Understanding relations between scripts : the Aegean writing systems / edited by Philippa M. Steele.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steele, Philippa M., 1983- editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

UNDERSTANDING RELATIONS BETWEEN SCRIPTS.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inscriptions, Linear B.

Inscriptions, Cypro-Minoan.

Inscriptions, Linear A.

Writing--Aegean Sea Region.

Writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 221 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2017.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Understanding Relations Between Scripts examines the writing systems of the ancient Aegean and Cyprus in the second and first millennia BC, principally Cretan 'Hieroglyphic', Linear A, Linear B and Cypro-Minoan. These scripts, of which some are deciphered and others are not, are known to be related to each other. However, the details of their relationships with each other have remained poorly understood and this is the first volume dedicated solely to exploring this issue. Nine expert contributors aim to reach a better appreciation of relationships between writing systems than has been possible in previous research, through an interdisciplinary dialogue that takes account of both features of the writing systems and the contextual factors affecting the ways in which writing was passed on. Each individual contribution furthers this aim by presenting the latest research on the Aegean scripts, demonstrating the great advances in our understanding of script relations that are possible through such detailed and innovative studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Cover; Title ; Copyright ; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: The Aegean writing systems: Philippa M. Steele; 2. Another beginning's end: Secondary script formation in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean: Silvia Ferrara; 3. Cretan 'Hieroglyphic' and the nature of script: Roeland P.-J.E. Decorte; 4. Linear B script and Linear B administrative system

different patterns in their development: Helena Tomas; 5. Reconstructing the matrix of the 'Mycenaean' literate administrations: Vassilis Petrakis.

6. From Linear B to Linear A: The problem of the backward projection of sound values: Philippa M. Steele and Torsten Meißner7. Processes of script adaptation and creation in Linear B: The evidence of the 'extra' signs: Anna P. Judson; 8. Script comparison in the investigation of Cypro-Minoan: Miguel Valério; 9. Is there anything like a Cypro-Minoan 3 script?: Yves Duhoux; 10. Script and language on Cyprus during the Geometric Period: An overview on the occasion of two new inscriptions: Markus Egetmeyer; Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 05, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version: Understanding relations between scripts.

ISBN:

9781785706455

1785706454

9781785706479

1785706470

Publisher Number:

99987443862

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Restricted for use by site license.