Prof. dr. O.E. Kaper
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| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2041 |
| E-Mail: | o.e.kaper@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, SMES Egyptologie |
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Witte Singel-complex Witte Singel 25/M. de Vrieshof 4 2311 BZ Leiden Room number 208B |
| Personal Homepage: | www.tcmo.leidenuniv.nl/egyptologie/ |
- Fields of interest
- Egypt during the Late Period and the Greek and Roman Periods
Egyptian religion
The oases of the Western Desert
- Teaching activities
- Egyptian Literature
Cultural history of the Greek and Roman Periods
Egyptian religion and religious texts
Egyptian archaeology
Ptolemaic hieroglyphs
- Publications
- Books
The Egyptian God Tutu: A Study of the Sphinx-God and Master of Demons with a Corpus of Monuments, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 119, Peeters Publishers, Leuven 2003.
Treasures of the Dakhleh Oasis: An exhibition on the occasion of the Fifth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project, catalogue Cairo, together with C. van Zoest.
Hiërogliefen ontcijferen en lezen, een stap-voor-stap leerboek voor zelfstudie, by M. Collier and B. Manley, translated and adapted by O. Kaper, Bulaaq, Amsterdam 2000.
Life on the Fringe: Living in the Southern Egyptian Deserts during the Roman and early-Byzantine Periods: Proceedings of a colloquium held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Netherlands Institute for Archaeology and Arabic Studies in Cairo, 9-12 December 1996, ed. by O.E. Kaper, CNWS Publications 71, Leiden 1998.
Temples and gods in Roman Dakhleh: Studies in the indigenous cults of an Egyptian oasis, PhD thesis Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, privately published 1997.
Articles, chapters in books
2006 La notizia del mese: Amheida, il più grande città romana nell'oasi di Dakhla, in Pharaon Magazine. Alla scoperta dell'antico Egitto II.9/10 (sept/oct. 2006), pp. 6-17, together with P. Davoli and R.S. Bagnall.
2006 A Donation Stela in the Name of Takeloth III from Amheida, Dakhleh Oasis, Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux 39 (2006), pp. 19-37, together with R.J. Demarée.
2006 'A new temple for Thoth in the Dakhleh Oasis', Egyptian Archaeology 29 (2006), pp. 12-14, together with P. Davoli.
2006 object descriptions (Cat. 96-101) in: E. Warmenbol (ed.), Sfinx: De wachters van Egypte, catalogue Brussels, pp. 235-240.
2006 La religion égyptienne dans l'oasis de Dakhla, Annuaire de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des sciences religieuses. Résumé des conférences et travaux 113 (2004-2005), pp. 135-139.
2006 Roger S. Bagnall, Paola Davoli, Olaf E. Kaper & Helen Whitehouse, Roman Amheida: Excavating A Town in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis, MINERVA: The International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology 17/6 (November/December 2006), pp. 26-29.
2005 ‘Synkretistische Götterbilder in hellenistische und römischer Zeit (Kat. 188-199)’, in: H. Beck, P.C. Bol, M. Bückling, (eds), Ägypten Griechenland Rom. Abwehr und Berührung, Kat. Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie 26. November 2005 - 26. Februar 2006, Frankfurt, pp. 305-309, object descriptions on pp. 611-619.
2004 'Der Gott Mithras im Ptolemäischen Ägypten', in: Bol, P.C., Kaminski, G. & Maderna, C. (eds), Fremdheit - Eigenheit: Ägypten, Griechenland und Rom, Austausch und Verständnis, Stuttgart: Offizin Chr. Scheufele, pp. 557- 564.
2003-a ‘The god Tutu at Kellis: On two stelae found at Ismant el-Kharab in 2000’, in: G.E. Bowen and C.A. Hope (eds), The Oasis Papers III: The Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project, Oxbow Books, Oxford and Oakville, pp. 311-321.
2003-b ‘The Decoration of North Tomb 1’ in: G.E. Bowen and C.A. Hope (eds), The Oasis Papers III: The Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project, Oxford and Oakville, pp. 323-330.
2003-c 'Ain el-Gazzareen: Developments in the Old Kingdom settlement', in: G.E. Bowen and C.A. Hope (eds), The Oasis Papers III: The proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project, Oxford and Oakville, pp. 123-129, together with A.J. Mills.
2003-d '“Ik keerde terug met 300 ezels...”: Nieuwe gegevens over de Egyptische expansie in de Westelijke Woestijn tijdens het Oude Rijk', Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie 30, pp. 6-11.
2002-a ‘Policing the Desert: Old Kingdom activity around the Dakhleh oasis’, together with H.O. Willems and with an appendix by M.A. McDonald, in: R. Friedman (eds), Egyptand Nubia: Gifts of the desert, London, pp. 79-94.
2002-b ‘Queen Nefertari and the Frog: On an amphibious element in the vignette to BD 94’, The Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology 13, pp. 109-126.
2002-c ‘A Group of Priestly Dipinti in Shrine IV at Ismant el-Kharab’, in: C.A. Hope and G.E. Bowen (eds), Dakhleh Oasis Project: Preliminary reports of the 1994-1995 to 1998-1999 field seasons, Oxford and Oakville, pp. 209-216.
