Using Ostraca in the Ancient World: New Discoveries and Methodologies

book: Using Ostraca in the Ancient World

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2021

Using Ostraca in the Ancient World

New Discoveries and Methodologies

Edited by: Clementina Caputo and Julia Lougovaya

Volume 32 in the series Materiale Textkulturen

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110712902

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Clementina Caputo, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; Julia Lougovaya, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany.

Reviews

"This remarkable volume provides the richest introduction ever offered to
one 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.

Topics

Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Contents Open Access Download PDF	V
Introduction Clementina Caputo and Julia Lougovaya Open Access Download PDF	1
I Documentation and Interpretation of Ostraca as Archaeological Objects
Papyri and Ostraca as Archaeological Objects: The Importance of Context Paola Davoli Open Access Download PDF	11
Pottery Sherds for Writing: An Overview of the Practice Clementina Caputo Open Access Download PDF	31
Photography of Papyri and Ostraca Adam Bülow-Jacobsen Open Access Download PDF	59
II Cultural Contexts and Practices
The Survival of Pharaonic Ostraca: Coincidence or Meaningful Patterns? Ben Haring Open Access Download PDF	89
Greek Literary Ostraca Revisited Julia Lougovaya Open Access Download PDF	109
III Ostraca in Context: Case Studies
Hi Aḥuṭab: Aramaic Letter Ostraca from Elephantine Margaretha Folmer Open Access Download PDF	145
Ostraca and Tituli Picti of Samut North and Bi’r Samut (Eastern Desert of Egypt): Some Reflections on Find Location Marie-Pierre Chaufray and Bérangère Redon Open Access Download PDF	165
Demotic Ostraca and Their Use in Egyptian Temple Context from the Greco-Roman Period: Soknopaiou Nesos and Hut-Repit Sandra Lippert and Maren Schentuleit Open Access Download PDF	183
“Forgive Me, Because I Could Not Find Papyrus”: The Use and Distribution of Ostraca in Late Antique Western Thebes Jennifer Cromwell Open Access Download PDF	209
Contributors Open Access Download PDF	235
Indices Open Access Download PDF	237

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Archaeologists, Ancient Historians, Classicists, Papyrologists, Egyptologists
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 245
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 26
- Coloured Illustrations: 26
Keywords: ostraca; papyrology; Egyptology; Ancient Egypt

eBook

Published: December 16, 2020
ISBN: 9783110712902

Hardcover

Published: December 16, 2020
ISBN: 9783110712865