Dr. B.J.J. (Ben) Haring
Position:
- Lecturer
- Egyptology
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 4170 |
|---|---|
| E-Mail: | b.j.j.haring@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, SMES Egyptologie |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex Witte Singel 25/M. de Vrieshof 4 2311 BZ Leiden Room number 2.05a |
Research
Social, economic, administrative and legal aspects of Pharaonic Egypt, especially the role of texts and writing in society. This concerns both documentary/pragmatic writing in cursive script (hieratic) and monumental hieroglyphic inscriptions. Much research concentrates on the extensive documentation left by the necropolis workmen of Ramesside Deir el-Medina.
NWO project: Symbolizing Identity: Identity marks and their relation to writing in New Kingdom Egypt
Curriculum Vitae
- Egyptology (undergraduate) in Leiden and Heidelberg; MA thesis Leiden University 1991.
- Research Fellow (OIO), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO); PhD Leiden University 1997.
- Lecturer in Egyptology, Leiden University, since 1996.
- Postdoc Research Fellow, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), 1997-2004.
- Treasurer, Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap "Ex Oriente Lux", 1999-2008.
- Advisory Board, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient (JESHO, Brill, Leiden), since 1999.
- Board, Institute for Languages and Cultures of the Middle East (TCMO), 2002-2005.
- Chairman of the department teaching committee of Egyptology since 2005.
- Dutch representative, International Association of Egyptologists (IAE), since 2007.
Teaching
Courses in the Department of Egyptology, Leiden University, on BA, MA and MPhil levels include Late Egyptian, Hieroglyphic Epigraphy, Hieratic palaeography, and various courses on Ancient Egyptian political, social and economic history. Mentor of first year BA students in Egyptology.
Key publications
1997 Divine Households. Administrative and Economic Aspects of the New Kingdom Royal Memorial Temples in Western Thebes (Egyptologische Uitgaven 12), Leiden.
2003 K. Donker van Heel & B.J.J. Haring, Writing in a Workmen’s Village. Scribal Practice in Ramesside Deir el-Medina (Egyptologische Uitgaven 16), Leiden.
2003 From Oral Practice to Written Record in Ramesside Deir el-Medina, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 46/3, 249-272.
2006 The Tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1) in Deir el-Medina. Palaeography (Paléographie hiéroglyphique 2), Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, Cairo.
2009 Workmen's Marks on Ostraca from the Theban Necropolis: A Progress Report, in: B.J.J. Haring & O.E. Kaper ed., Pictograms or Pseudo Script? Non-textual identity marks in practical use in Ancient Egypt and elsewhere. Proceedings of a Conference in Leiden, 19-20 December 2006 (Egyptologische Uitgaven 25), Leiden.
2009 Economy, in: W. Wendrich et al. (ed.),
UCLA Encyclopaedia of Egyptology
2009 R.J. Demarée, K. Donker van Heel, B. Haring & J. Toivari-Viitala,
The Deir el-Medina Database
, Leiden 1998-2009
2012
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Demarée, R.J. & Donker Van Heel, K. & Haring, B.J.J. & Toivari-Viitala, J.K. (2012)
The Deir el-Medina Database (update 1-1-2012: 4317 records). Leiden
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Haring, B.J.J. (2012)
[Bespreking van: K. Exell, Soldiers, sailors and sandalmakers. A social reading of Ramesside period votive stelae (GHP Egyptology 10)]. In: Bibliotheca Orientalis, 68, pp. 573-578.
(Book review)
2011
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Haring, B.J.J. (2011)
Ancient Tourism? New Kingdom Visitors’ Inscriptions in the Memphite Necropolis. Saqqara Newsletter, 9, pp. 14-17.
(Article)
2010
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Haring, B.J.J. (2010)
'Egyptenaren schreven niets over de bouw.' Museumcollege. Leidsch Dagblad (woensdag 8 september 2010)
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Haring, B.J.J. (2010)
Administration and Law: Pharaonic Egypt. In: Lloyd, A.B. (Ed.), A Companion to Ancient Egypt (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World), pp. 218-236. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
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Haring, B.J.J. (2010)
Nineteenth Dynasty Stelae and the Merits of Hieroglyphic Palaeography. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 67 (1/2), pp. 22-34.
