The Oxford handbook of Egyptian epigraphy and palaeography
The unique relationship between word and image in ancient Egypt is a defining feature of that ancient culture's records. All hieroglyphic texts are composed of images, and large-scale figural imagery in temples and tombs is often accompanied by texts. Epigraphy and palaeography are two distinct...
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| Format: | Edited Volume |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2020
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| Series: | Oxford handbooks online
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190604653.001.0001 |
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| Online Access: | Verlag: http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190604653.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190604653 Verlag: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190604653.001.0001 Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190604653.001.0001 
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| Author Notes: | edited by Vanessa Davies and Dimitri Laboury |
| Summary: | The unique relationship between word and image in ancient Egypt is a defining feature of that ancient culture's records. All hieroglyphic texts are composed of images, and large-scale figural imagery in temples and tombs is often accompanied by texts. Epigraphy and palaeography are two distinct, but closely related, ways of recording, analyzing, and interpreting texts and images. This Handbook stresses technical issues about recording text and art and interpretive questions about what we do with those records and why we do it. It offers readers three key things: a diachronic perspective, covering all ancient Egyptian scripts from prehistoric Egypt through the Coptic era (fourth millennium BCE-first half of first millennium CE), a look at recording techniques that considers the past, present, and future, and a focus on the experiences of colleagues. |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9780190604677 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190604653.001.0001 |