Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Egyptian epigraphy and paleography
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| Other authors / contributors: | Davies, Vanessa (Ph.D.), editor.
Laboury, Dimitri, editor.
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| ISBN: | 9780190604677 (ebook) : No price
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 27, 2020).
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| 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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| Target Audience: | Specialized.
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| Other form: | Print version : 9780190604653
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