05306nam 22006255 450 99658206580331620240306015011.0978311136080510.1515/9783111360805(CKB)30574126600041(DE-B1597)668018(DE-B1597)9783111360805(EXLCZ)993057412660004120240306h20242024 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Ancient World Revisited: Material Dimensions of Written Artefacts /ed. by Marilina Betrò, Michael Friedrich, Cécile MichelBerlin ;Boston : De Gruyter, [2024]©20241 online resource (VI, 379 p.)Studies in Manuscript Cultures ,2365-9696 ;379783111359021 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Towards a Holistic Study of Written Artefacts in Ancient History -- Methodological Considerations -- Some Mesopotamian Challenges: A History Based on Tablets Unevenly Distributed in Time and Space -- Epigraphy, Archaeology, and our Understanding of the Mycenaean World -- Early Uses of Writing -- Material, Spatial, and Social Contexts of Early Writing: Egypt and China -- Aśoka and the Use of Writing in Ancient India -- Material Features -- Writing on Wood in Hittite Anatolia -- The Mittanian Cuneiform Documents: The Interplay between Content, Language, Material, Format, and Sealing Practices -- Some Turin Papyri Revisited: A Look at Material Features and Scribal Practices -- Co-presence of Written Artefacts -- Experiencing Inscriptions in Space: Extended Inscriptions of the Early New Kingdom (Qenamun - Useramun - Rekhmire) -- The Scholar in His House: Scribal Material in Context in Late Uruk Private Houses -- Cultural Encounters -- Bakhtin, Gramsci, and the Materiality of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs: When the 'Official' Culture Leaks into the 'Folk' Domain -- The 'He' Tribe from Serabit el Khadim and the Invention of Alphabetic Writing: Can the Subaltern ... Write? -- Contributors -- General IndexWritten artefacts are traditionally studied because of their content. Material aspects of these artefacts enrich the study of ancient history in many ways. Eleven case studies in five sections on the ancient world, including the Near East, Egypt, the Mediterranean, China and India, demonstrate the impact of a holistic approach that considers materiality and content alike.Following an introductory sketch of relevant research, the first section, 'Methodological Considerations', critically examines the limitations the evidence available imposes on our understanding. 'Early Uses of Writing' addresses material and spatial aspects of inscriptions, and their communicative functions over the textual ones. The third section, 'Material Features', deals with clay, wooden and papyrus manuscripts and demonstrates the importance of an integrated approach. The contributions to 'Co-presence of Written Artefacts' take into account that written artefacts come in clusters. The final section, 'Cultural Encounters', presents studies on the interactions between social strata and ethnic groups, challenging previous ideas.The volume contributes to the comparative study of written artefacts in ancient history, stimulating cross-disciplinary and -cultural research.LITERARY CRITICISM / GeneralbisacshInscription.manuscript.text-image relations.written artefacts.LITERARY CRITICISM / General.Baines John, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbBetrò Marilina, edthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtCammarosano Michele, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbClancier Philippe, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbDazhi Cao, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbEidem Jesper, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbFriedrich Michael, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbFriedrich Michael, edthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtKelder Jorrit, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbMartino Stefano de, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbMichel Cécile, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbMichel Cécile, edthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtMiniaci Gianluca, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbMorenz Ludwig D., ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbStauder Andréas, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbStrauch Ingo, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbTöpfer Susanne, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbDE-B1597DE-B1597996582065803316The Ancient World Revisited: Material Dimensions of Written Artefacts4148350UNISA