LEADER 05306nam 22006255 450 001 996582065803316 005 20240306015011.0 010 $a9783111360805 024 7 $a10.1515/9783111360805 035 $a(CKB)30574126600041 035 $a(DE-B1597)668018 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783111360805 035 $a(EXLCZ)9930574126600041 100 $a20240306h20242024 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Ancient World Revisited: Material Dimensions of Written Artefacts /$fed. by Marilina Betrò, Michael Friedrich, Cécile Michel 210 1$aBerlin ;$aBoston : $cDe Gruyter, $d[2024] 210 4$d©2024 215 $a1 online resource (VI, 379 p.) 225 0 $aStudies in Manuscript Cultures ,$x2365-9696 ;$v37 311 08$a9783111359021 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction: Towards a Holistic Study of Written Artefacts in Ancient History -- $tMethodological Considerations -- $tSome Mesopotamian Challenges: A History Based on Tablets Unevenly Distributed in Time and Space -- $tEpigraphy, Archaeology, and our Understanding of the Mycenaean World -- $tEarly Uses of Writing -- $tMaterial, Spatial, and Social Contexts of Early Writing: Egypt and China -- $tA?oka and the Use of Writing in Ancient India -- $tMaterial Features -- $tWriting on Wood in Hittite Anatolia -- $tThe Mittanian Cuneiform Documents: The Interplay between Content, Language, Material, Format, and Sealing Practices -- $tSome Turin Papyri Revisited: A Look at Material Features and Scribal Practices -- $tCo-presence of Written Artefacts -- $tExperiencing Inscriptions in Space: Extended Inscriptions of the Early New Kingdom (Qenamun - Useramun - Rekhmire) -- $tThe Scholar in His House: Scribal Material in Context in Late Uruk Private Houses -- $tCultural Encounters -- $tBakhtin, Gramsci, and the Materiality of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs: When the 'Official' Culture Leaks into the 'Folk' Domain -- $tThe 'He' Tribe from Serabit el Khadim and the Invention of Alphabetic Writing: Can the Subaltern ... Write? -- $tContributors -- $tGeneral Index 330 $aWritten 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. 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / General$2bisacsh 610 $aInscription. 610 $amanuscript. 610 $atext-image relations. 610 $awritten artefacts. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / General. 702 $aBaines$b John, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aBetrò$b Marilina, $4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aCammarosano$b Michele, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aClancier$b Philippe, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aDazhi$b Cao, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aEidem$b Jesper, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aFriedrich$b Michael, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aFriedrich$b Michael, $4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aKelder$b Jorrit, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aMartino$b Stefano de, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aMichel$b Cécile, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aMichel$b Cécile, $4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aMiniaci$b Gianluca, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aMorenz$b Ludwig D., $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aStauder$b Andréas, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aStrauch$b Ingo, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aTöpfer$b Susanne, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 912 $a996582065803316 996 $aThe Ancient World Revisited: Material Dimensions of Written Artefacts$94148350 997 $aUNISA