'Scènes de Gynécées, ' figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt : iconography and intent /

This work examines images of women and children drawn on ostraca from Deir el-Medina, referred to in previous scholarship as 'Scènes de Gynécées'. This publication represents the first systematic study of this material, and it brings together ostraca from museums worldwide to form a corpus...

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Main Author: Backhouse Joanne (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., 2020.
Series:Archaeopress Egyptology ; 26.
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Summary:This work examines images of women and children drawn on ostraca from Deir el-Medina, referred to in previous scholarship as 'Scènes de Gynécées'. 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781789693461
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