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OBITUARIES


Irena Pomorska
(1933-2007)

Egyptologist, decorated with the Golden Merit Cross, five-time laureate of the University of Warsaw
Rector’s Award, lecturer (retired in 1993) in the Modern Languages Faculty of the University of Warsaw,
member of the International Association of Egyptologists.
Venturing first in the artistic fields (at the academies in Wroclaw and Warsaw) she then transferred
to the Faculty of History of the University ofWarsaiv and specialized in Mediterranean archaeology under
the guidance of Professor Kazimierz Michalowski, receiving a Master’s degree in 1956. From 1954 she
embarked on parallel studies in Egyptology under the supervision of Tadeusz Andrzejewski and in 1957
she joined the staff of the Department of Ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian and Hebreiv Philology in the
Institute of Oriental Studies of the University of Warsaw as an expert in the history and archaeology of
Ancient Egypt, as well as Ancient Egyptian language and literature. She was both a lecturer and
researcher.
Herfirst topic were the ushebtifigurines in Polish collections. Pomorska’spublication of thesefigurines
contains a highly useful onomastic index. Pomorska went on to study objects in the National Museum in
Warsaw: clay funerary cones and the cartonnage of a Theban priest Hor-Djehuty of the late 1st century

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