Miniature Forms as Transformative Thresholds

This volume is the first of two complementary volumes that explore the world of faience figurines in Egypt and its adjacent areas (the Levant and Nubia) in the Middle Bronze Age (2100-1550 BC). Its companion is published as Faience Figurines in their Archaeological and Museological Contexts (BMPES 19). This volume analyses Middle Kingdom Egyptian figurines made in faience, a lustrous and intense...