# Boyo Ockinga

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{{Short description|Australian Egyptologist}}
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'''Boyo Ockinga''' is an [Egyptologist](/source/Egyptologist), [epigrapher](/source/Epigraphy), and [philologist](/source/philologist) of the ancient [Egyptian language](/source/Egyptian_language), who holds the position of associate professor in the department of ancient history at [Macquarie University](/source/Macquarie_University) in [Sydney](/source/Sydney), Australia.

==Biography==
Ockinga graduated from the [University of Auckland](/source/University_of_Auckland), New Zealand with a BA and an MA, and the [University of Tübingen](/source/University_of_T%C3%BCbingen) Germany, with a PhD. Ockinga specialises in the art and language of the [New Kingdom of Egypt](/source/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt) and has excavated extensively at a variety of locations in Egypt, including [El Mashayikh](/source/Lepidotonpolis) (near [Abydos](/source/Abydos%2C_Egypt)), Awlad Azzaz (near [Sohag](/source/Sohag)), [Dra Abu el-Naga](/source/Dra_Abu_el-Naga), and [Saqqara](/source/Saqqara).

==Publications==
* "A Note on 2 Samuel 18:18", ''Biblische Notizen'' 31 (1986), pp.&nbsp;31–34.
* "On the Interpretation of the Kadesh Record", ''Chronique d'Égyptologie'' 62 (1987), pp.&nbsp;38–48.
* ''Two Ramesside Tombs at Mashayakh I'', Australian Centre for Egyptology, 1988. {{ISBN|0-85668-453-8}}
* "The Inviolability of Zion: A Pre-Israelite Tradition", ''Biblische Notizen: Betrage zur exegetischen Diskussion'' 44 (1988), pp.&nbsp;54–60.
* [Kitchen, K.A.](/source/Kenneth_Kitchen) & Ockinga, B., "A Memphite Monument of the Vizier ''T3'' in Sydney", ''Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo'' 48 (1992), pp.&nbsp;99–103, pls 20–21.
* ''A Concise Grammar of Middle Egyptian – An Outline of Middle Egyptian Grammar'' (Revised and expanded), Phillip von Zabern Verlag, 1998. {{ISBN|3-8053-2501-0}}
* ''A Tomb from the Reign of Tutankhamun at Awlad Azzaz (Akhmim)'', Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1998.
* "An Ancient Egyptian Puzzle: Piecing Together the Saqqara Tomb of the Overseer of Craftsmen and Chief Goldworker, Amenemone", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 9 (1998), pp.&nbsp;73–87.
* "Nag' el-Mashayikh – the Ramesside Tombs", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 1 (1990)
* "The Tomb of Sennedjem at Awlad Azzaz (Sohag)", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 2 (1991)
* "Macquarie University Theban Tombs Project: TT148 Amenemope: Preliminary Report on the 1991/92 and 1992/93 Seasons", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 4 (1993)
* "Another Ramesside Attestation of Usemont, Vizier of Tutankhamun", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 5 (1994)
* "Hatshepsut's Election to Kingship: the Ba and Ka in Egyptian Royal Ideology", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 6 (1995)
* "Macquarie Theban Tombs Project: TT 148 the Tomb of Amenemope", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 7 (1996)
* "An Ancient Egyptian Puzzle: Piecing together the Saqqara Tomb of the Overseer of Craftsmen and Chief Goldworker Amenemone", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 9 (1998)
* "Theban Tomb 233 – Saroy regains an identity", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 11 (2000), pp.&nbsp;103–113.
* "Excavations at Dra' Abu el-Naga': Report on the Nov–Dec 2000 and Jan–Feb 2002 Seasons", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 13 (2002)
* "TT147 – Observations on its Owners and Erasures", ''Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology'' 15 (2004)
* Boyo Ockinga and Ian Plant, ''Egyptian Religion – Greek and Latin Sources in Translation'', Equinox, 2007. {{ISBN|1-84553-031-4}} (hbk), {{ISBN|1-84553-032-2}} (pbk)

==External links==
* [https://www.mq.edu.au/research/research-centres-groups-and-facilities/groups/the-australian-centre-for-egyptology The Australian Centre for Egyptology]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061005002248/http://www.pr.mq.edu.au/macnews/showitem.asp?ItemID=178 "Unlocking the secrets of Ancient Egypt"] (''Macquarie University News'' article, May 2003, with picture which includes Professor Ockinga)

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