'Scènes de Gynécées, ' figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt iconography and intent

'Scènes de Gynécées, ' figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt iconography and intent / Joanne Backhouse.

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 cor...

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Main Author: Backhouse Joanne (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., 2020.
Series:Archaeopress Egyptology ; 26.
Subjects:
Ostraka > Egypt.
Drawing, Egyptian.
Inscriptions, Egyptian.
Women in art.
Drawing, Egyptian
Inscriptions, Egyptian
Ostraka
Women in art
Egypt
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Table of 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.

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