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Writing and society in ancient Cyprus /

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1107169674

9781107169678

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Writing and society in ancient Cyprus /

[Book]

philippa m. steele.

Cambridge University Press :

Cambridge,

2018.

1 online resource (1 volume)

Cambridge classical studies

Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Frontispiece; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Advent of Literacy on Cyprus; 1.1 An Internal Approach; 1.2 Ancient Cyprus in the Early Late Bronze Age: The Archaeological Picture; 1.3 The Earliest Examples of Cypriot Writing; 1.4 The Epigraphy of Early Cypriot Inscriptions; 1.5 The Context of the Earliest Cypriot Writing; 1.6 External Influences on Cypriot Writing; Chapter 2 Scripts and Languages in Geometric Cyprus

2.1 A Period in Flux?2.2 Society in the Cypro-Geometric Period; 2.3 The Cypro-Geometric Epigraphic Record; 2.4 Epigraphic Analysis of the Syllabic Cypro-Geometric Inscriptions; 2.5 Epigraphic Culture and Continuity across the Cypro-Geometric Period; Chapter 3 'Understanding' Undeciphered Scripts and Unidentified Languages; 3.1 Inscriptions as Artefacts; 3.2 Cypro-Minoan; 3.3 Non-Greek Cypriot Syllabic Inscriptions; Chapter 4 Visible Languages and Cypriot Identities; 4.1 Language and Identity; 4.2 Evidence for Linguistic Diversity; 4.3 Bilingual Inscriptions

4.4 Language Contact and VisibilityChapter 5 Cypriot Writing at Home and Abroad; 5.1 Writing and Identity; 5.2 Cypriots Writing Abroad; 5.3 The Greek Alphabet in Cyprus; 5.4 Epilogue: Reflections of Writing in Ancient Cyprus; Bibliography; Index

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From its first adoption of writing at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age, ancient Cyprus was home to distinctive scripts and writing habits, often setting it apart from other areas of the Mediterranean and Near East. This well-illustrated volume is the first to explore the development and importance of Cypriot writing over a period of more than 1,500 years in the second and first millennia BC. Five themed chapters deal with issues ranging from the acquisition of literacy and the adaptation of new writing systems to the visibility of writing and its role in the marking of identities. The agency of Cypriots in shaping the island's literate landscape is given prominence, and an extended consideration of the social context of writing leads to new insights on Cypriot scripts and their users. Cyprus provides a stimulating case to demonstrate the importance of contextualised approaches to the development of writing systems.

Writing and society in ancient Cyprus.

9781107169678

Inscriptions, Cypro-Minoan.

Literacy-- Cyprus-- History.

Writing-- Cyprus-- History.

Inscriptions, Cypro-Minoan.

Literacy.

Writing.

Cyprus.

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Steele, Philippa M.,1983-

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