Script and society: the social context of writing practices in late Bronze Age Ugarit
Cover -- Book title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part I. Background, theory and methods -- 1. Introduction: Ugarit and its scripts -- 2. The social archaeology of writing -- Part II. Late Bronze Age writing practices in regional context -- 3.Writing in the Bronze Age Leva...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Veröffentlicht: |
Havertown
Oxbow Books, Limited
2021
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| In: | Jahr: 2021 |
| Rezensionen: | [Rezension von: Boyes, Philip J., Script and Society: The Social Context of Writing Practices in Late Bronze Age Ugarit] (2023) (Wikander, Ola, 1981 -)
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| Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift: | Crews Ser.
v.3 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Ugarit
/ Schreiben
/ Keilschrift
/ Gesellschaft
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| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Writing - Social aspects - Syria - Ugarit (Extinct city)
B Writing (Syria) (Ugarit (Extinct city)) B Writing B Syria - Ugarit (Extinct city) B Electronic books B Writing - Syria - Ugarit (Extinct city) B Writing Social aspects (Syria) (Ugarit (Extinct city)) B Writing - Social aspects |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Cover -- Book title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part I. Background, theory and methods -- 1. Introduction: Ugarit and its scripts -- 2. The social archaeology of writing -- Part II. Late Bronze Age writing practices in regional context -- 3.Writing in the Bronze Age Levant -- 4.Standardisation, vernacularisation and the emergence of alphabetic cuneiform -- 5.Influence and innovation: networks of writing practice and culture -- Part III. Writing and society at Ugarit -- 6.The contexts of writing at Ugarit -- 7.Writing and the social construction of place -- 8.Who wrote? Literacy in Ugarit -- 9.Writing practices and minority communities -- 10.Social change in Late Bronze Age Ugarit -- 11.Writing practices and elite identity: imperialism, resistance and vernacularisation -- 12.The impact and legacy of alphabetic cuneiform -- 13.Conclusion: the social context of writing practices at Ugarit -- Bibliography. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physische Details: | 1 online resource (321 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1789255848 |