Preface Notes on Contributors Figures Abbreviated Literature Editorial Notation 1 The Material Authority of Written Texts in Pharaonic Egypt Christopher Eyre 2 The Platypus Paradox: An Archaeological Approach to Ancient Egyptian Writing Practices Massimiliano S. Pinarello 3 Telling Them by Their Hands: What Palaeography Has to Offer Prosopography Rodney Ast 4 The Body of the King and of the Goddess: Materiality in and through Manuals for Pharaoh from Tebtunis Susanne Töpfer 5 Material Matters: Documentary Papyri and Ostraca in Late Ramesside Thebes Ben Haring 6 Writing on Ostraca: Considerations of Material Aspects Julia Lougovaya 7 Ceramic Supports and Their Relation to Texts in Two Groups of Ostraca from the Fayum Clementina Caputo and James M.S. Cowey 8 Evolving Epigraphic Standards in the Field: Documenting Late Period and Graeco-Roman Egyptian Graffiti through Photogrammetry at Elkab Luigi Prada and Paul D. Wordsworth 9 Revealing the Material World of Ancient Writing: Digital Techniques and Theoretical Considerations Kathryn E. Piquette Bibliography Index of Egyptian Words Index of Greek Words Index of Sources Index of Subjects.