Scenes De Gynecees Figured Ostraca From New Kingdom Egypt - Iconography and Intent

Informationen zum Autor Joanne Backhouse completed her PhD at the University of Liverpool in 2016. Her research interests focus on depictions of non-royal women in ancient Egypt, both two and three-dimensional. She teaches in the Continuing Education department at the University of Liverpool and a variety of educational venues in the North West of England, focusing on the material culture of ancient Egypt. Klappentext This work examines images of women and children drawn on ostraca from Deir el-Medina, referred to in previous scholarship as 'Scenes de Gynecees'. 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 stylis Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Joanne Backhouse
• Publisher: Archaeopress bar
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781789693454
• ISBN: 978-1-78969-345-4
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Archaeopress Egyptology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity