Using Ostraca in the ancient world : new discoveries and methodologies : [Acte d'une conférence internationale, Heidelberg, 12-14 octobre 2017]

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 me...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors : Caputo, Clementina (1981-....) (Publishing director), Lougovaya, Julia (19..-....) (Publishing director)
Format : Book
Language :English
Publisher :De Gruyter.
copyright 2020
Series :Materiale Textkulturen (Print) ; 32
Available online :Online Using Ostraca in the Ancient World: New Discoveries and Methodologies (2021)
Subjects :
Related Items :Additional form: Using Ostraca in the ancient world : new discoveries and methodologies / edited by Clementina Caputo, Julia Lougovaya
Description
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.
Item Description :Sommaire accessible en ligne (https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110712902-toc/pdf).
Physical Description :1 vol. (VI-245 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul., tableaux, plans. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography :Notes bibliogr. Index.
ISBN :9783110712865 (rel)
3110712865 (rel)
ISSN :2198-6932 ;