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Visible language: inventions of writing in the ancient Middle East and beyond

Visible language: inventions of writing in the ancient Middle East and beyond
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ISBN 1885923767 (pbk.)
9781885923769 (pbk.)
Title Visible language : inventions of writing in the ancient Middle East and beyond / edited by Christopher Woods ; with the assistance of Geoff Emberling & Emily Teeter
Publisher Chicago : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2010
Physical desc. 240 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 30 p.
Series Oriental Institute museum publications 32
Note Published in conjunction with the exhibition, Visible language: inventions of writing in the ancient Middle East and beyond, held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 28 September 2010-6 March 2011.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and concordance.
Contents Introduction: visible language: the earliest writing systems / Christopher Woods -- Cuneiform in Mesopotamia and Anatolia. Iconography of protoliterate seals / Oya Topçuoğlu -- The earliest Mesopotamian writing / Christopher Woods -- Adaptation of cuneiform to write Akkadian / Andrea Seri -- The rise and fall of cuneiform script in Hittite Anatolia / Theo van den Hout -- Bibliography for cuneiform essays -- Egyptian writing. The conception and development of the Egyptian writing system / Elise V. MacArthur -- The earliest Egyptian writing / Andréas Stauder -- Egyptian hieroglyphic writing / Janet H. Johnson -- Orientation of hieroglyphs / Julie Stauder-Porchet -- Writing in Nefermaat / Julie Stauder-Porchet -- The potency of writing in Egypt / Emily Teeter -- Hieratic / Kathryn E. Bandy -- Demotic / Janet H. Johnson -- Ptolemaic hieroglyphs / François Gaudard -- Coptic / T.G. Wilfong -- Bibliography for Egyptian essays -- Alphabetic writing. Invention and development of the alphabet / Joseph Lam -- Anatolian hieroglyphs. Anatolian hieroglyphic writing / Ilya Yukubovich -- China. The beginnings of writing in China / Edward L. Shaughnessy -- Mesoamerican hieroglyphs. The development of Maya writing / Joel Palka.
Corporate name University of Chicago -- Oriental Institute -- Exhibitions
Subject Writing -- Middle East -- History -- Exhibitions
Egyptian language -- Writing -- History -- Exhibitions
Cuneiform writing Exhibitions
Added name(s) Woods, Christopher E. ed.
Emberling, Geoff
Teeter, Emily
Added name(s) - Corporate University of Chicago Oriental Institute
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