Boyo Ockinga is an

Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , ''-logia''; ) is the scientific study of ancient Egypt. The topics studied include ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end ...

epigrapher Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...

, and

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

of the ancient

Egyptian language The Egyptian language, or Ancient Egyptian (; ), is an extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages that was spoken in ancient Egypt. It is known today from a large corpus of surviving texts, which were made accessible to the modern world ...

, who holds the position of associate professor in the department of ancient history at

Macquarie University Macquarie University ( ) is a Public university, public research university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the Sydney metropolitan area. ...

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, Australia.

Biography

Ockinga graduated from the

University of Auckland The University of Auckland (; Māori: ''Waipapa Taumata Rau'') is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Initially loc ...

, New Zealand with a BA and an MA, and the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (; ), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University of Tübingen is one of eleven German Excellenc ...

Germany, with a PhD. Ockinga specialises in the art and language of the

New Kingdom of Egypt The New Kingdom, also called the Egyptian Empire, refers to ancient Egypt between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC. This period of History of ancient Egypt, ancient Egyptian history covers the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Eighteenth, ...

and has excavated extensively at a variety of locations in Egypt, including El Mashayikh (near Abydos), Awlad Azzaz (near

Sohag Sohag (, , ), also spelled as Suhag or Suhaj, is a city on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt. It has been the capital of Sohag Governorate since 1960, before which the capital was Girga and the name of the governorate was Girga Governorate. I ...

), Dra Abu el-Naga, and

Saqqara Saqqara ( : saqqāra ), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English , is an Egyptian village in the markaz (county) of Badrashin in the Giza Governorate, that contains ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty, serving as the necropolis for ...

Publications

* "A Note on 2 Samuel 18:18", ''Biblische Notizen'' 31 (1986), pp. 31–34. * "On the Interpretation of the Kadesh Record", ''Chronique d'Égyptologie'' 62 (1987), pp. 38–48. * ''Two Ramesside Tombs at Mashayakh I'', Australian Centre for Egyptology, 1988. * "The Inviolability of Zion: A Pre-Israelite Tradition", ''Biblische Notizen: Betrage zur exegetischen Diskussion'' 44 (1988), pp. 54–60. * Kitchen, K.A. & Ockinga, B., "A Memphite Monument of the Vizier ''T3'' in Sydney", ''Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo'' 48 (1992), pp. 99–103, pls 20–21. * ''A Concise Grammar of Middle Egyptian – An Outline of Middle Egyptian Grammar'' (Revised and expanded), Phillip von Zabern Verlag, 1998. * ''A Tomb from the Reign of Tutankhamun at Awlad Azzaz (Akhmim)'', Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1998. * "An Ancient Egyptian Puzzle: Piecing Together the Saqqara Tomb of the Overseer of Craftsmen and Chief Goldworker, Amenemone", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 9 (1998), pp. 73–87. * "Nag' el-Mashayikh – the Ramesside Tombs", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 1 (1990) * "The Tomb of Sennedjem at Awlad Azzaz (Sohag)", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 2 (1991) * "Macquarie University Theban Tombs Project: TT148 Amenemope: Preliminary Report on the 1991/92 and 1992/93 Seasons", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 4 (1993) * "Another Ramesside Attestation of Usemont, Vizier of Tutankhamun", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 5 (1994) * "Hatshepsut's Election to Kingship: the Ba and Ka in Egyptian Royal Ideology", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 6 (1995) * "Macquarie Theban Tombs Project: TT 148 the Tomb of Amenemope", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 7 (1996) * "An Ancient Egyptian Puzzle: Piecing together the Saqqara Tomb of the Overseer of Craftsmen and Chief Goldworker Amenemone", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 9 (1998) * "Theban Tomb 233 – Saroy regains an identity", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 11 (2000), pp. 103–113. * "Excavations at Dra' Abu el-Naga': Report on the Nov–Dec 2000 and Jan–Feb 2002 Seasons", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 13 (2002) * "TT147 – Observations on its Owners and Erasures", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 15 (2004) * Boyo Ockinga and Ian Plant, ''Egyptian Religion – Greek and Latin Sources in Translation'', Equinox, 2007. (hbk), (pbk)

External links

The Australian Centre for Egyptology

"Unlocking the secrets of Ancient Egypt"
(''Macquarie University News'' article, May 2003, with picture which includes Professor Ockinga) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ockinga, Boyo Australian Egyptologists Australian philologists Academic staff of Macquarie University Living people University of Auckland alumni Year of birth missing (living people) University of Tübingen alumni