BOOKS - Tools and Weapons illustrated by the Egyptian collection in University Colleg...
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683856
683856
Tools and Weapons illustrated by the Egyptian collection in University College, London
Author: W. M. Flinders Petrie
Year: 2023
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 102 MB
Language: English
Year: 2023
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 102 MB
Language: English
Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie s 1917 pioneering typological catalog of Egyptian metal wooden and composite tools and weapons one of a number of such catalogs to be reissued in this new series The volume is arranged by category first of general tools including axes chisels and knives and then weapons such as daggers and spears This is followed by sections on woodworking artisans and builders tools personal items agricultural equipment and a range of domestic items Within each category sub categories are defined described and discussed and the full range is illustrated as outline drawings and photographs across 79 plates The catalog addresses questions of chronology typological development and distribution and provides a limited discussion of comparable material from outside Egypt