A facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s fully illustrated 1927 description and catalogue of personal and everyday Egyptian and Roman objects in his collections. Jewellery items include necklaces, bracelets, rings, and earrings, many made from precious metals and/or incorporating gemstones or beads. Toilet items include mirrors, combs, kohl pots, and sticks. Magic wands, manufactured to provide protection and carved from bone and ivory are described, along with examples carved as hands and found in pairs. Board games are represented by playing pieces and gameboards relating to a number of known games. Toys, writing equipment, fragments of furniture, walking sticks and basketry are all catalogued.   This volume is part of a new series comprising facsimile re-issues of typological catalogues produced between 1898 and 1937 by W. M. Flinders Petrie, based on his vast collection of Egyptian artefacts. Mostly excavated by Petrie during many seasons of campaign in the latter years of the 19th and early decades of the 20th century, these artefacts now reside in the Petrie Museum at University College, London. Long out of print, the catalogues were re-issued in facsimile by publishers Aris & Phillips in the 1970s alongside newly-commissioned titles, based on more recent examination of elements of the Petrie Collection by contemporary experts. The Oxbow Classics in Egyptology series makes a selection of these important resources available again in print for a new generation of students and scholars.
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Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1927 description and catalogue of a wide range of personal and everyday Egyptian and Roman objects in his collections.
Introduction   1. Neck and head ornaments 2. Bracelets and gold rings 3. Earrings 4. Early stones and Egyptian rings 5. Engraved stones 6. Hair rings, ear studs, buckles, hair pins, combs 7. Kohl tubes and sticks 8. Mirrors 9. Head rests 10. Boxes, spoons, and toilet trays 11. Ivory and bone carving 12. Furniture and woodwork 13. Metal fittings 14. Games 15. Toys 16. Writing 17. Stamps   Index Plates
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Unparalleled, fully illustrated, comprehensive catalogue of personal and everyday items collected by Flinders Petrie from his Egyptian explorations

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9798888570128
Publisert
2023-02-15
Utgiver
Casemate Publishers
Høyde
296 mm
Bredde
210 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
110

Biografisk notat

Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) was a pioneer in the field of ‘modern’ archaeology. He introduced the stratigraphical approach in his Egyptian campaigns that underpins modern excavation techniques, explored scientific approaches to analysis and developed detailed typological studies of artefact classification and recording, which allowed for the stratigraphic dating of archaeological layers. He excavated and surveyed over 30 sites in Egypt, including Giza, Luxor, Amarna and Tell Nebesheh.