
Using Ostraca in the Ancient World
New Discoveries and Methodologies
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 16. December 2020
Book
Hardback
VI, 245 pages
978-3-11-071286-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"This remarkable volume provides the richest introduction ever offered toone 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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
26 farbige Abbildungen, 26 s/w Abbildungen
26 b/w and 26 col. ill.
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm
Width: 17 cm
Weight
749 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-071286-5 (9783110712865)
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions

Clementina Caputo | Julia Lougovaya
Using Ostraca in the Ancient World
New Discoveries and Methodologies
E-Book
12/2020
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€0.00
Available for download

Clementina Caputo | Julia Lougovaya
Using Ostraca in the Ancient World
New Discoveries and Methodologies
E-Book
12/2020
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€0.00
Available for download
Persons
Clementina Caputo
, Politecnico di Milano, Italy;
Julia Lougovaya
, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany.