Main aim of the Seminar is to provide students with the theories and practices required to carry out pottery Analysis, from pottery processing, to its drawing and publication.
A second part of the seminar is dedicated to the writing systems and the glyptic of the ancient Near East.
See MNAMON: Ancient Writing Systems in the Mediterranean
Learning Objectives
To improve knowledge based application on pottery with the aim of dissemination and publication of the results.
To improve the processing techniques of iconographic and epigraphic documentation.
Prerequisites
none
Teaching Methods
Interactive workshop, exercises
Further information
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Type of Assessment
Folio
Course program
The Seminar is divided into two sections: on pottery and on epigraphic sources. The section on pottery analsys will improve the students' skills on how to orientate a sherd, describe. draw and publish it. The section will be devoted to different kinds of writing systems in the ancient Near East
