In memoriam Harold M Hays (1965-2013)

 

"It is with profound sadness that we have learned of the passing of our colleague and friend, Dr Harold M Hays. Harold passed away on Wednesday 20 November, in his sleep, as a result of heart failure. ..."
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Sad news today on the death of Harold M. Hays, Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago in 2006.

Select bibliography of Harold:

Hays, Harold M. 2002. “The Worshipper and the Worshipped in the Pyramid Texts.” Studien Zur Altägyptischen Kultur 30: 153–167.

———. 2003. “A New Offering Table for Shepenwepet.” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 40: 89–102.

———. 2004. “Transformation of Context: The Field of Rushes in Old and Middle Kingdom Mortuary Literature.” In D’un Monde a L’autre: Texts Des Pyramides et Textes Des Sarcophages: Actes de La Tabe Ronde Internationale “Textes Des Pyramides Versus Textes Des Sarcophages” IFAO - 24-26 Septembre 2001, edited by Bickel, Susanne and Mathieu, Bernard, 175–200. Bibliothèque d’Étude 139. Le Caire: Institut français d’archéologie orientale.

———. 2005. “Review of: Redford, Donald B. (ed.). The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 64 (3): 204–206.

———. 2006. “The Typological Structure of the Pyramid Texts and Its Continuities with Middle Kingdom Mortuary Literature: A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the University of Chicago in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations”. Chicago: University of Chicago.

———. 2007. “The Mutability of Tradition: The Old Kingdom Heritage and Middle Kingdom Signigicance of Coffin Texts Spell 343.” Jaarbericht van Het Vooraziatisch-Egyptische Genootschap “Ex Oriente Lux” 40

———. 2009a. “Between Identity and Agency in Ancient Egyptian Ritual.” In “Being in Ancient Egypt”: Thoughts on Agency, Materiality and Cognition: Proceedings of the Seminar Held in Copenhagen, September 29-30, 2006, edited by Nyord, Rune and Kjølby, Annette, 15–30. Oxford: Archaeopress.

———. 2009b. “Old Kingdom Sacredotal Texts.” Jaarbericht van Het Vooraziatisch-Egyptische Genootschap “Ex Oriente Lux”: Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society “Ex Ortiente Lux” - Annuaire de La Société Orientale “Ex Oriente Lux” 41: 47–94.

———. 2009c. “The Ritual Scenes in the Chapels of Amun.” In The Eighteenth Dynasty Temple: Part 1: The Inner Sanctuaries with Translations of Texts, Commentary, and Glossary (Plates 1-142), by The Epigraphic Survey, 1–14. Oriental Institute Publications 136. Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

———. 2009d. “Unreading the Pyramids.” Bulletin de L’institut Français D’archéologie Orientale 109: 195–220.

———. 2011. “The Death of the Democratisation of the Afterlife.” In Old Kingdom, New Perspectives: Egyptian Art and Archaeology 2750-2150 BC, edited by Strudwick, Nigel and Strudwick, Helen, 115–130. Oxford: Oxbow Books.

———. 2012a. The Organization of the Pyramid Texts: Typology and Disposition (Volume One). Vol. 31. Probleme Der Ägyptologie. Leiden.
Online:
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/9789004227491

———. 2012b. The Organization of the Pyramid Texts: Typology and Disposition (Volume Two). Vol. 31. Probleme Der Ägyptologie. Leiden.
Online:
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/9789004227491

———. 2013. “Funerary Cult, Pharaonic Egypt.” In The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Volume 5: Ec-Ge, edited by Bagnall, Roger S., Brodersen, Kai, Champion, Craige B., Erskine, Andrew, and Huebner, Sabine R., 2788–2791. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.

Hays, Harold M., and Schenck, William. 2007. “Intersection of Ritual Space and Ritual Representation: Pyramid Texts in Eighteenth Dynasty Theban Tombs.” In Sacred Space and Sacred Function in Ancient Thebes, edited by Dorman, Peter F. and Bryan, Betsy M., 97–116. Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilizations 61. Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

Raven, Maarten J., Hays, Harold M., Aston, Barbara G., Cappers, René, Deslandes, Bruno, and Horácková, Ladislava. 2011. “Preliminary Report on the Leiden Excavations at Saqqara, Season 2010: An Anonymous Tomb.” Jaarbericht van Het Vooraziatisch-Egyptische Genootschap “Ex Oriente Lux” 43: 3–18.

Raven, Maarten J., Hays, Harold M., Lacher, Claudia, Duistermaat, Kim, Regulski, Ilona, Aston, Barbara G., Horácková, Ladislava, and Warner, Nicholas. 2009. “Preliminary Report on the Leiden Excavations at Saqqara, Season 2008: The Tomb of Ptahemwia.” Jaarbericht van Het Vooraziatisch-Egyptische Genootschap “Ex Oriente Lux” 41: 5–30.

Academia.edu Page:
https://leidenuniv.academia.edu/HaroldHays

Leiden University Page:
http://hum.leiden.edu/lias/staff/hayshm.html#contact

Dissertation on Proquest:
http://search.proquest.com/docview/304953841?accountid=14657