Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. I Documentation and Interpretation of Ostraca as Archaeological Objects
5. Papyri and Ostraca as Archaeological Objects: The Importance of Context 11
6. Pottery Sherds for Writing: An Overview of the Practice 31
7. Photography of Papyri and Ostraca 59
8. II Cultural Contexts and Practices
9. The Survival of Pharaonic Ostraca: Coincidence or Meaningful Patterns? 89
10. Greek Literary Ostraca Revisited 109
11. III Ostraca in Context: Case Studies
12. Hi Aḥuṭab: Aramaic Letter Ostraca from Elephantine 145
13. Ostraca and Tituli Picti of Samut North and Bi’r Samut (Eastern Desert of Egypt): Some Reflections on Find Location 165
14. Demotic Ostraca and Their Use in Egyptian Temple Context from the Greco-Roman Period: Soknopaiou Nesos and Hut-Repit 183
15. “Forgive Me, Because I Could Not Find Papyrus”: The Use and Distribution of Ostraca in Late Antique Western Thebes 209
16. Contributors 235
17. Indices 237