The Materiality of Texts from Ancient Egypt, : New Approaches to the Study of Textual Material from the Early Pharaonic to the Late Antique Period.

• Superior document: Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava ; v. 35.
• Author: F.A.J. Hoogendijk; Steffie van Gompel (Volume Editors)
• TeilnehmendeR: Hoogendijk, F. A. J.,; Gompel, Steffie M. T. van,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden,, Boston: : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava ; v. 35.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 pages).

The volume The Materiality of Texts from Ancient Egypt contains nine contributions from well-known papyrologists, Egyptologists, archaeologists and technical specialists. They discuss the materiality of ancient writing and writing supports in various ways through methodological considerations and through practical case studies from the early Pharaonic to the Late Antique periods in Egypt, including Greek and Egyptian papyri and ostraca, inscriptions and graffiti. The articles in this volume present new approaches to the study of textual material and scribal practice, especially in the light of the ongoing development of digital techniques that uncover new information from ancient writing materials. The aim of the book is to encourage researchers of ancient texts to consider the benefits of using these new methods and technological resources.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface / Francisca Hoogendijk and Steffie van Gompel -- Notes on Contributors -- Figures -- Abbreviated Literature -- Editorial Notation -- The Material Authority of Written Texts in Pharaonic Egypt / Christopher Eyre -- The Platypus Paradox: An Archaeological Approach to Ancient Egyptian Writing Practices / Massimiliano S. Pinarello -- Telling Them by Their Hands: What Palaeography Has to Offer Prosopography / Rodney Ast -- The Body of the King and of the Goddess: Materiality in and through Manuals for Pharaoh from Tebtunis / Susanne Töpfer -- Material Matters: Documentary Papyri and Ostraca in Late Ramesside Thebes / Ben Haring -- Writing on Ostraca: Considerations of Material Aspects / Julia Lougovaya -- Ceramic Supports and Their Relation to Texts in Two Groups of Ostraca from the Fayum / Clementina Caputo and James M.S. Cowey -- Evolving Epigraphic Standards in the Field: Documenting Late Period and Graeco-Roman Egyptian Graffiti through Photogrammetry at Elkab / Luigi Prada and Paul D. Wordsworth -- Revealing the Material World of Ancient Writing: Digital Techniques and Theoretical Considerations / Kathryn E. Piquette -- Back Matter -- Bibliography.