Ella Karev
Biographic Data
| ID | 5528171 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ella Karev |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ella |
| FAMILY NAME | Karev |
| SIGNATURE | KAREV E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1541-6060 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Dead Sea Bitumen in Egyptian Mummification and the Toponym ‘Djahy’ in Papyrus Boulaq III
This article examines the toponym ‘Djahy’, which appears as the source of bitumen in an Egyptian mummification manual dated to the 1st century CE (P. Boulaq III). Classical sources such as Strabo and Diodorus Siculus identified the Dead Sea as the origin of bitumen used in Egyptian mummification, a claim now confirmed by scientific analyses showing that Dead Sea bitumen was widely used from around 900 BCE. While ‘Djahy’ is well attested as a broa…
She Obeys Me’
Slavery and Dependence in Ancient Egypt
Slavery and Dependence in Ancient Egypt
Debt Bondage in Late Period Egypt (8th – 5th Century BC)
This paper argues, in contrast to some previous scholarship, that debt bondage was not practiced in Egypt’s Late Period (c. 8th–5th centuries BC). The phenomena of self-sales into slavery and the inclusion of children in lists of security in loan contracts have been offered as evidence of debt bondage in past studies: in the former, arguing that self-sales were a means to satisfy debts; in the latter, that seizure of children into bondage was pre…
‘Mark them with my Mark’
This paper analyzes the Aramaic and Egyptian textual evidence for the practice of marking enslaved persons in Late Period Egypt, concluding that the terminology of the period refers to branding, not tattooing, as previously suggested. Both branding and tattooing existed as forms of body mutilation, but these practices inhabited different spheres of social power; branding marked one as property, whereas tattooing was religious and decorative. Bear…
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‘Mark them with my Mark’
This paper analyzes the Aramaic and Egyptian textual evidence for the practice of marking enslaved persons in Late Period Egypt, concluding that the terminology of the period refers to branding, not tattooing, as previously suggested. Both branding and tattooing existed as forms of body mutilation, but these practices inhabited different spheres of social power; branding marked one as property, whereas tattooing was religious and decorative. Bear…
Debt Bondage in Late Period Egypt (8th – 5th Century BC)
This paper argues, in contrast to some previous scholarship, that debt bondage was not practiced in Egypt’s Late Period (c. 8th–5th centuries BC). The phenomena of self-sales into slavery and the inclusion of children in lists of security in loan contracts have been offered as evidence of debt bondage in past studies: in the former, arguing that self-sales were a means to satisfy debts; in the latter, that seizure of children into bondage was pre…
Slavery and Dependence in Ancient Egypt
Slavery and Dependence in Ancient Egypt
She Obeys Me’
Dead Sea Bitumen in Egyptian Mummification and the Toponym ‘Djahy’ in Papyrus Boulaq III
This article examines the toponym ‘Djahy’, which appears as the source of bitumen in an Egyptian mummification manual dated to the 1st century CE (P. Boulaq III). Classical sources such as Strabo and Diodorus Siculus identified the Dead Sea as the origin of bitumen used in Egyptian mummification, a claim now confirmed by scientific analyses showing that Dead Sea bitumen was widely used from around 900 BCE. While ‘Djahy’ is well attested as a broa…
Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (6 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Genetics (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Ancient egypt (1 work)