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Stefan Jakobielski

Stefan Karol Jakobielski (born August 11, 1937 in Warsaw) is a Polish historian, archaeologist, philologist, epigraphist. One of the pioneers of nubiology. He participated in archaeological research in Faras, Tell Atrib, Palmyra, Deir el-Bahari and Qasr Ibrim; directed the archaeological works at Old Dongola.

Biography

Stefan Jakobielski was born on August 11, 1937 in Warsaw. His parents were Karol Jakobielski and Halina née Grzymała. He graduated from secondary school – liceum im. St. Małachowskiego – in Płock. He began studying at the University of Warsaw in 1954.[1]

Since the early 1960s he participated in the excavation works in Faras led by Kazimierz Michałowski. From 1961 Jakobielski participated in the archaeological effort as a coptologist, documenting and researching inscriptions. He took part in key works at the archaeological site in Faras – the discovery of the cathedral with wall paintings in the 1961/62 season and during two subsequent expeditions:1962/1963 and 1963/64; he also participated in the removal and transfer of wall paintings and the documentation of discoveries,[2] presented now at the Faras Gallery at the National Museum in Warsaw. In early 1960s Stefan Jakobielski participated in works at many other archaeological sites: in 1962, as an epigrapher at Tell Atrib and Palmyra.[2] In 1962/63 he took part in research and excavation work at Deir el-Bahari at the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut and the temple of Totmes III. In 1968 Jakobielski successfully defended his phD thesis.

In 1966 Stefan Jakobielski became director of excavation works at the Nubian site of Dongola,[3] a function he held until 2006. Reports from excavations at that site were published in "Dongola Studien". The excavations in Dongola were concluded by an exhibition at the National Museum in Warsaw in 2006, entitled Polish excavations in Old Dongola. 45 years of archaeological cooperation with Sudan; Jakobielski was the co-curator of that exhibition. The exhibition contained artifacts discovered at multiple sites and borrowed from the National Museum of Sudan in Khartoum.[4]

From 1972 to 1974 by invitation of the Egypt Exploration Society[3] Jakobielski participated in a British-American-Polish archaeological mission in Qasr Ibrim as archaeologist-epigraphist.

In 1974–2002 Stefan Jakobielski was the director of the Nubiology Department at the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archeology, and at the same time he directed the chaired the Department Archaeological and Architectural Documentation at the same institution. From 1974 till 1989 he lectured at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw.[3]

Stefan Jakobielski is the author of numerous publications and editor of scientific journals, including Nubia, Études et Travaux, Nubielskica et Aethiopica and Bibliotheca nubica. Since 2005, co-editor of "Gdańsk Archaeological Museum African Reports".

Membership in scientific associations

Stefan Jakobielski was one of the initiators of the International Society of Nubiology, established in 1972, and in 1978–1986 he served as a member of the Society's Board. Since 1980 he was a correspondent of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Stefan Jakobielski also belongs to the International Association of Egyptologists.

Distinctions

Stefan Jakobielski was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Selected publications

