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This facsimile reissue of Anthea Page’s 1983 catalogue makes this important source material available again in print for a new generation of students and scholars. The catalogue documents 82 ostraca held in The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology collection in London.





Ostraca are flakes of limestone or broken sherds of pottery used essentially as 'notepads' for private letters; laundry lists; records of purchases; roughly inscribed images of people, birds, and animals; and copies of literary works. In Ancient Egypt they reveal the artist-craftsman at practice, leisure and play. Apprentices, for instance, copied scenes to improve techniques; artists drew pictures to amuse, perhaps with satirical images and caricatures, or made measured studies for finished works. A wide range of trivial examples survive, together with more serious devotional, votive and dedicatory pieces.

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Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Catalogue Appendix 1: Classification of the material of the pottery ostraca Appendix 2: Sketches on pottery vessels Concordance of Museum and Catalogue numbers Plates

Ancient Egyptian Figured Ostraca

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      Publisher Oxbow Books
      Published 15 June 2023
      ISBN-13 9798888570241
      979-8888570241
      ISBN-10 9798888570241
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This facsimile reissue of Anthea Page’s 1983 catalogue makes this important source material available again in print for a new generation of students and scholars. The catalogue documents 82 ostraca held in The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology collection in London.





      Ostraca are flakes of limestone or broken sherds of pottery used essentially as 'notepads' for private letters; laundry lists; records of purchases; roughly inscribed images of people, birds, and animals; and copies of literary works. In Ancient Egypt they reveal the artist-craftsman at practice, leisure and play. Apprentices, for instance, copied scenes to improve techniques; artists drew pictures to amuse, perhaps with satirical images and caricatures, or made measured studies for finished works. A wide range of trivial examples survive, together with more serious devotional, votive and dedicatory pieces.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Catalogue Appendix 1: Classification of the material of the pottery ostraca Appendix 2: Sketches on pottery vessels Concordance of Museum and Catalogue numbers Plates

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