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 t...
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Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2020
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Series: | Materiale Textkulturen
32 |
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Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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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. |
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Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (245 p.) |
ISBN: | 9783110712902 |
Access: | Open Access |