Script and Society
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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| description | 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, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Luwian hieroglyphs and Cypro-Minoan. This variety in script and language is accompanied by writing practices that blend influences from Mesopotamian, Anatolian and Levantine traditions together with what seem to be distinctive local innovations. Script and Society: The Social Context of Writing Practices in Late Bronze Age Ugarit explores the social and cultural context of these complex writing traditions from the perspective of writing as a social practice. It combines archaeology, epigraphy, history and anthropology to present a highly interdisciplinary exploration of social questions relating to writing at the site, including matters of gender, ethnicity, status and other forms of identity, the relationship between writing and place, and the complex relationships between inscribed and uninscribed objects. This forms a case- study for a wider discussion of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of writing practices in the ancient world. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-780352025-07-30T09:31:51Z Script and Society Boyes, Philip J. Language Arts & Disciplines Alphabets & Writing Systems Social Science Archaeology thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFL Palaeography::CFLA Writing systems, alphabets thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology 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, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Luwian hieroglyphs and Cypro-Minoan. This variety in script and language is accompanied by writing practices that blend influences from Mesopotamian, Anatolian and Levantine traditions together with what seem to be distinctive local innovations. Script and Society: The Social Context of Writing Practices in Late Bronze Age Ugarit explores the social and cultural context of these complex writing traditions from the perspective of writing as a social practice. It combines archaeology, epigraphy, history and anthropology to present a highly interdisciplinary exploration of social questions relating to writing at the site, including matters of gender, ethnicity, status and other forms of identity, the relationship between writing and place, and the complex relationships between inscribed and uninscribed objects. This forms a case- study for a wider discussion of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of writing practices in the ancient world. 2022-01-28T04:01:59Z 2022-01-28T04:01:59Z 2022-01-27T05:31:28Z 2021 book OCN: 1329859613 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52589 9781789255867 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78035 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/52589/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/52589/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/52589/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/52589/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/52589/1/external_content.pdf Oxbow Books Oxbow Books 53fda2f2-3fe6-4765-8758-df63da48bd65 Knowledge Unlatched 9781789255867 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Open Services Oxbow Books open access |
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| topic | Language Arts & Disciplines Alphabets & Writing Systems Social Science Archaeology thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFL Palaeography::CFLA Writing systems, alphabets thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology |
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