Dating Late Xixth Dynasty Ostraca

by Mark Collier

Since many ostraca from the environs of Deir el-Medina lack specific regnal year dates, dating them precisely is a tricky business. This volume attempts to provide comparative datings for 78 ostraca (and papyri) from the late XIXth dynasty. The method draws explicitly on the division of the gang into two sides and, crucially, makes full use (for the first time) of the specific ordering of workmen's names to be found in documentation from this period...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9062582184
• ISBN13: 9789062582181
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.6" x 10.3"