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Author Backhouse Joanne, author

Title 'Scènes de Gynécées, ' figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt iconography and intent / Joanne Backhouse
Published Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., 2020

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Series Archaeopress Egyptology ; 26
Archaeopress Egyptology ; 26.
Contents Introduction ; Chapter 1: Deir el-Medina: The History of Excavation and the Nature of the Site ; Chapter 2: Catalogue of Painted Wall Decoration Found in the Village ; Chapter 3: Catalogue of 'Scènes de Gynécées' Figured Ostraca and Comparative Evidence ; Chapter 4: 'Scènes de Gynécées': The Corpus ; Chapter 5: 'Scènes de Gynécées': Repeat Motifs ; Chapter 6: Conclusions ; Bibliography ; Index
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
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Subject Ostraka -- Egypt
Drawing, Egyptian.
Inscriptions, Egyptian.
Women in art.
Drawing, Egyptian
Inscriptions, Egyptian
Ostraka
Women in art
Egypt
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781789693461
1789693462