This thesis explores the role of childhood in identity formation. The concept that childhood contributes to an individual’s identity—how a person becomes who they are, and how childhood influences this—is universally relevant. However, whilst the influence of childhood is universal, exactly what ‘childhood’ means is not. Because the existence of children is a common thread linking all societies, it is unsurprising that every society has a different conception of what ‘childhood’ means, which members were considered children, and the freedoms, restrictions or expectations placed on those at this stage of life. The discussion here is framed within the context of ancient Egypt—specifically, the site of Deir el-Medina—but its approach is also relevant to those studying childhood in other areas. Today, identity is considered equivalent to how we define and understand ourselves, influenced by our personal experiences. However, these experiences are themselves informed by how society defines and groups us, based on factors such as gender, ethnicity or religion. Identity therefore involves two inter-linked components: how society defines the individual, and how individuals define themselves. In exploring the role of childhood in identity formation, the aim of this thesis is to consider both components as they relate to children. The first reflects how society at Deir el-Medina constructed and conceptualised ‘childhood’, informing how children were treated, their scope for social participation, and the relationships they engaged in. The second reflects how children as individuals lived within these social structures, and how such personal experiences contributed to a sense of self. Only by considering both elements can a holistic picture be formed.

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Cette étude rassemble une sélection d’ostraca et papyri hiératiques documentaires provenant de Deir el-Medina, le village des ouvriers de la tombe royale au Nouvel Empire. Tous sont liés aux différentes étapes de la préparation concrète à la mort par les habitants de ce site. Les informations qu’ils apportent sont étudiées à travers trois grands axes – abordés dupoint de vue technique, lexicographique, économique, juridique, etc. – : l’acquisition et la préparation de la tombe ; la commande de l’équipement funéraire ; et la rédaction de testaments. La confrontation de ces textes avec les résultats archéologiques permet d’appréhender la façon dont l’Égyptien « moyen » du Nouvel Empire anticipait sa propre mort pour lui-même et ses descendants ou, au contraire, ne la préparait pas, laissant à ses héritiers le soin de prendre en charge ses funérailles. Dans ce contexte, la place des femmes et leur relative dépendance vis-à-vis des hommes de leur entourage sont également abordées. Le site de Deir el-Medina a été choisi comme cadre pour cette étude en raison de son importante documentation qui permet une connaissance – exceptionnelle pour l’Égypte ancienne – de la vie quotidienne de ses habitants. L’accent est mis sur la façon dont le travail dans la tombe de Pharaon privilégiait ces derniers ; outre l’avantage de se voir attribuer une concession funéraire – prérogative normalement réservée à l’élite égyptienne –, leur statut leur facilitait l’accès aux matières premières et leurs spécialisations pouvaient être mises au service de leur propre organisation ante mortem. / This study brings together a selection of documentary hieratic ostraca and papyri from Deir el-Medina, the village of the royal tomb’s workmen during the New Kingdom. All are related to the differents stages of the concrete preparation for death by the inhabitants of this site. The informations they provide are studied through three large axis – discussed from thetechnical, lexicographical, economical, legal point of view, etc. – : the acquisition and preparation of the tomb; the order of the funerary equipment ; and the writing of wills. The comparison of these texts with archaeological findings allow to understand how the « medium » Egyptian of the New Kingdom anticipated his own death for himself and his descendants or, on the contrary, did not prepare it, leaving the task of taking care of his funeral to his heirs. In this context, the place of the women and their relative dependence towards the men of their circle are also discussed. The site of Deir el-Medina was chosen as the framework for this study because of its considerable documentation allowing a knowledge – unique for the ancient Egypt – of the daily life of its inhabitants. The focus is on how the work in the tomb of Pharaoh favored them ; besides the advantage of being awarded a burial concession – prerogative normally reserved for the egyptian elite –, their status make easier for them the access to raw materials and their specializations could be harnessed to their own ante mortem organization.

