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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft funder (funder)
Otros Autores: 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
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter 2021
[2020]
Colección:Materiale Textkulturen ; 32.
Materias:
Ostraca.
Ostraca > Egypt.
HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt.
Egypt > Antiquities.
Ancient Egypt.
Egyptology.
Papyrology.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • I. Documentation and Interpretation of Ostraca as Archaeological Objects
  • Papyri and Ostraca as Archaeological Objects: The Importance of Context
  • Pottery Sherds for Writing: An Overview of the Practice
  • Photography of Papyri and Ostraca
  • II. Cultural Contexts and Practices
  • The Survival of Pharaonic Ostraca: Coincidence or Meaningful Patterns?
  • Greek Literary Ostraca Revisited
  • III. Ostraca in Context: Case Studies
  • Hi Aḥuṭab: Aramaic Letter Ostraca from Elephantine
  • Ostraca and Tituli Picti of Samut North and Bi’r Samut (Eastern Desert of Egypt): Some Reflections on Find Location
  • Demotic Ostraca and Their Use in Egyptian Temple Context from the Greco-Roman Period: Soknopaiou Nesos and Hut-Repit
  • “Forgive Me, Because I Could Not Find Papyrus”: The Use and Distribution of Ostraca in Late Antique Western Thebes
  • Contributors
  • Indices

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