Wilhelm Spiegelberg

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Wilhelm Spiegelberg ca. 1916/18

Wilhelm Spiegelberg (25 June 1870,

Egyptologist. He specialized in analyses of Demotic and hieratic
text.

Spiegelberg grew up as the second oldest of four brothers in a

Starting in 1894, he took part in excavatory work in Egypt, most notably at the

Necropolis of Thebes.[1] Around 1900 he began work at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, serving as a cataloger and editor of Demotic material.[2] Spiegelberg made important contributions towards the deciphering of Demotic script and in the field of Demotic lexicography.[1]

During his tenure at Munich, he accompanied novelist

Joseph" tetralogy.[1][3] In 1919 he became a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (a non-resident member since 1923), and from 1924, was a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.[2][4]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wilhelm Spiegelberg @ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie
  2. ^ a b Statement based on translated text of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.
  3. ^ Google Books Joseph and His Brothers: The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, Joseph the Provider
  4. ^ Institut d'Egyptologie de Strasbourg Wilhelm Spiegelberg. A memoir by his son, Herbert Spiegelberg.
  5. ^ OCLC WorldCat Identities published works
  6. ^ de. Wikisource extensive bibliography

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