ARCHIV ORIENTÁLNÍ Quarterly Journal of African and Asian Studies Vol. LXIX No.4 2001 |
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| Contents | ||
| Petr Charvát: Seals and Seal
Impressions from Tilbes Höyük, South-Eastern Turkey (1996-1999) This is a publication of two cylinder seals of the 18th-early 17th century B.C., a seal impression on a storage jar of the 24th –23rd century B.C. and an Egyptian scarab of the 18th-early 17th century B.C. These fýnds came to light at Tilvez Höyük and at Tilvez Höyük (seal impression) on the Euphrates River in South-eastern Turkey. |
559-570 | |
| Hana Vymazalová: The
‘h’-problems in Ancient Egyptian Mathematical Texts The paper deals with a special sort of ancient Egyptian mathematical problem. The author concen- trates mainly on examining various methods of solution, comparing the forms of definition of the individual problems and the rate of elaboration of the procedures. |
571-582 | |
| Morris L. Bierbrier: What's in
a Name? The order and date of birth of the sons of Ramesses III of the Twentieth Dynasty has been long debated. As Ramesses III modelled himself after his illustrious predecessor Ramesses II of the Nineteenth Dynasty and named his sons after the sons of that king, these later princes ought to have been born in the same order. As Ramesses III would not have needed to use these royal names for his sons while he was still a commoner, they must have been born after his family's accession to royal power. Examination of the estimated age dates for the surviving royal mummies shows that this proposition is perfectly feasible. The date of Sethnakhte's accession as the fýrst ruler of the Twentieth Dynasty is uncertain, but it now appears more likely that he either dated his rule from the start of his rebellion or from the date of death of King Siptah of the Nineteenth Dynasty whose successor Tewosret he did not recognize. |
583-585 | |
| Jiri Janák: How to Drive a Ka. Cars and Computers in Ancient Egyptian Religion The article discusses the notions of ankh, ka and ahau that concern the Egyptian view of life. The author offers unusual comparisons for the relations between the notions using the image of a car and a computer network. | 586-588 | |
| Milan Kalous: The Capoid and the Capsian: An Interdisciplinary Hypothesis The article explains the theory that the Negro race, emerging very soon after the Capsian impact on Africa and at the same time in various parts of the Continent, owed its origin to genetic contacts between the indigenous African Homo sapiens sapiens (called "tall Khoisan" or "Capoid") and the Palestinian Cromagnon who is known in African history as the "Capsian". The considerable physical differences between the two human types must have, under very specifýc conditions of the period, created a large variety of hybrids. Only those of them, however, survived, and even gave rise to a new and very vital human race, who compensated for the environmental weakness of one of their parents with various "evolutionary inventions" and additional protections. The melanin pigment of the Negro race can be best explained in this context. | 589-600 | |
| Geoffrey Wood: More Days of
Life: Angola's Political Economy of War This article explores the origins and nature of the current Angolan civil war. Particular attention is accorded to external interventions, the economic bases of the conflict, and its social consequences. This is followed by an assessment of recent military developments and of the prospects for resolving the crisis. It is concluded that whilst the strategic balance seems to have shifted in the favour of the government, peace is likely to remain elusive for the forseeable future. |
601-615 |
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Anniuersary |
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Jan Marek and his Seventy Years (Miloslav Krása) |
616-622 |
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| Review Article | ||
| Václav Blazek: Etymological
Dictionary of Egyptian I. The fýrst volume of Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian by Gâbor Takâcs (1999) is limited to "A Phonological Introduction" describing Egyptian historical phonology within Afroasiatic. In contrast to the preceding studies, the author does not confine himself to Semitic comparanda, but frequently quotes data from all Afroasiatic languages, always giving their sources - which is important. It is also valuable that he respects the authors of earlier works on this subject; he gives detailed information about the history of both words and etymologies, again in contrast to previous custom. Takâcs' "Phonological Introduction" represents an excellent survey of the "state-of the-art" of not only Egyptian historical phonology, but Afroasiatic as a whole. |
623-632 | |
| Book Reviews and Notes | ||
DieterArnold, Temples of the Last Pharaohs. (Kveta Smoláriková) |
633-635 |
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Coptos. L'Égypte antique aux portes du desert. (Kveta Smoláriková) |
635-636 |
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Ludwig Koehler - Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. (Stanislav Segert) |
636-638 |
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William G. Dever, What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? (Stanislav Segert) |
638-640 |
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| David Hartman, Israelis and the Jewish Tradition: An Ancient People Debating Its Future. (Klára Brenovâ) | 640-641 |
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| Frederick de Jong - Bernd Radtke (eds.), Islamic Mysticism Contested. Thirteen Centuries of Controversies and Polemics. (Luboš Kropácek) | 642-643 | |
| Fritz Meier, Essays on Islamic Piety and Mysticism. (Luboš Kropácek) | 643-644 | |
| Suad Joseph (ed.), Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East. (Luboš Kropácek) | 644-645 | |
| Donald Quataert, The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922. (Eduard Gombár) | 646-648 | |
| Setar Cabbar, Kurtuluþ Yolunda. (L. H.) | 648-649 | |
| Fehreste nosxehaye xatiye farsiye ketabxaneye melli jamhuriye cek (Prag). Michal Fárek, Perské rukopisy v Národní knihovne Cyeské republiky - Persian Manuscripts in the National Library of the Czech Republic. (Jirí Becka) | 649-650 | |
| Sayyid Sadriddinxojai Ayni, Zaruriyeti diniyya. Nasri ilmü intiqodi. (Jirí Becka) | 650-651 | |
| Claudia Stodte, Iranische Literatur zwischen gesellschaftlichen Engagement und existentieller Welterfahrung. (Jirí Becka) | 651 |
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| Rüdiger Schmitt, Die iranischen Sprachen in Geschichte und Gegenwart. (Jirí Becka) | 652 | |
| R. Indira- Deepak Kumar Behera (eds.), Gender and Society in India. (D. M.) | 652-655 | |
| Publications Received | 656-657 | |
| Our Contributors | 658-659 |