Using Ostraca in the Ancient World New Discoveries and Methodologies

Throughout Egypt's long history, pottery sherds and flakes of limestone were commonly used for drawings and short-form texts in a number of languages. These objects are conventionally called ostraca, and thousands of them have been and continue to be discovered. This volume highlights some of t...

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Main Author: Caputo, Clementina
Other Authors: Lougovaya, Julia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
Series:Materiale Textkulturen
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