الفنتين; el, Ἐλεφαντίνη ''Elephantíne''; , ) is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological sites on the island were inscribed on the UNESCO ...
. History of a provincial sanctuary in the Middle Kingdom"). He subsequently taught as a lecturer at this university until his death.
Throughout his career, Detlef Franke researched mainly the Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert
Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert (abbreviated Hans-W.; born 2 September 1954) is a German professor of Egyptology
Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language ...
: ''Detlef Franke (1952–2007).'' in: ''Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde'', volume 135, 2010, p. III–XI () His last project was the creation of a catalog of the
stela
A stele ( ),Anglicized plural steles ( ); Greek plural stelai ( ), from Greek , ''stēlē''. The Greek plural is written , ''stēlai'', but this is only rarely encountered in English. or occasionally stela (plural ''stelas'' or ''stelæ''), whe ...
e of the Middle Kingdom housed in the British Museum.
Detlef Franke: The Middle Kingdom Stelae Publication Project
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Publications
* ''Altägyptische Verwandtschaftsbezeichnungen im Mittleren Reich'' (= ''Hamburger ägyptologische Studien.'' H. 3). Borg, Hamburg 1983, (University of Hamburg, thesis dissertation, 1983).
* ''Personendaten aus dem Mittleren Reich. (20.–16. Jahrhundert v. Chr.). Dossiers 1–796'' (= ''Ägyptologische Abhandlungen.'' vol. 41). Otto Harrrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1984, .
* ''Zur Chronologie des Mittleren Reiches (12.-18. Dynastie) Teil 1 : Die 12. Dynastie'', in Orientalia 57 (1988)
* ''Zur Chronologie des Mittleren Reiches. Teil II: Die sogenannte Zweite Zwischenzeit Altägyptens'', in Orientalia 57 (1988)
* ''Das Heiligtum des Heqaib auf Elephantine. Geschichte eines Provinzheiligtums im Mittleren Reich'' (= ''Studien zur Archäologie und Geschichte Altägyptens.'' vol. 9). Heidelberger Orientverlag, Heidelberg 1994, (University of Heidelberg, habilitation dissertation, 1991).
* ''Theben und Memphis – Metropolen in Ägypten.'' In: Michael Jansen, Bernd Roeck (Hg): ''Entstehung und Entwicklung von Metropolen'' (= ''Veröffentlichungen der Interdisziplinären Arbeitsgruppe Stadtkulturforschung.'' (VIAS) vol. 4). 2002,
PDF document available online
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* With Marcel Marée (as editor): ''Egyptian Stelae in the British Museum from the 13th-17th Dynasties: Fascicule I: Descriptions v. I'', London 2013,
See also
* List of Egyptologists
This is a partial list of Egyptologists. An Egyptologist is any archaeologist, historian, linguist, or art historian who specializes in Egyptology, the scientific study of Ancient Egypt and its antiquities. Demotists are Egyptologists who speciali ...
References
External links
The Middle Kingdom Stelae Publication Project, exemplified by stela BM EA 226
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1952 births
2007 deaths
German Egyptologists
People from Lüneburg
German male non-fiction writers
Archaeologists from Lower Saxony