The Materiality of Texts from Ancient Egypt
New Approaches to the Study of Textual Material from the Early Pharaonic to the Late Antique Period
Published on 22. November 2018
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-90-04-37528-4 (ISBN)
Description
The volume The Materiality of Texts from Ancient Egypt contains nine contributions from well-known papyrologists, Egyptologists, archaeologists and technical specialists. They discuss the materiality of ancient writing and writing supports in various ways through methodological considerations and through practical case studies from the early Pharaonic to the Late Antique periods in Egypt, including Greek and Egyptian papyri and ostraca, inscriptions and graffiti.
The articles in this volume present new approaches to the study of textual material and scribal practice, especially in the light of the ongoing development of digital techniques that uncover new information from ancient writing materials. The aim of the book is to encourage researchers of ancient texts to consider the benefits of using these new methods and technological resources.
The articles in this volume present new approaches to the study of textual material and scribal practice, especially in the light of the ongoing development of digital techniques that uncover new information from ancient writing materials. The aim of the book is to encourage researchers of ancient texts to consider the benefits of using these new methods and technological resources.
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Language
English
Other
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 287 mm
Width: 224 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-37528-4 (9789004375284)
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Francisca Hoogendijk, MA in Classical Languages and Culture (1980) and PhD in Greek Papyrology (2008), both Leiden University, is University Lecturer in Greek Papyrology at the Leiden Papyrological Institute. She has published Greek papyri from different collections and co-ordinates the on-going Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus AEgypten.
Steffie M. T. van Gompel, ResMA in Egyptology (2012), Leiden University, conducts research on demotic marriage settlements as a PhD student at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.
Steffie M. T. van Gompel, ResMA in Egyptology (2012), Leiden University, conducts research on demotic marriage settlements as a PhD student at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.
Content
Preface
Notes on Contributors
Figures
Abbreviated Literature
Editorial Notation
1 The Material Authority of Written Texts in Pharaonic Egypt
?Christopher Eyre
2 The Platypus Paradox: An Archaeological Approach to Ancient Egyptian Writing Practices
?Massimiliano S. Pinarello
3 Telling Them by Their Hands: What Palaeography Has to Offer Prosopography
?Rodney Ast
4 The Body of the King and of the Goddess: Materiality in and through Manuals for Pharaoh from Tebtunis
?Susanne Toepfer
5 Material Matters: Documentary Papyri and Ostraca in Late Ramesside Thebes
?Ben Haring
6 Writing on Ostraca: Considerations of Material Aspects
?Julia Lougovaya
7 Ceramic Supports and Their Relation to Texts in Two Groups of Ostraca from the Fayum
?Clementina Caputo and James M.S. Cowey
8 Evolving Epigraphic Standards in the Field: Documenting Late Period and Graeco-Roman Egyptian Graffiti through Photogrammetry at Elkab
?Luigi Prada and Paul D. Wordsworth
9 Revealing the Material World of Ancient Writing: Digital Techniques and Theoretical Considerations
?Kathryn E. Piquette
Bibliography
Index of Egyptian Words
Index of Greek Words
Index of Sources
Index of Subjects
Notes on Contributors
Figures
Abbreviated Literature
Editorial Notation
1 The Material Authority of Written Texts in Pharaonic Egypt
?Christopher Eyre
2 The Platypus Paradox: An Archaeological Approach to Ancient Egyptian Writing Practices
?Massimiliano S. Pinarello
3 Telling Them by Their Hands: What Palaeography Has to Offer Prosopography
?Rodney Ast
4 The Body of the King and of the Goddess: Materiality in and through Manuals for Pharaoh from Tebtunis
?Susanne Toepfer
5 Material Matters: Documentary Papyri and Ostraca in Late Ramesside Thebes
?Ben Haring
6 Writing on Ostraca: Considerations of Material Aspects
?Julia Lougovaya
7 Ceramic Supports and Their Relation to Texts in Two Groups of Ostraca from the Fayum
?Clementina Caputo and James M.S. Cowey
8 Evolving Epigraphic Standards in the Field: Documenting Late Period and Graeco-Roman Egyptian Graffiti through Photogrammetry at Elkab
?Luigi Prada and Paul D. Wordsworth
9 Revealing the Material World of Ancient Writing: Digital Techniques and Theoretical Considerations
?Kathryn E. Piquette
Bibliography
Index of Egyptian Words
Index of Greek Words
Index of Sources
Index of Subjects