2002-d ‘Pharaonic-Style Decoration in the Mammisi at Ismant el-Kharab: New insights after the 1996-1997 field season’, in: C.A. Hope and G.E. Bowen (eds), Dakhleh Oasis Project: Preliminary reports of the 1994-1995 to 1998-1999 field seasons, Oxford and Oakville, pp. 217-223.
2002-e 'Excavations at Mut el-Kharab and Ismant el-Kharab in 2001-2', The Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology 13, pp. 85-107, together with C.A. Hope, H. Whitehouse and K.A. Worp.
2001-a ‘Myths: Lunar Cycle’, in: D.B. Redford (eds), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Oxford e.a. and Cairo, vol. 2, pp. 480-482.
2001-b Review of D. Frankfurter, Religion in Roman Egypt, Princeton 1998, in: Bibliotheca Orientalis 58, col. 126-132.
2001-c ‘Archäologische Forschungen der Rohlfs’schen Expedition in der Oase Dachla (1874)’, in: C.-B. Arnst, I. Hafemann and A. Lohwasser (eds), Begegnungen: Antike Kulturen im Niltal.Festgabe für Erika Endesfelder, Karl-Heinz Priese, Walter Friedrich Reineke, Steffen Wenig von Schülern und Mitarbeitern, Leipzig, pp. 233-251.
2001-d ‘Two decorated blocks from the Temple of Seth in Mut el-Kharab’, The Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology 12, pp. 71-78.
2001-e ‘Local Perceptions of the Fertility of the Dakhleh Oasis in the Roman Period’ in: C.A. Marlow and A.J. Mills (eds), The Oasis Papers 1: The Proceedings of the First Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project, Dakhleh Oasis Project Monograph 6, Oxford, pp. 70-79.
2000 Contributions to H. Willems and W. Clarysse (eds), Les Empereurs du Nil, tentoonstellingscatalogus Valenciennes 2000, Peeters Publishers.
1999 ‘Dipinti on the Temenos Wall at Deir el-Haggar (Dakhla Oasis)’, Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire 99, pp. 233-258, together with K.A. Worp.
1998 ‘The New Nubia Museum in Aswan’, Assemblage: University of Sheffield Graduate Journal of Archaeology 4, .
1997-a ‘The statue of Penbast; on the cult of Seth in the Dakhleh Oasis’ in: J. van Dijk (eds), Essays on Ancient Egypt in Honour of Herman te Velde, Egyptological Memoirs 1, Groningen, pp. 231-238.
1997-b ‘A Painting of the Gods of Dakhla in the Temple of Ismant el-Kharab’ in: S. Quirke (ed.), The Temple in Ancient Egypt: New discoveries and recent research, London 1996, pp. 204-215.
1995-a ‘The Astronomical Ceiling of Deir el-Haggar in the Dakhleh Oasis’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 81, p. 175-195.
1995-b ‘A Bronze Representing Tapsais of Kellis’, Revue d’égyptologie 46, p. 107-118, together with K.A. Worp.
1995-c ‘Doorway Decoration Patterns in the Dakhleh Oasis’, in: D. Kurth (eds), 3.Ägyptologische Tempeltagung Hamburg, 1.-5. Juni 1994: Systeme und Programme der Ägyptischen Tempeldekoration, Wiesbaden, Ägypten und Altes Testament 33,1, p. 99-114.
2009
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Kaper, O.E. (2009)
A Fragment from the Osiris Chapels at Dendera in Bristol. Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux, 41, pp. 31-45.
(Article / Letter to editor) -
Kaper, O.E. (2009)
Amonnacht: een god gemaakt voor de oase Dachla. Ta-Mery Jaarlijks magazine voor de vrienden van het oude Egypte, 2, pp. 13-18.
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Kaper, O.E. (2009)
Epigraphic Evidence from the Dakhleh Oasis in the Libyan Period. In Broekman, G.P.F., Demarée, R.J., Kaper, O.E. (Eds.) The Libyan Period in Egypt, Historical and Cultural Studies into the 21st - 24th Dynasties: Proceedings of a conference at Leiden University, 25-27 October 2007 (pp. 149-159).
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Kaper, O.E. (2009)
Restoring Wall Paintings of the Temple of Tutu. Egyptian Archaeology, 35, pp. 3-7.
(Article / Letter to editor) -
Broekman, G.P.F. & Demarée, R.J. & Kaper, O.E. (Eds.) (2009)
The Libyan Period in Egypt: Historical and Cultural Studies into the 21st - 24th Dynasties. Proceedings of a Conference at Leiden University, 25-27 October 2007. Leiden/Leuven: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten / Peeters.
(Book editorial)
2008
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Kaper, O.E. (2008)
'...En je trommelt maar op je buik: Ritme en recitatie in het oude Egypte. Ta-Mery Jaarlijks magazine voor de vrienden van het oude Egypte, 1, pp. 2-12.