This essay is about female inheritance in ancient Egypt. Death had a very important part in the Egyptian culture. The goal in this essay is to put focus on an everyday aspect of death, which is often left out. That is, how the living was affected by the death of a close relative. Since women had a weaker economic position than men, they are likely to have been more affected. Hence, the essay will focus on women. Most of the existing research is based on primary sources from the Late and Ptolemaic Period. But since that is relatively late in the Egyptian history, it is important to see what female inheritance looked like earlier in history. It is also important to compare different periods in order to see if inheritance developed during time or stayed unchanged. The issues will be how the death of the husband and a family member affected the woman, and how her death affected other persons close to her. In order to answer this, primary sources consisting of texts from Lahun (the Middle Kingdom) and Deir el-Medina (the New Kingdom) will be analyzed in a comparative study. The most important results are that inheritance was based on the relationship between the individual rather than on gender and the death of the husband had the biggest influence on the woman’s life. How big the influence was depended on whether or not she inherited as a widow.

Eduard Toda va publicar Son Notém en Tebas al 1887. En aquest treball Eduard Toda donava tota mena de detalls sobre el descobriment d'una tomba trobada intacta al poblat de Deir-el-Medina, la TT1 (Theban Tomb nº 1), la tomba del "Servidor en el Lloc de la Veritat, Sennedjem". La tomba havia estat descoberta el 1886 i molts han estat els estudiosos que han parlat de la tomba i Deir-el-Medina, però, en canvi, poc s'ha parlat dels objectes que en ella es van trobar.Sennedjem era "Servidor en el Lloc de la Veritat a l'Oest de Tebes", títol que portaven alguns treballadors o artesans que construïen i decoraven les tombes dels faraons de la XVIII fins la XX dinastia, a la Vall dels Reis. Sennedjem era un artesà que visqué a Deir-el-Medina entre els regnats de Setos I i Ramesses II. Va ser enterrat en aquesta tomba juntament amb altres membres de la seva família, almenys la seva esposa, Iineferti, el seu fill Khonsu i la seva esposa Tamaket, i d'altresEls objectius d'aquest treball han estat:1. Realitzar un catàleg exhaustiu de totes les peces que hi havia a l'interior de la tomba de Sennedjem. Aquest catàleg està format per una fitxa específica per cada peça, que inclou nom de la peça, localització actual, material, mides, descripció, bibliografia i fotografia. El fet de donar noms propis ens ajudarà a establir relacions entre ells.2. Establir una relació entre les peces estudiades i els personatges als quals pertanyen: relacions de parentiu, situació social, etc. Com comprovarem en el treball, la tomba de Sennedjem es va ocupar durant vàries generacions. Sennedjem va ser el primer propietari, però també es van fer enterrar els seus fills i les seves esposes. Aquesta relació s'establirà després d'un anàlisi dels textos i, per tant, dels noms que apareixen escrits a la tomba. L'anàlisi també ens portarà a concloure que Sennedjem era un simple paleta.3. Fer un anàlisi comparatiu entre els textos del Llibre dels Morts de la cambra amb altres papirs coneguts. Els textos corresponents al Llibre dels Morts que trobem a la decoració de la cambra funerària de la tomba de Sennedjem s'han comparat amb coneguts papirs i manuscrits. L'objectiu d'aquesta comparació ha estat doble: per una banda hem aclarit algunes paraules o expressions que a la tomba de Sennedjem no quedaven clares o bé per la mala qualitat de les pintures (o millor dit, les fotografies a les que hem tingut accés) o algunes errades que hem trobat en els apunts de Bruyère. En la majoria dels casos ens hem servit dels apunts propis presos in situ. Un problema pel seu estudi és que tot el corredor, tant parets com sostre, s'havia protegit mitjançant unes xarxes que impossibilitaven la visió i encara menys les fotografies d'aquesta part. De manera que sobretot en el corredor ens hem de remetre als textos copiats de Bruyère. L'altre objectiu per la comparació dels textos era la d'aportar més dades referents a noves variants o variants poc conegudes que poguessin aparèixer en els textos de la tomba i que ajudessin a una major comprensió dels diferents capítols, cosa que pot ajudar a precisar, per exemple, quins papirs o versions del Llibre dels Morts van ser més properes a Sennedjem, i, per tant, ajustar la cronologia de la tomba. A més a més, com veurem, també ens servirem del treball de M. Puvill per comparar els textos de la cambra de Nefertari amb els de Sennedjem. En aquest últim cas, comprovarem les grans similituds entre ambdós, fet que ens ajudarà a precisar la cronologia d'aquesta tomba i situar-la en època de Ramsesses II. / The tomb of Sennedjem, situated in the workmen village of Deir-el-Medina, was first excavated by a Catalan diplomat named Eduard Toda. Dr. Padró has been investigating about him for the past years and he proposed to update and extend Eduard Toda's work about the objects found in the tomb that are now scattered in many museums around the world. This was a challenging project because it implied to visit as many museums as possible. Our work would allow collecting in a catalogue the various objects and investigating and classifying their typology. Toda made an inventory of the objects found in the tomb. That has been our departure point. However, as it will be clear as a conclusion of this work, some of the objects have now been lost and some others were not mentioned by Toda.Therefore, the objectives of this work have been:1. To made a comprehensive catalogue of all the pieces that where found inside the tomb of Sennedjem.2. To find a relation between the investigated pieces and their owners: familiar relationships, social position, etc. The tomb of Sennedjem was used for several generations. A complete study of the texts of the tomb is made in order to compare the names and titles found there with the texts and inscriptions of the objects. The investigations leaded us to know that Sennedjem was a trowel.3. To compare the text of the Book of the Dead found in the tomb with known papyrus. The usual practice in the literature is to compare the Book of the Dead versions between papyrus or manuscripts. We decided to proceed in other way: compare known manuscripts with the chapters of the Book of the Dead found on the walls of the tomb of Sennedjem. This is used to find which version of the Book of the Dead is the closest to Sennedjem's tomb texts and therefore, more precisely date the tomb. We will also use the results of Mrs. Puvill work to compare the texts of Sennedjem's tomb with Nefertari's tomb. As will be shown later, both versions of the Book of the Dead are very similar.

