Script and society: the social context of writing practices in late Bronze Age Ugarit
By the 13th century BC, the Syrian city of Ugarit hosted an extremely diverse range of writing practices. As well as two main scripts - alphabetic and logographic cuneiform - the site has also produced inscriptions in a wide range of scripts and languages, including Hurrian, Sumerian, Hittite, Egypt...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Philadelphia
Oxbow Books
2021
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Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems (Vol. 3)
Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Boyes, Philip J., Script and Society: The Social Context of Writing Practices in Late Bronze Age Ugarit] (2023) (Wikander, Ola, 1981 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems
Vol. 3 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ugarit
/ Writing
/ Cuneiform
/ Society
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Writing - Social aspects - Syria - Ugarit (Extinct city)
B Writing (Syria) (Ugarit (Extinct city)) B Writing B Syria - Ugarit (Extinct city) B Writing - Syria - Ugarit (Extinct city) B Writing Social aspects (Syria) (Ugarit (Extinct city)) B Writing - Social aspects |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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