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Paul Whelan
I studied Ancient Egyptian and the Near Eastern History at University College London and Egyptian Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology and have been a sessional lecturer in Egyptology for the Universities of Reading and Oxford since 1999. My main research interests focus on the cultic practices of the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period, especially from the cult site of Abydos.
Academic qualifications:
University College London – History Department - BA History of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
Institute of Archaeology, University College London – Masters in Ancient Egyptian Archaeology
Lecturing experience:
1999 - 2009: Sessional lecturer in Egyptology University of Reading
2010 - Present: Sessional lecturer in Egyptology University of Oxford
Publications/Articles:
2007 - Whelan, P., Mere Scraps of Rough Wood? 17th–18th Dynasty Stick Shabtis in the Petrie Museum and Other Collections: GHP Egyptology 6, London 2007
2007 - An Unfinished Late Middle Kingdom Stela from Abydos, in Grallert, S. and Grajetzki, W. (eds.) Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt during the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period (GHP Egyptology 7), London 2007
2008 - The mummiform figure of Senankh from Abydos - Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 37 (2008)
2011 - Small Yet Perfectly Formed - Some Observations on Theban Stick Shabti Coffins of the 17th and Early 18th Dynasty, Egitto e vicino Oriente 34 (2011)
2012 - A Recycled Stick Shabti in Ipswich Museum, England, Egitto e vicino Oriente 35 (2012)
2013 - The Marquis' excavations. A tale of two diaries, in: M. Betrò & G. Miniaci (eds.), Talking along the Nile. Ippolito Rosellini, travellers and scholars of the 19th century in Egypt, Pisa 2013
2014 - An unusual shabti for a steward of divine-offerings of Abydos, Revue d'Égyptologie 65 (2014)
2016 - On the Context and Conception of Two ‘Trademark’ Styles from Late Middle Kingdom Abydos, in: Miniaci, G. and Grajetzki, W. (eds.) The World of Middle Kingdom Egypt (2000-1550 BC) vol. II, MKS II, London 2016
I am a freelance illustrator of books and articles including the following titles (besides my own):
BOOKS:
Calcoen, B., in collaboration with Müller-Hazenbos, C., TT176. The Tomb Chapel of Userhat: GHP Egyptology 16, London 2012
Dunn-Vaturi, A.-E., de Voogt, A. and Crist, W., Ancient Egyptians at Play, London 2016
Grajetzki, W., Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, London 2009
Grajetzki, W., The Coffin of Zemathor and Other Rectangular Coffins of the Late Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period: GHP Egyptology 14, London 2010
Grajetzki, W., Tomb Treasures of the Late Middle Kingdom: The Archaeology of Female Burials, Pennsylvania 2013
Soliman, R. Old and Middle Kingdom Theban Tombs, London 2009.
Miniaci, G., Rishi Coffins and the Funerary Culture of Second Intermediate Period Egypt: GHP Egyptology 17, London 2011
ARTICLES:
Ilin-Tomich, A., King Seankhibre and the Middle Kingdom Appeal to the Living, in: Miniaci, G. and Grajetzki, W. (eds.) The World of Middle Kingdom Egypt (2000-1550 BC) vol. I, MKS I, London 2015, 145-168.
Miniaci, G., The incomplete hieroglyphs system at the end of the Middle Kingdom, Revue d'Egyptologie 61 (2010), 113-134.
Miniaci, G. and Quirke, S. Reconceiving the tomb in the late Middle Kingdom: the burial of the accountant of the Main Enclosure Neferhotep at Dra Abu el-Naga, Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale 109 (2009), 339-384
Miniaci, G., The case of the Third Intermediate Period “shabti-maker of the Amun domain” Padiamun and the change in conception of shabti statuettes, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 100 (2014), 253-282.
