Detlef Franke

Detlef Franke (* November 24, 1952 in Lüneburg, † 2 September 2007) was a German Egyptologist.

Detlef Franke in 1983 received his doctorate at the University of Hamburg with the work of Egyptian kinship terms in the Middle Kingdom. The habilitation was followed in 1994 with the work of the sanctuary Heqaib on Elephantine. History of a provincial sanctuary in the Middle Kingdom at the University of Heidelberg, where he subsequently taught until his death as a lecturer. Franke researched mainly to the Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt. His last project was the creation of a catalog of the stelae of the Middle Kingdom in the British Museum.

Writings (selection )

• Egyptian kinship terms in the Middle Kingdom ( = Hamburger Egyptological studies. H. 3). Borg, Hamburg 1983, ISBN 3-921598-13-3 (also: Hamburg, University, Dissertation, 1983).
• The sanctuary of Heqaib on Elephantine. History of a provincial sanctuary in the Middle Kingdom ( = Studies in the Archaeology and History of Ancient Egypt. Vol. 9). Heidelberger Orient Verlag, Heidelberg, 1994, ISBN 3-927552-17-8 (also: Heidelberg University, Habilitation Thesis, 1991).
• Personal data from the Middle Kingdom. ( 20th - 16th century BC). Dossiers 1-796 ( = Ägyptologische treatises. Vol. 41). Harr Rasso joke, Wiesbaden 1984, ISBN 3-447-02484-4.
• Thebes and Memphis - cities in Egypt. In: Michael Jansen, Bernd Roeck (eds): Origin and development of cities ( = Publications of the Interdisciplinary Working Group Urban Culture Studies ( VIAS ) Vol 4. ). Association of Friends of Reiff, Aachen 2002, ISBN 3-936971-16-1, pp. 7-20 (PDF file).
• Egyptian Stelae in the British Museum from the 13th - 17th Dynasties. Volume I, Fascicule 1: Descriptions. Edited by Marcel Maree. British Museum Publications, London, 2013, ISBN 978-0-7141-1987-8.