Daniel M Potter
I am currently an Assistant Curator, Ancient Mediterranean at National Museums Scotland. I joined the museum in 2016 as part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund sponsored 'Revealing Cultures' project, developing a new permanent gallery dedicated to ancient Egypt at the National Museum of Scotland. I have also acted as the lead curator of the touring exhibition 'Discovering Ancient Egypt', which focuses on the history of Egyptology in Scotland. Between 2019-20 I was highly involved in the 'Ancient Egypt and East Asia National Programme', developing sector specific training and schools material related to ancient Egypt, and conducting a review of Egyptian material in Scottish Museums.
I studied for my BA and MA in Oriental Studies (Egyptology) at the University of Liverpool, before going on to complete a PhD at the same institution. My PhD research focused on the Ramesside language used to describe divine interaction, this study was informed by the close analysis of textual sources from varied genres and registers. From these texts I applied the axioms and methods of the pragmatics and cognitive linguistics to examine: the topos of the hand/arm of god, the use of deictic verbs and the used of gm(i) "to find" in these sources in relation to the divine
My other research interests include early Egyptology, John Garstang’s production of archaeological facsimiles and the representation of Ancient Egypt in comics.
before taking on my current role, I worked for two years as a Curatorial Assistant at the Garstang Museum of Archaeology, Liverpool. In this role I worked within a small team to design and develop new museum galleries, displaying artifacts from Egypt, Sudan, Italy, Greece, the UK and South America. Whilst in this post he was able to re-display an Ancient Egyptian mummy for the first time in over 70 years, having previously been evacuated from the museum during the 1941 blitz. The story of the ‘Garstang Mummy’ was taken up by a number of media outlets nationally and internationally.
I have taught a number of courses within the Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Liverpool centered on Ancient Egyptian History and Beginner’s Hieroglyphs and has also lectured on a number of topics including: Ancient Egyptian Religion, the History of Archaeology and Roman material culture.
Supervisors: Dr Roland Enmarch and Prof Mark Collier
Phone: 01312474008
Address: Department of World Cultures,
National Museums Scotland,
Chambers Street,
Edinburgh
I studied for my BA and MA in Oriental Studies (Egyptology) at the University of Liverpool, before going on to complete a PhD at the same institution. My PhD research focused on the Ramesside language used to describe divine interaction, this study was informed by the close analysis of textual sources from varied genres and registers. From these texts I applied the axioms and methods of the pragmatics and cognitive linguistics to examine: the topos of the hand/arm of god, the use of deictic verbs and the used of gm(i) "to find" in these sources in relation to the divine
My other research interests include early Egyptology, John Garstang’s production of archaeological facsimiles and the representation of Ancient Egypt in comics.
before taking on my current role, I worked for two years as a Curatorial Assistant at the Garstang Museum of Archaeology, Liverpool. In this role I worked within a small team to design and develop new museum galleries, displaying artifacts from Egypt, Sudan, Italy, Greece, the UK and South America. Whilst in this post he was able to re-display an Ancient Egyptian mummy for the first time in over 70 years, having previously been evacuated from the museum during the 1941 blitz. The story of the ‘Garstang Mummy’ was taken up by a number of media outlets nationally and internationally.
I have taught a number of courses within the Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Liverpool centered on Ancient Egyptian History and Beginner’s Hieroglyphs and has also lectured on a number of topics including: Ancient Egyptian Religion, the History of Archaeology and Roman material culture.
Supervisors: Dr Roland Enmarch and Prof Mark Collier
Phone: 01312474008
Address: Department of World Cultures,
National Museums Scotland,
Chambers Street,
Edinburgh
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