(Article)
2009
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Haring, B.J.J. (2009)
"In Life, Prosperity, Health!" Introductory Formulae in Letters from the Theban Necropolis. In Kessler, D., Schulz, R., Ullmann, M., Verbovsek, A., Wimmer, S. (Eds.) Texten - Theben - Tonfragmente. Festschrift für Günter Burkard (Ägypten und Altes Testamant 76) (pp. 180-191). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
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Haring, B.J.J. (2009)
Ancient vs Modern Mining. Natural Resource. Officiëel Orgaan van de Mijnbouwkundige Vereeniging en Technische Aardwetenschappen, TU Delft, 11 (3), pp. 22-23.
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Haring, B.J.J. (2009)
Economy. In: Wendrich, W., Dieleman, J., Frood, E., Baines, J. (Eds.), UCLA Encyclopaedia of Egyptology, pp. 1-16. Los Angeles: University of California.
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Meijer, D.J.W. & Demarée, R.J. & Haring, B.J.J. (Eds.) (2009)
Handel in het Oude Nabije oosten. Een bundel artikelen over het verschijnsel Handel in het Oude Nabije Oosten. Leiden/Leuven: Ex Oriente Lux & Uitgeverij Peeters.
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Haring, B.J.J. (2009)
Het kost een paar centen ... Tempelfeesten in het Oude Egypte. Phoenix : bulletin uitgegeven door het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux, 55 (2), pp. 49-60.
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Haring, B.J.J. (2009)
Introduction. In Haring, B.J.J. & Kaper, O.E. (Eds.) Pictograms or Pseudo Script? Non-textual identity marks in practical use in Ancient Egypt and elsewhere. Proceedings of a Conference in Leiden, 19-20 December 2006 Vol. 25 (pp. 1-4). Leiden/Leuven: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten/Peeters.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2009)
On the Nature of the Workmen’s Marks of the Royal Necropolis Administration in the New Kingdom. In Andrássy, P, Budka, J, Kammerzell, F (Eds.) Non-Textual Marking Systems, Writing and Pseudo Script from Prehistory to Modern Times Vol. 8. Lingua Aegyptia - Journal of Egyptian Language Studies (pp. 123-135). Göttingen: Seminar für Ägyptologie und Koptologie.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Haring, B.J.J. & Kaper, O.E. (Eds.) (2009)
Pictograms or Pseudo Script? Non-textual identity marks in practical use in Ancient Egypt and elsewhere. Proceedings of a Conference in Leiden, 19-20 December 2006. Leiden/Leuven: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten/Peeters.
(Book editorial) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2009)
Requests from the Greatest Gods. The Right Doorjamb of Sennedjem's Burial Chamber. In: Régen, I & Servajean, F (Eds.), Verba manent. Recueil d’études dédiées à Dimitri Meeks par ses collègues et amis (Cahiers "Égypte Nilotique et Méditerranéenne"), 2. , pp. 207-218. Montpellier: Université Paul Valéry (Montpellier III) - CNRS.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Demarée, R.J. & Donker Van Heel, K. & Toivari-Viitala, J.K. & Haring, B.J.J. (2009)
The Deir el-Medina Database (update 1-11-2009: 4078 records). Leiden
(Other) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2009)
Workmen's Marks on Ostraca from the Theban Necropolis: A Progress Report. In Haring, B.J.J. & Kaper, O.E. (Eds.) Pictograms or Pseudo Script? Non-textual identity marks in practical use in Ancient Egypt and elsewhere. Proceedings of a Conference in Leiden, 19-20 December 2006 Vol. 25 (pp. 143-167). Leiden/Leuven: Nederlands Instituut voor het nabije Oosten/Peeters.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2008
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Haring, B.J.J. (2008)
Benut en versterk de kleine Letteren. Mare, p. 6.
