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

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Series	Archaeopress Egyptology ; 26
	Archaeopress Egyptology ; 26.
Summary	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 corpus united contextually, thematically and stylistically.
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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Subject	Ostraka -- Egypt.
	Ostraka.
	Egypt.
	Drawing, Egyptian.
	Drawing, Egyptian.
	Inscriptions, Egyptian.
	Inscriptions, Egyptian.
	Women in art.
	Women in art.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Backhouse Joanne. 'Scènes de Gynécées, ' figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt. Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., 2020 9781789693461 (OCoLC)1131902515
ISBN	9781789693461 (electronic book)
	1789693462 (electronic book)
	1789693454
	9781789693454