This paper discusses two Coptic morphemes whose etymology has remained obscure to this day, namely the n-prefix of the so-called adjective verbs such as ⲛ-ⲁⲛⲟⲩ= „is good“, as well as the particle ⲡⲉ that often accompanies the preterite converter. It is suggested that both of them came into existence by a false segmentation of contexts in which their predecessors typically used to occur.
本文讨论的两个科普特语词素的词源至今仍然模糊不清,即所谓形容词动词(如ⲛ-ⲁⲛⲟⲩ="是好的")的 n 前缀,以及常常伴随着前置词转换器的质点ⲡⲉ。有人认为,这两个词都是通过对其前身通常出现的语境进行错误分割而产生的。
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This paper is conceived as a first step towards the Kemyt (re)contextualization. By exploring the specific layout and paratext of Kemyt, it intends to shed light on the scribes who wrote the many partial copies of this letter-like composition and in which circumstances. I first address the layout, the ink choices, and the writing orientation. I then turn my attention to the text structure: dividers, ending marks, as well as colophons, dedications, and underwriting. The dated ostraca and their frequent identification as school exercises are discussed before moving on to the textual revision practices and looking for an explanation to the low proportion of corrected texts despite faulty content. All this enabled me to highlight a set of scribal practices, in which scribes draw, some being proper to the Kemyt, some being common to the rest of the text production. These practices revealed a complex network, from beginning students to senior scribes, through assistant scribes and early career scribes, which contributed to the crafting and the transmission of scribal knowledge during the New Kingdom.
{"title":"Learning Through Practice: On How Kemyt Contributed to Crafting and Transmitting Scribal Knowledge","authors":"Aurore Motte","doi":"10.1515/zaes-2022-0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/zaes-2022-0005","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This paper is conceived as a first step towards the Kemyt (re)contextualization. By exploring the specific layout and paratext of Kemyt, it intends to shed light on the scribes who wrote the many partial copies of this letter-like composition and in which circumstances. I first address the layout, the ink choices, and the writing orientation. I then turn my attention to the text structure: dividers, ending marks, as well as colophons, dedications, and underwriting. The dated ostraca and their frequent identification as school exercises are discussed before moving on to the textual revision practices and looking for an explanation to the low proportion of corrected texts despite faulty content. All this enabled me to highlight a set of scribal practices, in which scribes draw, some being proper to the Kemyt, some being common to the rest of the text production. These practices revealed a complex network, from beginning students to senior scribes, through assistant scribes and early career scribes, which contributed to the crafting and the transmission of scribal knowledge during the New Kingdom.","PeriodicalId":23873,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141101028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}