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'SceÌnes de GyneÌceÌes' : figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt : iconography and intent / Joanne Backhouse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Backhouse, Joanne, author.
- Series:
- Archaeopress Egyptology ; 26.
- Archaeopress Egyptology ; 26
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Idols and images--Egypt.
- Idols and images.
- Ostraka.
- Egypt.
- Ostraka--Egypt.
- Egypt--Antiquities.
- Antiquities.
- Egypt--History--New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C.
- History.
- Women in art.
- Children in art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (136 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This work examines images of women and children drawn on ostraca from Deir el-Medina, referred to in previous scholarship as 'SceÌnes de GyneÌceÌes'. This publication represents the first systematic study of this material, and it brings together ostraca from museums worldwide to form a corpus united contextually, thematically and stylistically.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 5, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781789693461
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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