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

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

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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 th...

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Superior document:Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava ; v. 35.
:
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).
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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.

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