From the fjords to the Nile : essays in honour of Richard Holton Pierce on his 80th birthday /: essays in honour of Richard Holton Pierce on his 80th birthday. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Pål Steiner, Alexandros Tsakos and Eivind Heldaas Seland.
• Editors: Steiner, Pål; Tsakos, Alexandros; Seland, Eivind Heldaas
• Other Names: Pierce, Richard Holton honouree.
• Contents: Preface; Nubians move from the margins to the center of their history – László Török; Potsherds on the grave. On burial traditions in the Renk area, South Sudan – Else Johansen Kleppe; Reconstructing a codex with the Coptic Encomia on Apa Victor – Alexandros Tsakos; Bridging Gaps: Archaeological sources and resources in museums – Saphinaz-Amal Naguib; 'Egypt and the recalcitrant Pharaoh.' Origin and function of a biblical motif – Kåre Berge; A 'Sayings Gospel' attested at Nag Hammadi – Einar Thomassen; Chaotic mothers and creepy shadows. Metaphors of procreation and vision in On the Origin of the World (NHC II, 5) – Ingvild Sælid Gilhus; Liquid Images and the poetics of vision in ancient Greece – Jørgen Bakke; Umm Gumyāna and the Zār – Richard Johan Natvig; Trade and religion in the Central Sahara. The Ibāḍīs and Kawar – Knut Vikør; Fluidité et fixité dans les néotextes numériques – Daniel Apollon.
• Publisher Details: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (iv, 118 pages), illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 930; History, Ancient; Civilization, Ancient; Civilization, Classical
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784917777
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 4, 2018).
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