[First posted in AWOL 14 September 2018, updated 13 January 2022]
The online database “Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom” (PNM) is developed as part of the project “Umformung und Variabilität im Korpus altägyptischer Personennamen 2055–1550 v. Chr.”, funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. The database contains Egyptian Middle Kingdom personal names, people, written sources, titles, and dossiers of persons attested in various sources. Version 2, currently available online, covers the sources from the reign of Mentuhotep II to the reign of Kamose (late 11th–17th Dynasty). The database is a work in progress. Along with additional sources, future versions will also include better translations and classification of names as well as translations of titles.
Information about the database
- Preface and acknowledgments
- The project and its participants
- Key concepts and previous reference works
- Database versions and citing rules
- What is included in the database
- Technical information
- Hieroglyphic spellings
- Translation and transliteration conventions
- Translations
- Abbreviations
- Used archival sources
- Useful resources and related tools