Academic qualifications:
University College London – History Department - BA History of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
Institute of Archaeology, University College London – Masters in Ancient Egyptian Archaeology
Lecturing experience:
1999 - 2009: Sessional lecturer in Egyptology University of Reading
2010 - Present: Sessional lecturer in Egyptology University of Oxford
Publications/Articles:
2007 - Whelan, P., Mere Scraps of Rough Wood? 17th–18th Dynasty Stick Shabtis in the Petrie Museum and Other Collections: GHP Egyptology 6, London 2007
2007 - An Unfinished Late Middle Kingdom Stela from Abydos, in Grallert, S. and Grajetzki, W. (eds.) Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt during the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period (GHP Egyptology 7), London 2007
2008 - The mummiform figure of Senankh from Abydos - Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 37 (2008)
2011 - Small Yet Perfectly Formed - Some Observations on Theban Stick Shabti Coffins of the 17th and Early 18th Dynasty, Egitto e vicino Oriente 34 (2011)
2012 - A Recycled Stick Shabti in Ipswich Museum, England, Egitto e vicino Oriente 35 (2012)
2013 - The Marquis' excavations. A tale of two diaries, in: M. Betrò & G. Miniaci (eds.), Talking along the Nile. Ippolito Rosellini, travellers and scholars of the 19th century in Egypt, Pisa 2013
2014 - An unusual shabti for a steward of divine-offerings of Abydos, Revue d'Égyptologie 65 (2014)
2016 - On the Context and Conception of Two ‘Trademark’ Styles from Late Middle Kingdom Abydos, in: Miniaci, G. and Grajetzki, W. (eds.) The World of Middle Kingdom Egypt (2000-1550 BC) vol. II, MKS II, London 2016
I am a freelance illustrator of books and articles including the following titles (besides my own):
BOOKS:
Calcoen, B., in collaboration with Müller-Hazenbos, C., TT176. The Tomb Chapel of Userhat: GHP Egyptology 16, London 2012
Dunn-Vaturi, A.-E., de Voogt, A. and Crist, W., Ancient Egyptians at Play, London 2016
Grajetzki, W., Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, London 2009
Grajetzki, W., The Coffin of Zemathor and Other Rectangular Coffins of the Late Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period: GHP Egyptology 14, London 2010
Grajetzki, W., Tomb Treasures of the Late Middle Kingdom: The Archaeology of Female Burials, Pennsylvania 2013
Soliman, R. Old and Middle Kingdom Theban Tombs, London 2009.
Miniaci, G., Rishi Coffins and the Funerary Culture of Second Intermediate Period Egypt: GHP Egyptology 17, London 2011
ARTICLES:
Ilin-Tomich, A., King Seankhibre and the Middle Kingdom Appeal to the Living, in: Miniaci, G. and Grajetzki, W. (eds.) The World of Middle Kingdom Egypt (2000-1550 BC) vol. I, MKS I, London 2015, 145-168.
Miniaci, G., The incomplete hieroglyphs system at the end of the Middle Kingdom, Revue d'Egyptologie 61 (2010), 113-134.
Miniaci, G. and Quirke, S. Reconceiving the tomb in the late Middle Kingdom: the burial of the accountant of the Main Enclosure Neferhotep at Dra Abu el-Naga, Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale 109 (2009), 339-384
Miniaci, G., The case of the Third Intermediate Period “shabti-maker of the Amun domain” Padiamun and the change in conception of shabti statuettes, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 100 (2014), 253-282.
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Only one canid representation in ivory was found. A survey of votive deposits from other Early Dynastic centres shows a similar paucity or absence of canid figurines in clay or mud. In contrast, many baboon figurines were found at Abydos and other Early Dynastic centres. This article proposes possible reasons to account for the contrasting occurrences of both animals in the Early Dynastic votive figurine corpus and how this relates to the cult of Khentyimentiu at Abydos during this period.
only and ascribes the pectoral to an individual named Wenennefer. However, after receiving photographs of both sides, an inspection of the inscriptions revealed that Wenennefer as a personal name is nowhere to be found and the attribution in the auction catalogue was mistakenly based on the occurrence of the homonymous epithet of Osiris inscribed on the recto.
Despite the lack of an owner’s name, the unique combination of pictorial and textual elements on both sides, including two uncommon epithets, sets this pectoral apart from most others and, therefore, is worthy of further analysis.
Only one canid representation in ivory was found. A survey of votive deposits from other Early Dynastic centres shows a similar paucity or absence of canid figurines in clay or mud. In contrast, many baboon figurines were found at Abydos and other Early Dynastic centres. This article proposes possible reasons to account for the contrasting occurrences of both animals in the Early Dynastic votive figurine corpus and how this relates to the cult of Khentyimentiu at Abydos during this period.
only and ascribes the pectoral to an individual named Wenennefer. However, after receiving photographs of both sides, an inspection of the inscriptions revealed that Wenennefer as a personal name is nowhere to be found and the attribution in the auction catalogue was mistakenly based on the occurrence of the homonymous epithet of Osiris inscribed on the recto.
Despite the lack of an owner’s name, the unique combination of pictorial and textual elements on both sides, including two uncommon epithets, sets this pectoral apart from most others and, therefore, is worthy of further analysis.