The Oxford Handbook of Egyptian Epigraphy and Palaeography

by Vanessa Davies and Dimitri Laboury

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190604654
• ISBN13: 9780190604653
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 712 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.9" x 9.8"