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Script and Society: The Social Context of Writing Practices in Late Bronze Age Ugarit: Contexts of Relations between Early Writing Systems Vol. 3 (CREWS) by Philip John Boyes is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
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By the 13th century BC, the Syrian city of Ugarit hosted an extremely diverse range of writing practices. As well as two main scripts – alphabetic and logographic cuneiform - the site has also produced inscriptions in a wide range of scripts and languages, including Hurrian, Sumerian, Hittite, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Luwian hieroglyphs and Cypro-Minoan. This variety in script and language is accompanied by writing practices that blend influences from Mesopotamian, Anatolian and Levantine tradition
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- Author
- Philip John Boyes
- Publisher
- Oxbow Books, Limited; Oxbow Books
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781789255850
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- History, Science, Language Learning
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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