Download or read book 'Scènes de Gynécées,' Figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt written by Joanne Backhouse and published by Archaeopress Archaeology. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines images of women and children drawn on ostraca from Deir el-Medina, referred to in previous scholarship as 'Scènes de Gynécées'. This publication represents the first systematic study of this material, and it brings together ostraca from museums worldwide to form a corpus united contextually, thematically and stylistically.