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BUREAUCRATIC TERMINOLOGY IN THE TITLES OF EGYPTIAN FUNCTIONARIES OF THE OLD AND MIDDLE KINGDOMS

Issue 2 from 01.04.2010

The article is a complete prosopography and examination of the Egyptian titles with the element hr(j)t-^c/ Xrjw-^c/ Xrj-^c according to the sources from the III - early II millennium BC. I. The regular titles with the element hr(j)t-^c/ hrjw-^c of the Old Kingdom are divided into two groups: 1) titles of scribes, in which hr(j)t-^c means the department of «royal documentation»; 2) titles of offi cials, in which hrjw- ^c means «visa documents». In most other combinations with a title hr(j)-^c is not its element, and means «(one) certifi ed». II. The titles with the element hrj-a of the Middle Kingdom are also divided into two groups: 1) irregular title hrj-^c - «assistant» (with variants); 2) regular titles. As a part of some Middle Kingdom titles, first and foremost of the «treasurers», the title hrj-^c means «representative».

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