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(1996-2001) I studied Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology at 'Sapienza' University of Rome ('Laurea' in Egyptology with a thesis regarding the cultural interactions between Egypt and Magna Graecia). (2003) I held a postgraduate Fellowship at the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Wien, Aegyptische Sammlung. During my stay in Vienna, I carried out a research project concerning Egyptian and Egyptianizing finds from Ancient Sicily and Southern Italy in the light of the literary evidence. (2004-2006) Doctoral Courses in Classical Philology at the University of Florence. I discussed my Dissertation on a selection of fragments of Old and Middle Attic Comedy. (2006-8) I specialized at the "School of Oriental Archaeology" of 'Sapienza' University (I submitted a final thesis on Aegean pottery in Egypt). (2010-11) I studied Coptic Language both at the Pontificium Institutum Biblicum and at the Pontificium Institutum Orientale - Rome. (2011) I gave some lectures on Ancient Egyptian Language and History at the University of Catania (Sicily).
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In this paper the author reads some surviving literary and historical sources - in particular Phi... more In this paper the author reads some surviving literary and historical sources - in particular Philochorus FGrHist 328 F 119 - concerning a gift of corn sent in 445/4 BC to the Athenians by Psammetichus, a prince of Lybian descent, in the light of the cultural and trade relations between Achaemenid Egypt and Athens in the Fifth Century BC. She also offers a new analysis of a verse from Cratinus' Thracian Women (frg. 76 K.-A.), which perhaps contains a reference not to this gift by Psammetichus, but to the golden cups that belonged to the Egyptian merchant Paapis, explicitly mentioned both in IG II.2 1383 and in a fragment from a Leucon's play (frg. 1 K.-A.).

The present contribution investigates the condition of fugitives and refugees - runaway slaves or... more The present contribution investigates the condition of fugitives and refugees - runaway slaves or individual freemen who fled for economic or political reasons, as well as entire village communities - in the Ancient Near Eastern societies, especially during the Late Bronze Age, through different documents (Hittite treaties with rulers of equal rank or with vassal kings, the diplomatic correspondence from Amarna, administrative and legal documentation from Alalakh IV and from the international archives found in the Royal Palace at Ugarit).

Satura Editrice, Napoli 2020

After some observations on the rise of different typologies of servitude in the Egyptian society ... more After some observations on the rise of different typologies of servitude in the Egyptian society from the end of the Old Kingdom, this paper investigates the condition of the Egyptian slaves or servants during the Middle Kingdom through administrative documents and literary compositions. The figure and the life of some slaves and servants emerge clearly from these ancient Egyptian texts: the royal-servant Wadj-hau in a letter from Lahun (UC 32210); Sobekemheb, a slave who was caught up after he had fled (UC 32209); the servants of Djedi in P.Westcar (7, 15-16); the housemaid Senen , who was turned out of the house of her master Heqanakhte, because she was insolent towards her mistress, or the serving-maid Imiu, who is seriously ill, so her mistress writes a letter to her dead husband, asking him to heal her. But it is the analysis of the final novel preserved by P.Westcar to give us a vivid picture of the life of a maidservant during the Middle Kingdom.

This paper investigates some legal aspects of the Egyptian slavery during the Saite and Persian P... more This paper investigates some legal aspects of the Egyptian slavery during the Saite and Persian Periods through legal documents relating to the 'voluntary servitude', an Egyptian institution not known before the XXVI th Dynasty. The deeds are whether 'contracts of self-sale', with an agreement between a slave and his master for a specified amount of money and grain, or 'unilateral acts of self-dedication', in which the suppliant is the only contracting party. In the first typology, the b3k sells himself to a master for one year of service, or for an ideal life-time (but we know that such contracts have to be renewed from time to time): the legal status of the man is not that of slavery proper, because the b3k abrogates only partially his rights, retaining those concerning property and labour. In the second typology of deeds, the suppliant seeks the protection of a religious institution against human and spiritual evils; il may be assumed that the temple's authority is not absolute. In conclusion, we can argue that Egyptian slave in Saite and Persian times had a legally recognized status.

