Cargando…

Syllabic writing on Cyprus and its context /

"This volume offers a new and interdisciplinary treatment of syllabic writing in ancient Cyprus. A team of distinguished scholars tackles epigraphic, palaeographic, linguistic, archaeological, historical and terminological problems relating to the island's writing systems in the Late Bronz...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Steele, Philippa M., 1983-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Colección:Cambridge classical studies.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: syllabic writing on Cyprus and its context / Philippa M. Steele
  • 1. The development of Cypriot syllabaries, from Enkomi to Kafizin / Jean-Pierre Olivier
  • 2. Non-Greek languages of ancient Cyprus and their scripts: Cypro-Minoan 1-3 / Yves Duhoux
  • 3. Writing in Cypro-Minoan: one script, too many? / Silvia Ferrara
  • 4. Late Cypriot writing in context / Susan Sherratt
  • 5. From the Cypro-Minoan to the Cypro-Greek syllabaries: linguistic remarks on the script reform / Markus Egetmeyer
  • 6. The Cypriot syllabary as a royal signature: the political context of the syllabic script in the Iron Age / Maria Iacovou
  • 7. Rethinking some alphabetic and syllabic Cypriot inscriptions / Massimo Perna.