Cypro-Minoan and Its Writers - At Home and Overseas

Writers of Cypro-Minoan, the undeciphered Late Bronze Age script of Cyprus, borrowed and transformed writing practices from their neighbors and invented new ones. This Element explores the role of writing and trade and introduces readers to the Cypro-Minoan script, its history, and approaches to its decipherment.

List of contents

1. Introduction to the Cypro-Minoan Script; 2. Approaches to Decipherment; 3. Defining A Script; 4. Mercantile Writers; 5. Landlubbers.

Product details

• Authors: Cassandra M. Donnelly, Cassandra M. (University of Cyprus) Donnelly
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009517294
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0951729-4
• No. of pages: 94
• Series: Elements in Writing in the Ancient World
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); prehistory, Ancient Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Classical texts, Archaeology, Ancient History, bronze age, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient, classical and medieval texts