Portable Written Media: Papyrus, Ostraca, Writing Boards and Leather Rolls
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Portable Written Media : Papyrus, Ostraca, Writing Boards and Leather Rolls. / Hagen, Fredrik Norland.
Guide to the Writing Systems of Ancient Egypt. ed. / Stéphane Polis. Cairo : Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 2023. p. 218-225.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Portable Written Media
T2 - Papyrus, Ostraca, Writing Boards and Leather Rolls
AU - Hagen, Fredrik Norland
N1 - NB: English translation of the original chapter in French (Hagen 2022)
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - While monumental hieroglyphic inscriptions may be the most recognisablemanifestation of Egyptian written culture today, the vast majority of textsproduced in Antiquity would have been written on other types of support andwith other scripts, even if—because of the low chances of survival for almostall such object types—the archaeological record does not necessarily provide arepresentative sample of what existed in the past.
AB - While monumental hieroglyphic inscriptions may be the most recognisablemanifestation of Egyptian written culture today, the vast majority of textsproduced in Antiquity would have been written on other types of support andwith other scripts, even if—because of the low chances of survival for almostall such object types—the archaeological record does not necessarily provide arepresentative sample of what existed in the past.
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9782724708738
SP - 218
EP - 225
BT - Guide to the Writing Systems of Ancient Egypt
A2 - Polis, Stéphane
PB - Institut français d'archéologie orientale
CY - Cairo
ER -
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