  • 50 years of Polish excavations in Egypt and the Near East: acts of the Symposium at the Warsaw University 1986, éd. S. Jakobielski, J. Karkowski, Varsovie: Centre d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences 1992.
  • A. S. Atiya, Historia Kościołów Wschodnich, Warsaw 1978 [Translation of chapters I–VII, XXVII and Epilogue by Stefan Jakobielski]
  • Dongola-Studien: 35 Jahre polnischer Forschungen im Zentrum des makuritischen Reiches, hrsg. von S. Jakobielski, P. O. Scholz, Warsaw: Zakład Archeologii Śródziemnomorskiej Polskiej Akademii Nauk 2001.
  • S. Jakobielski, 35 Years of Polish Excavations at Old Dongola. A Factfile [w:] Dongola-Studien, 35 Jahre polnischer Forschungen im Zentrum des makuritischen Reiches, ed. S. Jakobielski, P. Scholz, "Bibliotheca nubica et aethiopica" vol. 7, Warszawa-Wiesbaden, 2001, p. 1–48.
  • S. Jakobielski, Christian Nubia at the height of its Civilization [in:] General History of Africa (UNESCO), vol. III – Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century, Paris – Berkeley, 1988, p. 194–223.
  • S. Jakobielski, The Early Christian Period in Nubia [w:] History of Humanity, Scientific and Cultural Development, vol. III: From the Seventh Century BC to the Seventh Century AD, ed.: J. Herrmann, E. Zürcher, chap. 15.2.3, UNESCO Paris, New York 1996, p. 326–331.
  • S. Jakobielski, Grecka inskrypcja fundacyjna katedry w Faras, "Rocznik Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie" 1966, 10, p. 99–106
  • S. Jakobielski, A history of the bishopric of Pachoras on the basis of Coptic inscriptions, Warsaw: Éditions Scientifiques de Pologne 1972.
  • S. Jakobielski, The inscriptions, ostraca and graffiti [w:] Soba, Archaeological Research at a Medieval Capital on the Blue Nile, Memoirs of the BIEA, red. D.A. Welsby, C.M. Daniels, nr 12, London 1991, p. 274–296.
  • S. Jakobielski, Das Kloster der Heiligen Dreifaltigkeit. Bauphasen des nordwestlichen Anbaus [w:] Dongola-Studien, 35 Jahre polnischer Forschungen im Zentrum des makuritischen Reiches, red. S. Jakobielski, P. Scholz, "Bibliotheca nubica et aethiopica" vol. 7, Warszawa-Wiesbaden, 2001, p. 141–168.
  • S. Jakobielski, La liste des évêques de Pakhoras, "Études et Travaux" 1, 1965, p. 151–170.
  • S. Jakobielski, The Monastery in Old Dongola: Excavation of the North-Western Annexe 1998–2002, "Gdansk Archaeological Museum African Reports", 2005
  • S. Jakobielski, Nubia w okresie chrześcijańskim [w:] Historia Afryki. Do początku XIX wieku, edited by M. Tymowski, Wrocław, Warszawa, Kraków 1996, p. 545–569.
  • S. Jakobielski, Nubian Christian Architecture, "Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde", Bd. 108,1981, p. 33–48.
  • S. Jakobielski, Nubian Scenes of Protection from Faras as an Aid to Dating, "Études et Travaux", 2007
  • S. Jakobielski, Old Dongola Fieldwork – Seasons 2005/2006 and 2006, Polish Archaeology in Mediterranean 2008
  • S. Jakobielski, Old Dongola, Fieldwork 2004, "Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean", 2006
  • S. Jakobielski, Portraits of the Bishops of Faras [in:] Nubian Studies, Proceedings of the Symposium for Nubian Studies, Selwyn College, Cambridge, 1978, red. J. M. Plumley, Warminster 1982, p. 127–133.
  • S. Jakobielski, Remarques sur la chronologie des peintures murales de Faras aux VIIIe et IXe siècles [w:] Nubia Christiana I, ed. S. Jakobielski, Warsaw 1982, p. 142–172.
  • S. Jakobielski, Some Remarks on Faras Inscriptions [w:] Kunst und Geschichte Nubiens in christlicher Zeit, red. E. Dinkler, Recklinghausen 1970, p. 29–39.
  • S. Jakobielski, Two Coptic Foundation Stones from Faras [w:] Mélanges offerts à Kazimierz Michałowski, éd. M. L. Bernhardt, Warszawa 1966, p. 103–109
  • S. Jakobielski, J. van der Vliet, From Aswan to Dongola: The Epitaph of Bishop Joseph (died AD 668)* [w:] Nubian Voices. Studies in Christian Nubian Culture, red. A. Łajtar, J. van der Vliet, Warsaw 2011, p. 15–37
  • Katalog rękopisów orientalnych ze zbiorów polskich, t. 4: Katalog rękopisów egipskich, koptyjskich i etiopskich, ed. S. Strelcyn, Warsaw: PWN 1960.
  • M. Łaptaś, S. Jakobielski, „Unknown” Mural of the Three Youths in a Fiery Furnace from the Faras Cathedral [w:] Ars Graeca – Ars Latina, Studia dedykowane Profesor Annie Różyckiej-Bryzek, ed. W. Bulsza, L. Sadko, Kraków 2001, p. 75–85.
  • Polskie wykopaliska w Starej Dongoli: 45 lat współpracy archeologicznej z Sudanem, Stefan Jakobielski, Małgorzata Martens-Czarnecka, translated by Barbara Gostyńska, Wiesław Piątkiewicz, Mahmud El. Tayeb, Warsaw: National Museum, 2006.

References

  1. ^ Górzyński, Maciej (2014). Gawedy o Malachowiakach. Towarzystwo Wychowanków, Wychowawców i Przyjaciół Gimnazjum I Liceum im. St. Małachowskiego w Płocku. ISBN 978-83-9223-318-3.
  2. ^ a b Michałowski, Kazimierz (1974). Od Edfu do Faras. Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe. pp. 258–259.
  3. ^ a b c "Stara Dongola". www.zaspan.waw.pl. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ ""W pustyni i w słońcu. Polskie wykopaliska w Starej Dongoli" | Wydarzenie | Culture.pl". Retrieved September 26, 2016.
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