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

'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: eBook

Language: English

Published: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2020.

Series: Archaeopress Egyptology ; 26.

Subjects:

Idols and images > Egypt.
Ostraka > Egypt.
Women in art.
Children in art.
Egypt > Antiquities.
Egypt > History > New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C.

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Call Number: DT62.O88

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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 (136 pages) : illustrations.
Audience:Specialized.
ISBN:9781789693461 (ebook) :