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2008)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Festvorbereitungen. Die administrativen und ökonomischen Grundlagen altägyptischer Feste (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 202)]. In: Chronique d'Égypte, 83, pp. 129-131.
(Book review)
2007
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Haring, B.J.J. & Klug, A. (Eds.) (2007)
6. Ägyptologische Tempeltagung. Funktion und Gebrauch altägyptischer Tempelräume. Leiden, 4.-7. September 2002. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
(Book editorial) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2007)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Directing Deir el-Medina. The External Administration of the Necropolis (Uppsala Studies in Egyptology 4)]. In: Bibliotheca Orientalis, 64, pp. 138-145.
(Book review) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2007)
Inventories and Administration in the Egyptian New Kingdom. In Vandorpe, K. & Clarysse, W. (Eds.) Archives and Inventories in the Eastern Mediterranean (pp. 47-57). russel: Kon. Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2007)
Ramesside Temples and the Economic Interests of the State: Crossroads of the Sacred and the Profane. In Fitzenreiter, M. (Ed.) Das Heilige und die Ware. Zum Spannungsfeld von Religion und Ökonomie (Internet-Beiträge zur Ägyptologie und Sudanarchäologie VII) (pp. 165-170).
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Demarée, R.J. & Donker Van Heel, K. & Haring, B.J.J. & Toivari-Viitala, J.K. (2007)
The Deir el-Medina Database, Leiden 1998-2007 (update 26-11-2007: 4049 records) http://www.leidenuniv.nl/nino/dmd/dmd.html.
(Other)
2006
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Haring, B.J.J. (2006)
Die Totentempel und ihre Gärten: wirtschaftlicher Hintergrund. In: Feucht, E. (Ed.), Die Gräber des Nedjemger (TT 138) und des Hori (TT 259) (Theben), 15. , pp. 59-63. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2006)
How Mr Anytime has gone unnoticed - every time. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 92, pp. 261-263.
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Haring, B.J.J. (2006)
Scribes and Scribal Activity at Deir el-Medina. In Dorn, A. & Hofmann, T. (Eds.) Living and Writing in Deir el-Medine. Socio-historical Embodiment of Deir el-Medine Texts (Aegyptiaca Helvetica 19) (pp. 107-112). Basel: Schwabe Verlag.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Demarée, R.J. & Donker Van Heel, K. & Haring, B.J.J. & Toivari-Viitala, J.K. (2006)
The Deir el-Medina Database, Leiden 1998-2006 (update 21-02-2006: 3716 records) http://www.leidenuniv.nl/nino/dmd/dmd.html.
(Other) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2006)
The Tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1) in Deir el-Medina. Palaeography. (Paléographie hiéroglyphique, 2). Cairo: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale.
(Book (monograph))
2005
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Haring, B.J.J. (2005)
Institutional Agriculture and the Temples in Ramesside Egypt. Cahiers de Recherche de l'Institut de Papyrologie et d'Egyptologie de Lille, 25, pp. 125-136.
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Haring, B.J.J. (2005)
Occupation: foreigner. Ethnic difference and integration in Pharaonic Egypt. In Soldt, W.H., van, Kalvelagen, R., Katz, D. (Eds.) Ethnicity in Ancient Mesopotamia. Papers Read at the 48th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Leiden, 1-4 July 2002 (pp. 162-172). Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2005)
Was getekend: Koning Olifant. [Bespreking van: Bild-Buchstaben und symbolische Zeichen. Die Herausbildung der Schrift in der hohen Kultur Altägyptens (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 205)]. In: Mare di Libri, 2, p. 6.
(Book review)
2004
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Haring, B.J.J. (2004)
Hieratic Varia. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 90, pp. 215-221.
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Haring, B.J.J. (2004)
Texts, Taxes and Temples. Chronique d'Égypte, 79, pp. 22-30.
(Article)
2003
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Donker Van Heel, K. & Haring, B.J.J. & Demarée, R.J. & Toivari-Viitala, J.K. (2003)
The Deir el-Medina Database 1998-2003 (update 16-04-2003: 3375 records) http://www.leidenuniv.nl/nino/dmd/dmd.html.
