Jürgen von Beckerath
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Jürgen von Beckerath (19 February 1920 – 26 June 2016) was a German Egyptologist. He was a prolific writer who published countless articles in journals such as Orientalia, Göttinger Miszellen (GM), Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt (JARCE), Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO), and Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur (SAK) among others. Together with Kenneth Kitchen, he is viewed as one of the foremost scholars on the New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt.
His many popular German-language publications include Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen, 2nd edition (Mainz, 1999) and Chronologie des Pharaonischen Ägypten or "Chronology of the Egyptian Pharaohs," MÄS 46 (Philip von Zabern, Mainz: 1997), which is regarded by academics as one of the best and most comprehensive books on the chronology of
Academic contributions
Throughout his academic career, Beckerath maintained a high scholarly standard in his publications and articles and dispelled many previously held assumptions or beliefs by meticulously analyzing the original evidence. For instance, in a
In other words, the document was just a perfectly ordinary stela depicting the king before this trinity of gods. Beckerath aptly notes that this new evidence casts serious doubt upon the idea that the damaged Sed Jubilee date in Osorkon II's
.In another article titled "Zur Datierung des Papyrus Brooklyn 16.205" in GM 140 (1994), pp. 15–17, Professor Beckerath argued that "the 49th regnal year of a king referred to in Pap. Brooklyn 16.205 [which] is generally ascribed to Shoshenq III of the 22nd Dynasty" and comes from a mummy bandage from
Beckerath also advocated the view that Shoshenq II enjoyed an independent reign at Tanis in his book Chronologie des Pharaonischen Ägypten. This view is seconded by Norbert Dautzenberg among other scholars.
He died in June 2016 at the age of 96.[1]
Bibliography
- The dating of the Brooklyn Papyrus (Zur Datierung des Papyrus Brooklyn) 16.205," GM 140 (1994), pp. 15–17.
- The so-called Jubilee-stele of Osorkon II ("Die Angebliche Jubiläums-Stele Osorkons II,") GM 154 (1996), pp. 19–22.
- Manual of names of Egyptian royalty (Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen,) MÄS 49, Philip Von Zabern. (1999)
- Chronology of the Egyptian pharaohs (Chronologie des Pharaonischen Ägypten,) Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern. (1997)
- The Date of the End of the Old Kingdom of Egypt in Journal of Near Eastern Studies 21 Vol. 2 (1962), pp.140-147
References
Further reading
- K.A. Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC). 3rd ed.: 1996, Warminster: Aris & Phillips Limited
- Edward Wente, Review of K.A. Kitchen's The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt c. 1100-650 BC, JNES 35 (1976), pp. 275–278