(contains bibliography from Roman to Islamic times)
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Monographs
Dijkstra, J. H. F., “Syene I. The Figural and Textual Graffiti from the Temple of Isis at Aswan. With a contribution on the Egyptian Texts by E. Cruz-Uribe” (Beiträge zur Ägyptischen Bauforschung und Altertumskunde, vol. 18) (Mainz 2012).
Heisenberg, A., Wenger, L., Byzantinische Papyri der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München (P.Münch) (Stuttgart 1986).
Lefebvre, G., Recueil des inscriptions grecques chrétiennes d’Egypte (Cairo 1907).
Martin-Kilcher, S., Wininger, J., Syene III. Untersuchungen zur römischen Keramik und weiteren Funden aus Syene / Assuan (1.-7. Jahrhundert AD). Grabungen 2001 – 2004, (Beiträge zur Ägyptischen Bauforschung und Altertumskunde, vol. 20) (Mainz 2017).
de Morgan, J., et al., Catalogue des monuments et inscriptions de l’Égypte antique I (Vienna: Adolphe Holzhausen 1894).
Articles/Book chapters:
Adams, J. N., „The Latin of a non-native Speaker: O.Syene Swiss 1“, in: Ast, R. et al. (eds.), Uniformity and Regionalism in Latin Writing Culture in the First Millennium of the Common Era (Wiesbaden 2022) 79-91.
Adams, W. Y., “The Aswan Wares in Nubia, AD 1-1500. Céramiques Égyptiennes au Soudan ancien”, CCE 11 (2018) 303-28.
Aly, S. A., “Seven Ostraca from the Egyptian Museum featuring the tax collector Kalasiris and his Entourage”, ZPE 209 (2019), 215-22.
Bacharach, J. L., Anwar, Sh., “Early Versions of the shahāda: A Tombstone from Aswan of 71 A.H., the Dome of the Rock, and Contemporary Coinage”, Der Islam 89 (2012) 60–9.
Bailey, D. M., “Wine Containers. Aswan Flasks”, in: Aston, D., Bader, B., Gallorini, C., Nicholson, P., Buckingham, S. (eds.), Under the Potter’s Tree: Studies on Ancient Egypt Presented to Janine Bourriau on the Occasion of her 70th Birthday (Leuven 2011) 173-87.
Bell, H. I., “Syene Papyri in the British Museum”, Klio 13 (1913) 160-74.
Burke, K. S., Archaeological texts and contexts on the Red Sea: the Sheikh’s House at Quseir al-Qadim, unpubl. PhD diss. University of Chicago (2007) 45; 219.
Cagnat, R., “Quatre inscriptions latines inédites d’Assouan”, Comptes rendus des séances de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 40/1 (1896) 37-45.
Clackson, S. J., “Four Coptic Papyri from the Patermouthis Archive in the British Library”, BASP 32/3-4 (1995) 97-116.
Dekker, R., “The Memorial stone of Bishop Joseph III of Aswan”, in: Łajtar, A., Ochała, G., van der Vliet, J. (eds.), Nubian Voices II. New texts and studies in Christian Nubian Culture, in: JJP Suppl., vol. 27 (Warsaw 2015) 5–25.
Dijkstra, J. H. F., Worp, K. A., “The Administrative Position of Omboi and Syene in Late Antiquity”, ZPE 155 (2006) 183–7.
Dixneuf, D., “La diffusion des céramiques d’Assouan et des oasis du désert Occidental dans le nord du Sinaï. L’exemple de Péluse”, CCE 9 (2011) 141-65.
Duttenhöfer, R., “Zwei Quittungen für ἀκρόδρυα von der Bank von Syene. BGU XX 2848 und 2849”, in: Reiter, F. (ed.), Dokumentarische Texte der Berliner Papyrussammlung aus ptolemäischer und römischer Zeit. Zur Wiedereröffnung des Neuen Museums (Berliner Griechische Urkunden, vol. 20) (Berlin, Boston 2014) 77-80.
Duttenhöfer, R., “Korrekturen zu Ostraka aus Elephantine/Syene”, ZPE 147 (2004) 180-2.
Feissel, D., Worp, K. A., “La Requête d’Appion, Évêque de Syène, à Théodose II: P.Leid. Z Révisé”, in: Feissel, D. (ed.), Documents, droit, diplomatique de l’Empire romain tardif (Bilans de recherche, vol. 7) (Paris 2010) 339–61.
Fournet, J.-L., “Inscriptions grecques inédites de la rive ouest d’Assouan. Du nouveau sur le colosse chantant de Memnon?”, BIAO 96 (1996) 143–70.
Gallorini, C., Giuliani, S., “Egyptian Pottery from the Pan Grave Cemetery at Nag el-Qarmila, Aswan, in: Schiestl, R., Seiler, A. (eds.), Handbook of Pottery of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, vol. II: The Regional Volume (Denkschriften der Gesamtakademie, vol. 72 = SCIEM, vol. 3 = Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean, vol. 28) (Vienna 2012) 321-8. online available
Gonis, N. “Two Ostraca from Syene / Elephantine”, ZPE 156 (2006) 197-8.
