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| Raymond Faulkner | |
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| Name | Raymond Faulkner |
| Birth date | 24 June 1888 |
| Death date | 29 March 1976 |
| Birth place | Shaftesbury, Dorset |
| Death place | London |
| Occupation | Egyptologist; philologist; translator |
| Alma mater | University College London; Ecole des Hautes Etudes; British Museum |
| Notable works | The Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian; A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian; A Checklist of Middle Egyptian Grammar |
Raymond Faulkner was a British Egyptologist, philologist, and lexicographer noted for authoritative dictionaries and grammars of Middle Egyptian. His work influenced generations of scholars in Oxford, Cambridge, Berlin, Paris, and Leiden and informed museum catalogues at institutions such as the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Faulkner's editions and translations are standard references across academic departments in University of Chicago, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University.
Faulkner was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset and educated at local schools before attending University College London where he studied under scholars linked to the British Museum and the Egypt Exploration Society. He undertook postgraduate work in Paris at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes and collaborated with curators at the Musée du Louvre and academics at Sorbonne University. His early mentors included figures associated with Oxford University and Cambridge University who had ties to excavations led by the Egypt Exploration Society and the American Research Center in Egypt. Faulkner's formative years intersected with contemporaries connected to the excavations at Amarna, Thebes, Giza, and Saqqara.
Faulkner was employed in roles linked to the British Museum and contributed to cataloguing projects involving artifacts from Abydos, Luxor, Mit Rahina, and other sites excavated by teams from the Egypt Exploration Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Field Museum, and the Department of Antiquities (Egypt). He collaborated with scholars from University College London, University of Cambridge, Oxford University, Leiden University, and the University of Berlin and contributed to periodicals such as the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, and the Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde. Faulkner worked alongside or corresponded with noted Egyptologists associated with excavations at Sedment, Tell el-Amarna, El-Lahun, and Mastaba studies; peers included researchers linked to Howard Carter, Sir Flinders Petrie, Alan Gardiner, Aylward M. Blackman, and T. Eric Peet.
Faulkner authored reference works used in university courses at Oxford University, University of Cambridge, University of Leiden, University of Chicago, and Harvard University. His landmark publications include a concise dictionary and grammar used by curators at the British Museum, cataloguers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and lecturers at University College London. These works were cited in studies of texts from Theban Tombs, Coptic studies connected to Saint Catherine's Monastery, analyses of inscriptions from Karnak, and translations of material from Deir el-Bahri. Faulkner's translations and glossaries informed exhibitions at institutions such as the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Ashmolean Museum, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, and publications by the Egypt Exploration Society and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Egyptian department.
Faulkner employed a philological approach grounded in comparative analysis used in departments at University College London and Sorbonne University and influenced by principles practiced at Oxford University and Berlin University. He emphasized hieroglyphic orthography, morphological paradigms, and semantic range drawing on corpora from Abydos, Saqqara, Valley of the Kings, and Amarna Letters manuscripts preserved in archives curated by the British Museum and the Ashmolean Museum. His method integrated paleographic evidence assessed in collaboration with curators at the Louvre, Pergamon Museum, and Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, and cross-referenced Coptic evidence held in collections at Bibliothèque nationale de France and Vatican Library to reconstruct phonology and syntax, following comparative practices seen in Semitic studies linked to scholars at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of Leipzig.
Faulkner was associated with the British Museum, the Egypt Exploration Society, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies-affiliated networks, and academic institutions such as University College London, Oxford University, and Cambridge University. He contributed to committees and editorial boards connected to the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, the Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, and the Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde. His work was recognized by peers at the Society of Antiquaries of London and referenced in catalogues of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Ashmolean Museum.
Faulkner lived in London and maintained correspondence with scholars at Harvard University, Yale University, University of Chicago, and Princeton University. His legacy endures through use of his dictionaries and grammars in curricula at University College London, Oxford University, University of Cambridge, Leiden University, Heidelberg University, and museums including the British Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Successive generations of Egyptologists working on inscriptions from Thebes, Giza, Amarna, and Saqqara continue to cite his lexical work in catalogues published by the Egypt Exploration Society and exhibition catalogues at the British Museum and V&A Museum.
Category:British Egyptologists Category:1888 births Category:1976 deaths