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简介:1.Introduction*Theadministrativetitle‘scribeofthenecropolis’(sSnp#Xr1)isawell-knownandwell-studiedaspectofNewKingdomscholarship.2ForthedurationoftheroyalnecropolisatThebes(1550–1069BCE.),todayknownastheValleyoftheKings,thescribeofthenecropoliswasresponsibleforkeepingdailyaccountsoftheworkundertakenatthesite,andsupplyinganddistributingrationsforthegeneralworkforce.OtherdutiesarealsodocumentedincludingthedeliveryofgoodsandsuppliestothevillageofDeirel-Medina,homeofthenecropolisworkersandtheirfamilies.3Throughoutthealmostfour-hundredyearperiodofactivityattheThebanNecropolisduringtheNewKingdom,theofficialrecordsarefullofreferencestoscribesinvariouscontexts.
简介:The8thCooperativeWorkForumonAncientTibetanDocumentswasheldbytheofficesforthecollationoftheancientTibetandocumentsintheTibetAutonomousRegion,QinghaiProvince,GansuProvince,SichuanProvince,YunnanProvinceandBeijingfromthe22ndtothe25thofOctober,2002.TheforumwashostedbyChina'sTibetologyResearchCenter.Duringtheforum,theCenteralsoheldanexhibitionoftheachievementsofancientTibetandocumentsmadebytheabove-mentionedsixoffices.
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简介:Waterclockisavitalinstrumenttotellthetimeinancientsocieties.TheIndianwaterclockstayedinastereotypesincethe5thcenturyA.D.,tilltheenteringofBritish,bothinliteratureandpeople'slife.While,beforethe5thcenturyA.D.,fewliteraturerecordedthewaterclocksindetail,exceptVedāgajyotisaandKautilya'sArtha(s)stra.However,ifwelookatthevastBuddhistliterature,wemightgetasurprisefromtheBuddhistsutras,like(S)ārdūlakarnāvadāma((S)k-av).