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Haring, B.J.J. (2003)
De hiërogliefen van Sennedjem. Paleografisch onderzoek van een graf in Deir el-Medina. Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie, 30, pp. 11-19.
(Article) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2003)
From Oral Practice to Written Record in Ramesside Deir el-Medina. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 46 (3), pp. 249-272.
(Article) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2003)
Koning Kamose en de Hyksos (Carnarvon Tablet nr. I keerzijde en de eerste stele van Kamose). In Demaree, R.J. & Veenhof, K.R. (Eds.) Zij schreven geschiedenis. Historische documenten uit het Oude Nabije Oosten (2500 - 100 v. Chr.) (pp. 85-92). Leiden/Leuven: Ex Oriente Lux/Peeters.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2003)
Pratique écrite et pratique orale à Deir el-Médineh. In Andreu, G. (Ed.) Deir el-Médineh et la Vallée des Rois. La vie en Égypte au temps des pharaons du Nouvel Empire. Actes du colloque organisé par le musée du Louvre les 3 et 4 mai 2002 (pp. 139-156). Parijs: Éditions Khéops/Musée du Louvre.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Demarée, R.J. & Haring, B.J.J. (2003)
The Deir El-Medina Database. In Hafemann, I. (Ed.) Wege zu einem digitalen Corpus ägyptischer Texte. Akten der Tagung "Datenbanken im Verbund" (Berlin, 30. September - 2. Oktober 1999) (pp. 41-48). Berlijn: Achet Verlag Dr. Norbert Dürring.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Donker Van Heel, K. & Haring, B.J.J. (2003)
Writing in a Workmen's Village. Scribal Practice in Ramesside Deir el-Medina. (Egyptologische Uitgaven, 16). Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
(Book (monograph))
2002
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Donker Van Heel, K. & Haring, B.J.J. & Demarée, R.J. & Toivari-Viitala, J.K. (2002)
The Deir el-Medina Database 1998-2003 (update 09-04-2006) http://www.leidenuniv.nl/nino/dmd/dmd.html.
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Haring, B.J.J. (2002)
Eichler, Selke Susan: Die Verwaltung des "Hauses des Amun" in der 18. Dynastie. [Bespreking van: Die Verwaltung des "Hauses des Amun" in der 18. Dynastie]. In: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 97, pp. 55-63.
(Book review)
2001
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Donker Van Heel, K. & Haring, B.J.J. & Demarée, R.J. & Toivari-Viitala, J.K. (2001)
The Deir el-Medina Database 1998-2003 (http://www.leidenuniv.nl/nino/dmd/dmd.html). NINO.
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Haring, B.J.J. (2001)
Administration: Temple Administration. In: Redford, D.B. (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, pp. 20-23. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2001)
Deir-el-Medina. In: Redford, D.B. (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, pp. 368-369. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Haring, B.J.J. (2001)
Hoe bestuurt een ketter zijn land. Phoenix : bulletin uitgegeven door het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux, 47 (1-2), pp. 36-52.
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Haring, B.J.J. (2001)
Nicolas Grimal, Bernadette Menu (Edt): Le commerce en Égypte ancienne. [Bespreking van: Le commerce en Égypte ancienne (Bibliothèque d'Étude 121)]. In: Die Welt des Orients, 31, pp. 194-196.
(Book review)
2000
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Donker Van Heel, K. & Haring, B.J.J. & Demarée, R.J. & Toivari-Viitala, J.K. (2000)
The Deir el-Medina Database 1998-2003 (http://www.leidenuniv.nl/nino/dmd/dmd.html).
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Haring, B.J.J. (2000)
Egyptian Historical Inscriptions. [Bespreking van: Egyptian Historical Inscriptions of the Twentieth Dynasty (Documenta Mundi Aegyptiaca 3)]. In: Chronique d'Égypte, 75, pp. 86-90.