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The Wine Jars Speak: A text study. Reworked and translated from a Swedish MA thesis, Vinkärlsetiketterna berättar: En textstudie from 2008 in Egyptology, Uppsala University. This paper examines the texts written on shards from wine jars found at El-Amarna, Tutankhamun’s tomb (KV 62) and Deir el-Medina. Information concerning the administration of wine and its production, found in these texts, is examined. Wine was an important element in Egyptian society and a common iconographic motif in tombs at Thebes during New Kingdom. A survey on previous research on the subject is presented. This is followed by analysis of the different reoccurring elements found in the texts. A definition of the standard formulation of the wine jar label texts is given and the minimal level of information needed for the administration of wine production and distribution is identified.  The chapter of the analysis deals with the various types of information given in the label texts, such as date, wine classification, and function. The next chapter presents the words associated with the vineyard, the names of the institutions involved in the production and use of wine, and the place names that identify where wine production took place. The following chapter deals with the titles and personal names of the officials involved in wine production. This study shows that these small texts contribute to an understanding of wine production. They also display continuity in form that bridges the turbulence of the Amarna Period. The earlier examples of these texts do not have an ideological component. It is first with the Ramesside Period, and the more intrusive inclusion of the name of the King, that some ideological intent can be identified.

This paper examines the texts written on shards from wine-jars found at El-Amarna, Tutankhamuns tomb (KV 62) and Deir el-Medina. Information concerning the administration of wine and its production, found in these texts, is examined. Wine was an important element in Egyptian society and a common iconographic motif in tombs at Thebes during New Kingdom. A survey on previous research on the subject is presented. This is followed by analysis of the different reoccurring elements found in the texts. A definition of the standard formulation of the wine jar label texts is given and the minimal level of information needed for the administration of wine production and distribution is identified.  The chapter of the analysis deals with the various types of information given in the label texts, such as date, wine classification, and function. The next chapter presents the words associated with the vineyard, the names of the institutions involved in the production and use of wine, and the place names that identify where wine production took place. The following chapter deals with the titles and personal names of the officials involved in wine production. This study shows that these small texts contribute to an understanding of wine production. They also display continuity in form that bridges the turbulence of the Amarna Period. The earlier examples of these texts do not have an ideological component. It is first with the Ramessid Period, and the more intrusive inclusion of the name of the King, that some ideological intent can be identified.

