Using Ostraca in the Ancient World : : new discoveries and methodologies /

Using Ostraca in the Ancient World : : new discoveries and methodologies / / edited by Clementina Caputo and Julia Lougovaya.

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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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Superior document:Materiale Textkulturen ; 32
Funder:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
:
Caputo, Clementina
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
HerausgeberIn:
Caputo, Clementina,
Lougovaya, Julia,
MitwirkendeR:
Bülow-Jacobsen, Adam,
Haring, B. J. J.,
Redon, Bérangère,
Cromwell, Jennifer,
Schentuleit, Maren,
Folmer, M. L.,
Chaufray, Marie-Pierre, 1980-,
Davoli, Paola,
Lippert, Sandra Luisa,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter,, [2020]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
2020
Language:English
Series:Materiale Textkulturen ; 32.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 245 pages) :; illustrations (chiefly colour); digital file(s).
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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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.
ISBN:3110712903
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Clementina Caputo and Julia Lougovaya.

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