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Using Ostraca in the Ancient World
New Discoveries and Methodologies
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Edited by:
Clementina Caputo
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2021
About this book
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.
Author / Editor information
Clementina Caputo, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; Julia Lougovaya, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany.
Reviews
"This remarkable volume provides the richest introduction ever offered to
one of the most widespread but understudied writing technologies of the
ancient world." Roger S. Bagnall in: Aestimatio: Sources and Studies in the History of Science, 2/2021.
one of the most widespread but understudied writing technologies of the
ancient world." Roger S. Bagnall in: Aestimatio: Sources and Studies in the History of Science, 2/2021.
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Clementina Caputo and Julia Lougovaya Open Access Download PDF |
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I Documentation and Interpretation of Ostraca as Archaeological Objects
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Paola Davoli Open Access Download PDF |
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Clementina Caputo Open Access Download PDF |
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Adam Bülow-Jacobsen Open Access Download PDF |
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II Cultural Contexts and Practices
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Ben Haring Open Access Download PDF |
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Julia Lougovaya Open Access Download PDF |
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III Ostraca in Context: Case Studies
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Margaretha Folmer Open Access Download PDF |
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Marie-Pierre Chaufray and Bérangère Redon Open Access Download PDF |
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Sandra Lippert and Maren Schentuleit Open Access Download PDF |
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
December 16, 2020
eBook ISBN:
9783110712902
Hardcover published on:
December 16, 2020
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110712865
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
6
Main content:
245
Illustrations:
26
Coloured Illustrations:
26
Audience(s) for this book
Archaeologists, Ancient Historians, Classicists, Papyrologists, Egyptologists
Creative Commons
BY-NC-ND 4.0
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