Using Ostraca in the Ancient World : new discoveries and methodologies

Using Ostraca in the Ancient World new discoveries and methodologies

Throughout Egypt’s long history, pottery sherds and flakes of limestone were commonly used for drawings and short-form texts in a number of languages. These objects are conventionally called ostraca, and thousands of them have been and continue to be discovered. This volume highlights some of the me...

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Corporate Author: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft funder (funder)
Other Authors: Caputo, Clementina (auth), Caputo, Clementina, editor (editor), Lougovaya, Julia, editor (contributor), Bülow-Jacobsen, Adam, contributor, Haring, B. J. J., contributor, Redon, Bérangère, contributor, Cromwell, Jennifer, contributor, Schentuleit, Maren, contributor, Folmer, M. L., contributor, Chaufray, Marie-Pierre, 1980-, contributor, Davoli, Paola, contributor, Lippert, Sandra Luisa, contributor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter 2021
[2020]
Series:Materiale Textkulturen ; 32.
Subjects:
Ostraca.
Ostraca > Egypt.
HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt.
Egypt > Antiquities.
Ancient Egypt.
Egyptology.
Papyrology.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429262506719
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Summary:Throughout Egypt’s long history, pottery sherds and flakes of limestone were commonly used for drawings and short-form texts in a number of languages. These objects are conventionally called ostraca, and thousands of them have been and continue to be discovered. This volume highlights some of the methodologies that have been developed for analyzing the archaeological contexts, material aspects, and textual peculiarities of ostraca.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 245 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour); digital file(s)
Also available in print form
ISBN:9783110712902

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