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Going back to Ancient Egypt: were the Princes of Elephantine really ‘overseers of dragomans’?
Falbo, Caterina
2016
Abstract
Among the different titles the Princes of Elephantine had, that of “overseers of dragomans” has drawn the attention of researchers in the history of interpretation. This title has always appeared as a recognition of the status and importance interpreters enjoyed in Ancient Egypt. The denomination “overseer of dragomans” is the translation that Sir Alan Gardiner proposed of inscriptions found in different regions of Ancient Egypt, among which the island of Elephantine. In 1960, Goedicke criticised Gardiner’s translation on the basis of historical and linguistic reasons. His objections, unknown to the Interpreting Studies community until today, seem to deny the role of the Princes of Elephantine as “overseers of dragomans”.
Series
The Interpreters' Newsletter
21 (2016)
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Caterina Falbo, "Going back to Ancient Egypt: were the Princes of Elephantine really ‘overseers of dragomans’?", in: The Interpreters' Newsletter n. 21 (2016), Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2016, pp. 108-114
Languages
en
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