‘Scènes de Gynécées’ Figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt
Author: Joanne Backhouse
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2020-02-27
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 1789693462
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.