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Kaper, O.E. (2008)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Le tombeau de Pétosiris]. In: Bibliotheca Orientalis, LXV
(Book review) -
Hope, C.A. & Bowen, G.E. & Dolling, W. & Healey, E. & Kaper, O.E. & Milner, J. (2008)
The Excavations at Mut el-Kharab, Dakhleh Oasis in 2008. Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology, 19, pp. 49-71.
(Article / Letter to editor) -
Kaper, O.E. (2008)
The Libyan Period in Egypt. Egyptian Archaeology, 32, pp. 38-39.
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Broekman, G.P.F. & Demarée, R.J. & Kaper, O.E. (2008)
The Numbering of the Kings called Shoshenq. Göttinger Miszellen: Beiträge zur ägyptologischen Diskussion, 216, pp. 9-10.
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Schijns, W. & Kaper, O.E. & Kila, J. (2008)
Vernacular Mud Brick Architecture in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt and the Design of the Dakhleh Oasis Training and Archaeological Conservation Centre. (Dakhleh Oasis Project Monographs, 10). Oxford: Oxbow Books.
(Book (monograph))
2007
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Kaper, O.E. (2007)
Astronomie en astrologie in het oude Egypte. Phoenix : bulletin uitgegeven door het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux, 53 (2-3), pp. 70-83.
(Article / Letter to editor)
2006
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Kaper, O.E. & Demarée, R.J. (2006)
A Donation Stela in the Name of Takeloth III from Amheida, Dakhleh Oasis. Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux, 39, pp. 19-37.
(Article / Letter to editor) -
Kaper, O.E. (2006)
A new temple for Thoth in the Dakhleh Oasis. Egyptian Archaeology, 29, pp. 12-14.
(Article / Letter to editor) -
Kaper, O.E. (2006)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Gods and men in Egypt 3000 BCE to 395 CE, Ithaca/London 2004, translated from the French by David Lorton]. In: Palarch
(Book review) -
Bagnall, R.S. & Davoli, P. & Kaper, O.E. (2006)
La notizia del mese: Amheida, il più grande città romana nell'oasi di Dakhla. Pharaon Magazine. Alla scoperta dell'antico Egitto, II (9/10), pp. 6-17.
(Article / Letter to editor) -
Bagnall, R.S. & Davoli, P. & Kaper, O.E. & Whitehouse, H. (2006)
Roman Amheida: Excavating A Town in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis. MINERVA: The International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, 17 (6), pp. 26-29.
(Article / Letter to editor) -
Kaper, O.E. & Zoest, C., van (2006)
Treasures of the Dakhleh Oasis. Cairo: Nederlands-Vlaams Instituut in Cairo.
(Book (monograph)) -
Kaper, O.E. (2006)
object beschrijvingen. In: Warmenbol, E. (Ed.), Sfinx: De wachters van EgypteBrussel: ING België en Mercatorfonds.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2005
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Kaper, O.E. (2005)
Katalognummern 188-199. In: Beck, H., Bol, P.C., Bückling, M. (Eds.), Ägypten Griechenland Rom: Abwehr und Berührung, pp. 611-619. Tübingen/Berlijn: Wasmuth Verlag.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Kaper, O.E. (2005)
La religion égyptienne dans l'oasis de Dakhla. Annuaire de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des sciences religieuses. Résumé des conférences et travaux, 113, pp. 135-139.
(Article / Letter to editor) -
Kaper, O.E. (2005)
Synkretistische Götterbilder in hellenistische und römischer Zeit. In: Beck, H., Bol, P.C., Bückling, M. (Eds.), Ägypten Griechenland Rom: Abwehr und Berührung, pp. 305-309. Tübingen/Berlijn: Wasmuth Verlag.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2004
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Kaper, O.E. & Mills, A.J. (2004)
'Ain el-Gazzareen: Developments in the Old Kingdom settlement. In Bowen, G.E. & Hope, C.A. (Eds.) The Oasis Papers III: The Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project (pp. 123-129). Oxford/Oakville: Oxbow Books.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Kaper, O.E. (2004)
Mithras im ptolemäischen Ägypten. In Bol, P.C., Kaminski, G., Maderna, C. (Eds.) Fremdheit - Eigenheit: Ägypten, Griechenland und Rom, Austausch und Verständnis (pp. 557-564). Stuttgart: Offizin Chr. Scheufele.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Kaper, O.E. (2004)
The Decoration of North Tomb 1. In Bowen, G.E. & Hope, C.A. (Eds.) The Oasis Papers III: The Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project (pp. 323-330). Oxford/Oakville: Oxbow Books.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Kaper, O.E. (2004)
The god Tutu at Kellis: On two stelae found at Ismant el-Kharab in 2000. In Bowen, G.E. & Hope, C.A. (Eds.) The Oasis Papers III: The Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project (pp. 311-321). Oxford/Oakville: Oxbow Books.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
1995
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Worp, K.A. & Kaper, O.E. (1995)
A Bronze representing Tapsais of Kellis. Revue d'Egyptologie, 46, pp. 107-118.
(Article / Letter to editor)
