Download or read book New Approaches in Demotic Studies written by Franziska Naether and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume collects current research on manuscripts written in the demotic language, which have recently been discovered in excavations or which can be found in museums worldwide. The manuscripts’ topics range from religion, law, and literature through ancient Egyptian linguistics to the history of economics as well as social history. Featured articles were first presented at the International Conference for Demotic Studies in Leipzig.