Script and society: the social context of writing practices in late Bronze Age Ugarit

Cover -- Book title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part I. Background, theory and methods -- 1. Introduction: Ugarit and its scripts -- 2. The social archaeology of writing -- Part II. Late Bronze Age writing practices in regional context -- 3.Writing in the Bronze Age Leva...

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Main Author: Boyes, Philip J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Havertown Oxbow Books, Limited 2021
In: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 -)
Series/Journal:Crews Ser. v.3
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ugarit / Writing / Cuneiform / Society
Further subjects:B Writing
B Electronic books
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Cover -- Book title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part I. Background, theory and methods -- 1. Introduction: Ugarit and its scripts -- 2. The social archaeology of writing -- Part II. Late Bronze Age writing practices in regional context -- 3.Writing in the Bronze Age Levant -- 4.Standardisation, vernacularisation and the emergence of alphabetic cuneiform -- 5.Influence and innovation: networks of writing practice and culture -- Part III. Writing and society at Ugarit -- 6.The contexts of writing at Ugarit -- 7.Writing and the social construction of place -- 8.Who wrote? Literacy in Ugarit -- 9.Writing practices and minority communities -- 10.Social change in Late Bronze Age Ugarit -- 11.Writing practices and elite identity: imperialism, resistance and vernacularisation -- 12.The impact and legacy of alphabetic cuneiform -- 13.Conclusion: the social context of writing practices at Ugarit -- Bibliography.
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ISBN:1789255848