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In this paper the author reads some surviving literary and historical sources - in particular Phi... more In this paper the author reads some surviving literary and historical sources - in particular Philochorus FGrHist 328 F 119 - concerning a gift of corn sent in 445/4 BC to the Athenians by Psammetichus, a prince of Lybian descent, in the light of the cultural and trade relations between Achaemenid Egypt and Athens in the Fifth Century BC. She also offers a new analysis of a verse from Cratinus' Thracian Women (frg. 76 K.-A.), which perhaps contains a reference not to this gift by Psammetichus, but to the golden cups that belonged to the Egyptian merchant Paapis, explicitly mentioned both in IG II.2 1383 and in a fragment from a Leucon's play (frg. 1 K.-A.).

The present contribution investigates the condition of fugitives and refugees - runaway slaves or... more The present contribution investigates the condition of fugitives and refugees - runaway slaves or individual freemen who fled for economic or political reasons, as well as entire village communities - in the Ancient Near Eastern societies, especially during the Late Bronze Age, through different documents (Hittite treaties with rulers of equal rank or with vassal kings, the diplomatic correspondence from Amarna, administrative and legal documentation from Alalakh IV and from the international archives found in the Royal Palace at Ugarit).

Satura Editrice, Napoli 2020

After some observations on the rise of different typologies of servitude in the Egyptian society ... more After some observations on the rise of different typologies of servitude in the Egyptian society from the end of the Old Kingdom, this paper investigates the condition of the Egyptian slaves or servants during the Middle Kingdom through administrative documents and literary compositions. The figure and the life of some slaves and servants emerge clearly from these ancient Egyptian texts: the royal-servant Wadj-hau in a letter from Lahun (UC 32210); Sobekemheb, a slave who was caught up after he had fled (UC 32209); the servants of Djedi in P.Westcar (7, 15-16); the housemaid Senen , who was turned out of the house of her master Heqanakhte, because she was insolent towards her mistress, or the serving-maid Imiu, who is seriously ill, so her mistress writes a letter to her dead husband, asking him to heal her. But it is the analysis of the final novel preserved by P.Westcar to give us a vivid picture of the life of a maidservant during the Middle Kingdom.

This paper investigates some legal aspects of the Egyptian slavery during the Saite and Persian P... more This paper investigates some legal aspects of the Egyptian slavery during the Saite and Persian Periods through legal documents relating to the 'voluntary servitude', an Egyptian institution not known before the XXVI th Dynasty. The deeds are whether 'contracts of self-sale', with an agreement between a slave and his master for a specified amount of money and grain, or 'unilateral acts of self-dedication', in which the suppliant is the only contracting party. In the first typology, the b3k sells himself to a master for one year of service, or for an ideal life-time (but we know that such contracts have to be renewed from time to time): the legal status of the man is not that of slavery proper, because the b3k abrogates only partially his rights, retaining those concerning property and labour. In the second typology of deeds, the suppliant seeks the protection of a religious institution against human and spiritual evils; il may be assumed that the temple's authority is not absolute. In conclusion, we can argue that Egyptian slave in Saite and Persian times had a legally recognized status.

If you wish to read the complete text, please send a message to the Author.

ERRATA CORRIGE: p. 76 n. 31: read CHAUVEAU instead of CHAUYEAU

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A Response to: "Talk Like an Egyptian?". Review of A. Sofia, Sfingi e Sirene. La presenza egizia ... more A Response to: "Talk Like an Egyptian?". Review of A. Sofia, Sfingi e Sirene. La presenza egizia nella Sicilia greca del V sec. a.C.: testimonianze nella commedia dorica e nel mimo, Roma 2013, by A. Bagordo.In: Gnomon 91/2, 2019, 103-108

La casa editrice Scienze e Lettere dal 1919 ha il piacere di invitarvi alla presentazione del vol... more La casa editrice Scienze e Lettere dal 1919 ha il piacere di invitarvi alla presentazione del volume: 'Sfingi e Sirene. La presenza egizia nella Sicilia greca del V secolo a.C.: testimonianze nella commedia dorica e nel mimo'

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