Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and Its Context

An interdisciplinary treatment of syllabic writing in ancient Cyprus and an invaluable resource for anyone studying Cypriot epigraphy or archaeology.

List of contents

Introduction: syllabic writing on Cyprus and its context Philippa M. Steele; 1. The development of Cypriot syllabaries, from Enkomi to Kafizin Jean-Pierre Olivier; 2. Non-Greek languages of ancient Cyprus and their scripts: Cypro-Minoan 1-3 Yves Duhoux; 3. Writing in Cypro-Minoan: one script, too many? Silvia Ferrara; 4. Late Cypriot writing in context Susan Sherratt; 5. From the Cypro-Minoan to the Cypro-Greek syllabaries: linguistic remarks on the script reform Markus Egetmeyer; 6. The Cypriot syllabary as a royal signature: the political context of the syllabic script in the Iron Age Maria Iacovou; 7. Rethinking some alphabetic and syllabic Cypriot inscriptions Massimo Perna.

About the author

Philippa M. Steele is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow based in the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge, and a Fellow of Magdalene College and Director of Studies in Classics at Wolfson College. In 2013–14, she gave the annual Evans-Pritchard Lectures at All Souls College, Oxford, on the theme of 'Society and Writing in Ancient Cyprus'. Her monograph A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus (Cambridge, 2013) is a publication of her doctoral research, which won the University of Cambridge's prestigious Hare Prize.

Summary

The first comprehensive account of syllabic writing in ancient Cyprus, tackling epigraphic, archaeological and historical problems relating to the island's writing systems in the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age, and challenging some longstanding or traditional views. Invaluable for scholars studying Cypriot epigraphy or archaeology.

Product details

• Authors: EDITED BY PHILIPPA M, Philippa M. Steele, Philippa M. (Magdalene College Steele
• Assisted by: Philippa M. Steele (Editor), Steele Philippa M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781108442343
• ISBN: 978-1-108-44234-3
• No. of pages: 209
• Series: Cambridge Classical Studies; Cambridge Classical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Language: history & general works, Cyprus, Classical history / classical civilisation, Historical & comparative linguistics, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Writing systems, alphabets, Palaeography (History Of Writing), BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages