Kathrin Gabler

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Kathrin Gabler (born 1984 in Ingolstadt [1] ) is a German Egyptologist. She is the current professor of Egyptology at the University of Mainz, a German U15 research university, and a specialist on Deir el-Medina prosopography, Hieratic script, and Egyptian archaeology. [2] [3] [4]

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Education and academic career

Kathrin Gabler received her Magister Artium degree at the University of Munich in 2010. She obtained her doctoral degree at the same university in 2016 after a stay at Leiden University. [2] After that she taught Egyptology at the University of Munich, the University of Basel, [5] the Humboldt University of Berlin, and the University of Copenhagen. [2] In 2023–2024 she worked at the Cairo Division of the German Archaeological Institute. [2] [4] In July 2024 Kathrin Gabler assumed the full professorship at the University of Mainz, succeeding Ursula Verhoeven-van Elsbergen  [ de ] as the chair of Egyptology. [2]

Kathrin Gabler is a founding member and was an original member of the governing board of the German Association of Egyptology (Verband der Ägyptologie). [6]

Research

Kathrin Gabler has participated in diverse field projects in Egypt, including the British Museum epigraphic and conservation survey at Elkab and Hagr Edfu, the German excavations at the Deir el-Bakhit Coptic monastery. [2] [7] Since 2024, she works at the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III in Kom el-Hettân. [2] As of 2024, Gabler manages the German House in Luxor  [ de ] within the framework of a joint project between the German Archaeological Institute and the University of Mainz. [8] Since 2020, Kathrin Gabler is the director of exploration and restoration works at the Theban tomb TT217 as part of an Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale mission. [9] [10]

In 2019–2023, Gabler participated in the Crossing Boundaries project (a cooperation between the Universities of Basel and Liège as well as Museo Egizio), which processed Deir el-Medina papyri in the Museo Egizio in Turin. [3]

In her monograph, based on PhD dissertation, Gabler examined the service personnel at Deir el-Medina, tracing the data on individual occupations and establishing the patterns of social mobility within this group. [11] The lists of documents for the service personnel compiled in the course of the work are available in open access as part of the Deir el-Medina database. [12] According to Anne Austin, Gabler's book significantly advances the understanding of service professionals at Deir el-Medina. [13] Hanane Gaber maintains that Gabler's book fills a gap in the knowledge of Deir el-Medina personnel. [14] Gabler further published over 20 research papers, editing new textual material and studying different aspects of life at Deir el-Medina and beyond. [15]

Selected publications

Besides, Gabler co-edited five volumes of proceedings of the Münchner and Berliner Arbeitskreis "Junge Ägyptologie" (Young Egyptology), a Festschrift for Susanne Bickel, as well as an Open-Access book series New Kingdom Hieratic Collections From Around the World. [16]

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References

  1. Kathrin Gabler (2024). "Home". Archived from the original on 8 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kathrin Gabler". The University of Mainz. 3 September 2024. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Kathrin Gabler – Crossing Boundaries". 22 August 2024. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024.
  4. 1 2 "DAI - Dr. Kathrin Gabler". German Archaeological Institute. 22 August 2024. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024.
  5. "Dr. Kathrin Gabler". University of Basel. 18 December 2022. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022.
  6. "Wir über uns". Verband der Ägyptologie. 3 September 2024. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024.
  7. Kathrin Gabler (22 August 2024). "About me". Archived from the original on 22 August 2024.
  8. "Verband der Ägyptologie. Newsletter #4" (PDF). Verband der Ägyptologie. June 2024. p. 26-27. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2024.
  9. "TT 217 – The Tomb of the Sculptor Ipuy in Context (personal webpage)". 3 September 2024. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024.
  10. "TT 217 - The Tomb of the Sculptor Ipuy in Context (University of Basel webpage)". University of Basel. 3 March 2024. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024.
  11. Gabler, Kathrin (2018). Who's who around Deir el-Medina. Untersuchungen zur Organisation, Prosopographie und Entwicklung des Versorgungspersonals für die Arbeitersiedlung und das Tal der Könige. Egyptologische Uitgaven. Vol. 31. Peeters. ISBN   978-90-6258-231-0.
  12. "smd.t lists / document lists for the service personnel of Deir el-Medina". The Deir el-Medina Database, Leiden. 3 September 2024. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024.
  13. Austin, Anne (2020). "Gabler, Kathrin: Who's Who around Deir El-Medina. Untersuchungen zur Organisation, Prosopographie und Entwicklung des Versorgungspersonals für die Arbeitersiedlung und das Tal der Könige". Orientalitische Literaturzeitung. 115 (1): 27–29. doi:10.1515/olzg-2020-0005.
  14. Gaber, Hanane (2020). "Gabler, Kathrin: Who's Who around Deir El-Medina. Untersuchungen zur Organisation, Prosopographie und Entwicklung des Versorgungspersonals für die Arbeitersiedlung und das Tal der Könige". Bibliotheca Orientalis. 77 (3–4): 271–276. doi:10.2143/BIOR.77.3.3288774.
  15. Kathrin Gabler (2024). "Publications". Archived from the original on 12 November 2024.
  16. Kathrin Gabler, Andrea Fanciulli, Kathrin Gabler, Jessica Izak, Martina Landrino u. a.: New Kingdom Hieratic Collections From Around the World. Crossing boundaries Band 1, Presses Universitaires de Liège, Liège 2024, ISBN 978-2-87562-415-4, doi : 10.25518/978-2-87562-416-1

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