Writing and Society in Ancient Cyprus

Writing and Society in Ancient Cyprus
Author: Philippa M. Steele
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2019
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107169674

The first book to explore the development and importance of writing in ancient Cypriot society over 1,500 years.

Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and Its Context

Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and Its Context
Author: Philippa M. Steele
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2013-03-28
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1107026717

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

A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus

A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus
Author: Philippa M. Steele
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2013-11-07
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1107513189

This pioneering volume approaches the languages and scripts of ancient Cyprus from an interdisciplinary point of view, with a primarily linguistic and epigraphic approach supplemented by a consideration of their historical and cultural context. The focus is on furthering our knowledge of the non-Greek languages/scripts, as well as appreciating their place in relation to the much better understood Greek language on the island. Following on from recent advances in Cypro-Minoan studies, these difficult, mostly Late Bronze Age inscriptions are reassessed from first principles. The same approach is taken for non-Greek languages written in the Cypriot Syllabic script during the first millennium BC, chiefly the one usually referred to as Eteocypriot. The final section is then dedicated to the Phoenician language, which was in use on Cyprus for some hundreds of years. The result is a careful reappraisal of these languages/scripts after more than a century of sometimes controversial scholarship.

Writing Around the Ancient Mediterranean

Writing Around the Ancient Mediterranean
Author: Philippa M. Steele
Publisher:
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2022
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1789258529

Writing in the ancient Mediterranean existed against a backdrop of very high levels of interaction and contact. In the societies around its shores, writing was a dynamic practice that could serve many purposes from a tool used by elites to control resources and establish their power bases to a symbol of local identity and a means of conveying complex information and ideas. This volume presents a group of papers by members of the Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems (CREWS) research team and visiting fellows, offering a range of different perspectives and approaches to problems of writing in the ancient Mediterranean. They focus on practices, viewing writing as something that people do within a wider social and cultural context, and on adaptations, considering the ways in which writing changed and was changed by the people using it.

A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus

A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus
Author: Philippa M. Steele
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2017-11-16
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781107617414

This pioneering volume approaches the languages and scripts of ancient Cyprus from an interdisciplinary point of view, with a primarily linguistic and epigraphic approach supplemented by a consideration of their historical and cultural context. The focus is on furthering our knowledge of the non-Greek languages/scripts, as well as appreciating their place in relation to the much better understood Greek language on the island. Following on from recent advances in Cypro-Minoan studies, these difficult, mostly Late Bronze Age inscriptions are reassessed from first principles. The same approach is taken for non-Greek languages written in the Cypriot Syllabic script during the first millennium BC, chiefly the one usually referred to as Eteocypriot. The final section is then dedicated to the Phoenician language, which was in use on Cyprus for some hundreds of years. The result is a careful reappraisal of these languages/scripts after more than a century of sometimes controversial scholarship.

Cyprus, an Island Culture

Cyprus, an Island Culture
Author: Artemis Georgiou
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Archaeology and history
ISBN: 9781842174401

This volume, introduced by Edgar Peltenburg, presents the results of latest research by young scholars working on aspects of Cypriot archaeology from the Bronze Age to the Venetian period. It presents a diversity excavation, material culture, iconographic and linguistic evidence to explore the themes of ancient landscape, settlement and society; religion, cult and iconography; and Ancient Cyprus and the Mediterranean.

Ancient Cyprus

Ancient Cyprus
Author: Stanley Casson
Publisher: Greenwood
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1937
Genre: History
ISBN: