Programme
10th of January
arrival of participants
19:00 Evening lecture by Paolo Matthiae (Univ. La Sapienza, Rome)
Archaeology and History of Old Syrian Ebla and Recent Researches in Middle Bronze I-II Syria
please note that the evening lecture will take place at the Institute of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna, Hörsaal "2D-EG-25" Erdgeschoss, Spitalgasse 2, Hof 4, 1090 Vienna.

11th of January
morning session
9:00 Opening of the conference by Manfred Bietak: Ancient Archives and Seal Impressions: A Problem for Chronological Research
10:00 Ernst Czerny An early appearance of "hwt wcr.t" on a Seal impression from Tell el Dab'a
10:30 Michaela Hüttner Scarabs from the excavations of Ezbet Helmi from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age
11:00 coffee break
11:30 Christa Mlinar Scarab Workshops at Tell el Dab'a
12:30 lunch break
afternoon session
14:00 Tine Bagh Early Middle Kingdom seals and seal impressions from Abu Ghâlib in the Western Niledelta
14:45 Geoffrey T. Martin Seals and Seal Impressions from Lisht North and Lisht South
15:45 Vera Müller The Chronological Implication of Seal Impressions: Further Evidence for Cultic Activities in the Middle Kingdom in the Early Dynastic Royal Necropolis at Umm el-Qaab/Abydos
16:30 coffee break
17:00 Josef William Wegner Sealings of the s3t-nswt Renyseneb and other female seal impressions in the mayoral residence and settlement of Wah-sut: historical and social implications
17:00 coffee break
18:00 Stuart Tyson Smith Sealing Practice at Askut and the Nubian Fortresses: Implications for Middle Kingdom Scarab Chronology and Historical Synchronisms
19:00 receptionat the SCIEM 2000 offices
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12th of January
morning session
9:00 Stephen Quirke Names or signs? Remarks on hieroglyphs among SIP scarabs
10:00 Othmar Keel The earliest groups of locally produced scarabs from Palestine
11:00 Daphna Ben-Tor Second Intermediate Period scarabs from Egypt and Palestine: historical and chronological implications
12:00 coffee break
12:30 Nir Lalkin Late Bronze Age Scarabs from the Southern Levant - chronological and historical implications
13:30 lunch break
afternoon session
14:30 Baruch Brandl Scarabs and Plaques bearing Royal Names of the early 20th Egyptian Dynasty found in Canaan - From Sethnakht to Ramesses IV
15:30 Gabriella Scandone Matthiae The "Hyksos" Scarabs of Ebla
16:30 Jacke Phillips The Odd Man Out: Minoan Scarabs and Scaraboids
17:45 general discussion
19:00 reception at the SCIEM 2000 offices
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13th of January
departure of participants