(Book review) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2000)
Outsiders in Charge of Institutional Property in New Kingdom Egypt. In Bongenaar, A.C.V.M. (Ed.) Interdependency of Institutions and Private Entrepreneurs (MOS Studies 2). Proceedings of the Second MOS Symposium (Leiden 1998). (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archeologisch Instituut te Istanbul 87) (pp. 247-257). Istanbul-Leiden: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Haring, B.J.J. (2000)
The Scribe of the Mat: From Agrarian Administration tot Local Justice. In Demarée, R.J. & Egberts, A. (Eds.) Deir-el-Medina in the Third Millennium AD. A Tribute tot Jac J. Janssen (pp. 129-158). Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
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Haring, B.J.J. (2000)
Towards decoding the necropolis workmen's funny signs. Göttinger Miszellen: Beiträge zur ägyptologischen Diskussion, 178, pp. 45-58.
(Article)
1999
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Donker Van Heel, K. & Haring, B.J.J. & Demarée, R.J. & Toivari-Viitala, J.K. (1999)
The Deir el-Medina Database 1998-2003 (http://www.leidenuniv.nl/nino/dmd/dmd.html). NINO.
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Haring, B.J.J. (1999)
B.E. Shafer; Temples of Ancient Egypt. [Bespreking van: Temples of Ancient Egypt]. In: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 85, pp. 248-249.
(Book review)
1998
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Donker Van Heel, K. & Haring, B.J.J. & Demarée, R.J. & Toivari-Viitala, J.K. (1998)
The Deir el-Medina Database 1998-2003 (http://www.leidenuniv.nl/nino/dmd/dmd.html). NINO.
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Haring, B.J.J. (1998)
Access to Land in Ramesside Egypt (Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties; 1294-1070 BC). In Haring, B.J.J. & Maaijer, R., de (Eds.) Landless and Hungry? Access to Land in Early and Traditional Societies. Proceedings of a Seminar held in Leiden, 20 and 21 june 1996 (pp. 74-89). Leiden: CNWS.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Haring, B.J.J. & Maaijer, R., de (Eds.) (1998)
Landless and Hungry? Access to Land in Early and Traditional Societies. Proceedings of a Seminar held in Leiden, 20 and 21 june 1996. Leiden: CNWS.
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Haring, B.J.J. (1998)
Temple or Domain? Critical Remarks on the Expression pr 'Imn in New Kingdom Administrative Texts. In: Eyre, C.J. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Egyptologists (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta), 82. , pp. 539-545. Leuven: Peeters.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
1997
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Haring, B.J.J. (1997)
Divine households. Administrative and economic aspects of the New Kingdom royal memorial temples in Western Thebes. RUL, 454pp.(Leiden, NN) J.F. Borghouts.
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Haring, B.J.J. (1997)
Divine Households. Administrative and Economic Aspects of the New Kingdom Royal Memorial Temples in Western Thebes. (Egyptologische Uitgaven, XII). Leiden: NINO.
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Haring, B.J.J. (1997)
Recensie. [Bespreking van: Le papyrus Harris I]. In: Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 40, pp. 295-299.
(Book review) -
Haring, B.J.J. (1997)
Recensie. [Bespreking van: The reign of Ramesses IV]. In: Bibliotheca Orientalis, 54, pp. 631-633.
(Book review) -
Haring, B.J.J. (1997)
Rondom de tempels in Thebe-West. Phoenix : bulletin uitgegeven door het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux, 43, pp. 4-18.
(Article)
1995
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Haring, B.J.J. (1995)
Die Opferprozessionsszenen in Medinet Habu und Abydos. In: Kurth, D. (Ed.), 3. Ägyptologische Tempeltagung. Systeme und Programme der ägyptischen Tempeldekoration, pp. 73-89. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
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Haring, B.J.J. (1995)
Scheepstransporten in Faraonisch Egypte. In: Claessen, H.J.M. (Ed.), Over de weg. De betekenis van infrastructurele voorzieningen in en voor vroege staten, pp. 17-34. Leiden: Rijksuniversiteit Leiden.
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Haring, B.J.J. (1995)
recensie. [Bespreking van: Hieratic Ostraca in the Hunterian Museum Glasgow (the Colin Campbell Ostraca)]. In: Discussions in Egyptology, 31, pp. 113-117.
(Book review)
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