The materiality of texts from ancient Egypt : new approaches to the study of textual material from the early pharaonic to the late antique period / edited by Francisca A.J. Hoogendijk, Steffie M.T. van Gompel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoogendijk, F. A. J., editor.

Gompel, Steffie M. T. van, editor.

Series:

Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava ; v. 35.

Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava, 0169-9652 ; volumen XXXV

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Writing--Egypt--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Writing.

Writing materials and instruments--History--Congresses.

Writing materials and instruments.

Writing--Social aspects--Egypt--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Imaging systems in archaeology--Congresses.

Imaging systems in archaeology.

Writing--Social aspects.

History.

Egypt.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

This volume 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.0The 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.

Contents:

The material authority of written texts in pharaonic Egypt / Christopher Eyre

The platypus paradox: an archaeological approach to ancient Egyptian writing practices / Massimiliano S. Pinarello

Telling them by their hands: what palaeography has to offer prosopography / Rodney Ast

The body of the king and of the goddess: materiality in and through manuals for pharaoh from Tebtunis / Susanne Topfer

Material matters: documentary papyri and ostraca in late Ramesside Thebes / Ben Haring

Writing on ostraca: considerations of material aspects / Julia Lougovaya

Ceramic supports and their relation to texts in two groups of ostraca from the Fayum / Clementina Caputo and James M.S. Cowey

Evolving epigraphic standards in the field: documenting late and Graeco-Roman Egyptian graffiti through photogrammetry at Elkab / Luigi Prada and Paul D. Wordsworth

Revealing the material world of ancient writing: digital techniques and theoretical considerations / Kathryn E. Piquette.

Notes:

Papers from the conference "Beyond Papyri: The Materiality of Ancient Texts," held in Leiden, 27-29 October, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Materiality of texts from ancient Egypt.

ISBN:

9789004375284

9004375287

OCLC:

1043052705