Since prehistory, ancient Egyptians crafted figurines depicting humans, animals, and other subjects. However, scholars have largely overlooked the category of clay figurines, both fired and unfired, due to the perceived lack of value of the material and variable preservation of their organic material composition. Despite this, clay figurines offer a unique glimpse into ancient peoples' ideas, gestures, and attitudes, particularly when shaped by hand. Their prevalence, malleability, and portability make them accessible to people of all economic and social backgrounds. This volume focuses on Egyptian clay figurines from the Bronze Age, ranging from approximately 2100 to 1550 BC, and also includes examples from the neighboring countries of Nubia and the Levant, as they are the most immediate corresponding partners in terms of diffusion and entanglement of material culture. The papers in this volume aim to examine previously under- or unexplored topics relating to clay figurines, such as their archaeological context, manufacturing techniques, technological processes, classification, agency, and social significance. Additionally, two sections of the volume will be dedicated to comparative material from the 4th and 3rd millennium BC and the Late Bronze Age. Table of Contents Theory and Methods Miniaci, Gianluca Same story, different destiny: The isolation of clay figurines in the Egyptian material culture Dubiel, Ulrike Images in Clay – Aspects of Image Production beyond the Residence Grajetzki, Wolfram Clay and ceramic figurines in Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period burials Clay Figurines before the II Millennium: A Comparative Glimpse Brémont-Bellini, Axelle Not to be lumped together. Differences in context, typology and use practices of bovine figurines in the Predynastic period Brice, Elizabeth Here and there, but not everywhere: Predynastic zoomorphic figurines as regionally diverse objects during the early-mid fourth millennium BCE Whelan, Paul A Canid Conundrum: questions raised by the Early Dynastic figurine corpus from Abydos Clay Figurines in Middle Bronze Age Egypt Jensen, Victoria Clay Figurines and Models from the Palace, Settlement, and Cemeteries of Deir el-Ballas Miniaci, Gianluca Clay figurines from Lahun Patch, Diana Craig Agency in a Seventeenth Dynasty Burial in the Asasif: A Pair of Figurines Sarrazin, Émilie The Women Who Gathered at Tell Edfu: An Archaeological Discussion on an Assemblage of Female Figurines from the Second Intermediate Period and Early New Kingdom Jeuthe, Clara Remarks on figurines and their find contexts from the excavations in Ayn Asil, Dakhla Oasis Mahmoud Abdel Razek, Marwa Cairo Museum Second Intermediate Period Clay Female Figurines García González, Luisa M.; Blanco, Ana Díaz A Particular Middle Kingdom Pottery Figure Vessel from Tomb QH35p of Qubbet el-Hawa (Aswan, Egypt) Tooley, Angela; Picardo, Nick Peculiar People: Plaque Figurines from Wah-sut (South Abydos) Alù, Cristina; Page, Hannah Decoding Decoration on Middle Kingdom Egyptian Clay Figurines: Body Modification or Ornamentation? Clay Figurines in Middle Bronze Age Nubia Wegner, Josef A New Look at the Figurine Assemblage of the Lower Nubian C-Group Settlement at Areika Uhlschmidt, Anna Grazing the Eternal Horizon: Animal Figurines at the Northern Cemetery of Aniba Butterworth, Jenny Lower Nubian C-Group Figurines: Defining the Anthropomorphic Corpus Andrea Manzo TbC Clay Figurines in Middle Bronze Age Western Asia Makowski, Maciej Mesopotamian clay figurines on the turn? Typological and quantitative approaches to the study of coroplastic art during the transition from the 3rd to the 2nd millennium BC Pinnock, Frances A Group of Mysterious Clay Figurines from Middle Bronze II Ebla Saler, Camilla Clay Figurines from Deposit α (nos. 7852–7902) in the Field of Offerings at Byblos The Technological Aspects of the Clay Figurines Forte, Vanessa The incomplete chaîne opératoire: Potentials of the traceological approach applied to figurines made of unfired clay Page, Hannah Of Marl and Faience: Compositional analysis of the unfired clay figurines from Lisht with portable ED-XRF Van der Perre, Athena; Braekmans, Dennis; Boschloos, Vanessa & Hameeuw, Hendrik Skin-deep: Typology, chemical characterisation and innovative imaging of unfired clay Egyptian execration figurines at the National Museum for Antiquities, Leiden Beyond Middle Bronze Age Figurines: A Change in the Continuity Chudzik, Patryk Clay cow figurines and their place in the votive practices of the Hathor cult in the light of new evidence from the Theban necropolis Crabbé, Audrey Magazine menagerie: Rediscovering clay animal figurines in magazine 23 at Deir el-Medina Gabler, Kathrin; Landrino, Martina Mud Made for Eternity: Two Life-Size Muna-Statues from TT 217 Peri, Laura The Megiddo-Taanach Figurines Revisited Gianluca Miniaci is Associate Professor in Egyptology at the University of Pisa, H