Graff, G., Marchand, S., “Note sur la découverte isolée d’un vase décoré de Nubie d’époque chrétienne tardive dans le Ouadi Abu Subeira Assouan, désert oriental”, BCE 26 (2016) 297-302. online available
Guiliani, S., “C-Group and Pan-Grave between Aswan and Kom Ombo”, in: Raue et al. (eds.), The First Cataract of the Nile: One Region, Diverse Perspectives (Berlin 2013) 67-75.
Hepa, M., “Die Römischen Kleinfunde aus Syene (Assuan)”, Études et Travaux – Studia i Prace 27 (2014) 151-9.
Hepa, M., “Selected pottery assemblages and the date of the Animal Necropolis in Area 2 (Birket Damas)”, in: Report on the 16th Season of the Joint Swiss-Egyptian Mission in Syene / Old Aswan (2015/2016) 27-32.
Hepa, M., “Studies on pottery from Areas 50, 84, 88 und 92 in the centre of Graeco-Roman Aswan”, in: Report on the 17th Season of the Joint Swiss-Egyptian Mission in Syene / Old Aswan (2016/2017) 19-27.
Hepa, M., “The Roman Imperial and Late Antique pottery sequence of Area 81”, in: Report on the 18th Season of the Joint Swiss-Egyptian Mission in Syene / Old Aswan (2017/2018) 17-31.
Hepa, M., “A Clay Gladius Scabbard from Area 13c in the Ancient Roman Town of Syene”, EtudTrav 31 (2018) 167-79.
Hepa, M., “Ptolemaic pottery from levelling layers in Area 3”, in: Report on the 19th Season of the Joint Swiss-Egyptian Mission in Syene / Old Aswan (2018/2019) 15-23.
Hepa, M., The chronological development of the Ptolemaic and Roman town quarter in Area 3. A stratigraphical study on the pottery, in Report on the 20th Season of the Joint Swiss-Egyptian Mission in Syene / Old Aswan (2019/2020).
Hopp, D., “Ein Brotstempel orthodoxer Christen aus Assuan”, Kemet 15,4 (2008) 50-1.
Keenan, J. G., “Evidence for the Byzantine army in the Syene papyri”, BASP 27 1/4 (1990) 139-50.
Martin, A. “Products of Aswan at Schedia, western Delta, Egypt”, in: Dixneuf, D. (ed.), Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean. Archaeology and Archaeometry, vol. 5/2 (Alexandria 2017) 859-67. Online available
Martin-Kilcher, S., “Syene-Assuan (Ägypten). Eine Keramikplatte des 7. Jahrhunderts mit gemaltem Kreuz aus einem frühchristlichen Sakralkomplex”, CCE 9 (2011) 217-27.
Müller, W., Forster-Müller, I., “A Newly Discovered ‘Soul House’ in Assuan”, in: Jiménez Serrano, A., Von Pilgrim, C. (eds.), From the Delta to the Cataract. Studies Dedicated to Mohamed el-Bialy (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, vol. 76) (Leiden 2015) 189-201.
Richter, T. S., “Eine koptische und eine arabische Bauinschrift zwischen Assuan und Kom Ombo”, in: Łajtar, A., Obłuski, A., Zych, I. (eds.), Aegyptus et Nubia Christiana: The Włodzimierz Godlewski Jubilee Volume on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday (Warsaw 2016) 231-46. Online available
Schmidt, S., “The problem of the origin of tombstones from Aswān in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo”, CdE 96 (2021), 353-70. Online available
Schmidt, S., “Drei Bischöfe von Syene namens Joseph. Inschriften, Tonlämpchen und ein Ostrakon. Mit einem Beitrag von Ruth Duttenhöfer”, JJP 48 (2018) 185-205. Online available
Storemyr, P., et al., “Ancient Desert and Quarry Roads on the West Bank of the Nile in the First Cataract Region”, in: Förster, F., Riemer, H. (eds.), Desert Road Archaeology in Ancient Egypt and Beyond Köln (Africa Praehistorica, vol. 27) (Cologne 2013) 399-423.
Torallas Tovar, S., “6. Report on the study of Greek ostraca from Syene”, in: von Pilgrim, C. et al, Report on the 18th Season oft he Joint Swiss-Egyptian Mission in Syene / Old Aswan (2017/2018) 33–8.
Williams, G., “The Aswan Area at the Dawn of Egyptian History”, Egyptian Archaeology 35 (2009) 12-5.
Williams, G., “Another View from the Edge: The Frontier of Aswan in the Early Islamic World”, Bulletin of the American Research Center in Egypt (2017) 36-9.
Williams, G., “Medieval Ceramics from Aswan”, BCE 28 (2018) 297-305.