Butehamun was one of the most famous scribes involved in the building of the royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings, and a member of the most illustrious family of scribes there. Butehamun presided over the closure of the Valley and the workers’ village of Deir elMedina, and the move from building new tombs to the preserving and moving (some would say plundering) of the mummies left behind, marking the transition from the New Kingdom to the Third Intermediate Period, as Egypt splintered into what were essentially two realms. By studying the primary sources associated with Butehamun, including letters, reburial ‘dockets’, graffiti, the apparently unique decorations on Butehamun’s coffin, and the finds at his excavated house in Medinet Habu, this paper investigates what can be learned about Butehamun and the reburial project. Some of the sources seem to indicate he experienced some kind of religious crisis, which may have been brought on by feelings of guilt over his treatment of the royal mummies, two of whom were worshipped as gods in Deir el-Medina. / Butehamon var en av de mest kända av de skrivare som deltog i byggandet av de kungliga gravarna i Konungarnas dal. Han tillhörde en av de mest framstående skrivaresläkterna där. Butehamon övervakade stängningen av dalen och arbetarnas by Deir el-Medinah. Det var han som ansvarade för arbetet när man övergick från att bygga nya gravar till att flytta (vissa skulle säga plundra) de mumier som lämnades kvar till nya förvaringsplatser. Detta skede markerar övergången från det Nya Riket till den Tredje Mellanperioden, då Egypten sönderföll i två separata stater. Genom att studera de primära källor som rör Butehamon, bland annat brev, etiketter på mumier, graffiti, bilder och de högst ovanliga dekorationerna på Butehamons kista samt fynd från utgrävningarna av hans hus i Medinet Habu, undersöker denna uppsats vad man kan lära sig om Butehamon och projektet att flytta mumierna. Några av dessa källor tycks tyda på att han upplevde någon form av religiös kris, som kan ha utlösts av på skuldkänslor över hur han lät behandla de kungliga mumierna. Två av dessa kungligheter dyrkades som gudar i Deir el-Medinah och bilder på dem och delar av deras familj återfinns på Butehamons egen kista.

This is a biography of the scribe Butehamun. A member of a well-known family who had long lived in the village of Deir el-Medina working on the tombs in the Valley of Kings, Butehamun’s coming of age saw invasion and civil war in Thebes, and the end to the making of new tombs in the Valley, as the New Kingdom came to an end. Instead he was given the task by the High Priests of Amun to remove and rewrap royal mummies and rebury them in secret caches, while plundering them of their gold and other valuables for the coffers of the priestly rulers of Thebes. In many respects Butehamun was a tomb raider in the service of the High Priests of Amun. That project seems to have been successful: The mummy of every single king from the 18th through 21st Dynasties that has been identified and was found in a tomb was found in the two caches KV 35 or TT 320 (with the sole exception of Tutankhamun). Butehamun is unusually well-documented, leaving behind many letters, labels on coffins he worked with, graffiti, and highly unusual imagery on his own coffins. Two houses he lived in have been excavated, one with inscriptions about his family. This paper seeks to create a biography of Butehamun through the study of these things he left behind. One seems to reflect he may have suffered a crisis of faith, others may display instead a deep piety for Amun and pride in the royal mummy reburial project he carried out in the service of the god. / Detta är en biografi över skrivaren Butehamon. Han kom från en mycket känd familj som i många generationer verkat i byn Deir e-Medinah och arbetat med gravarna i Konungarnas dal. Han växte upp under en tid av invasion och inbördeskrig i Thebe, vilket ledde till slutet på det Nya riket och på byggandet av nya gravar i Dalen. Butehamons uppdrag från guden Amuns överstepräster blev istället att svepa om mumierna med nytt linne och avlägsna allt guld och andra värdesaker. Mumierna begravdes i nya hemliga förvaringsplatser, medan värdesakerna gick till Thebes religiösa härskare. Man kan beskriva Butehamon som en gravplundrare i tjänst hos översteprästerna. Projektet tycks ha varit en succé: Varenda kung från 18:e till och med 21:a dynastierna vars mumie har identifierats och som hittades i en grav fanns i ett av de två gömställena, KV 35 eller TT 320 (med Tutankhamon som enda undantag). Butehamon är ovanligt väldokumenterad, med många brev, etiketter på likkistor han arbetat med, graffiti samt de mycket ovanliga bilderna på hans egna likkistor. Två hus där han bodde har grävts ut, ett med inskriptioner om hans familj. Denna avhandling är en biografi över Butehamon baserad på studier av de saker han lämnade efter sig. En av dem tyder på en andlig kris, medan andra tycks avspegla en djup fromhet och tro på Amun och stolthet över det mumieprojekt han ledde i gudens tjänst.