• A Comparative Approach to Methods of Inscribing Clay Tablets: Interaction and Innovation in Cyprus and Ugarit

    Author(s):
    Philip J Boyes, Philippa M Steele (see profile)
    Date:
    2023
    Subject(s):
    Cyprus, Inscriptions, Cypro-Minoan, Clay tablets, Cuneiform inscriptions, Inscriptions
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/cd9v-1414
    Abstract:
    Methods of writing in Late Bronze Age Cyprus look quite different to those of the Bronze Age Aegean, from which the Cypro-Minoan writing system was derived. But there has been a certain reluctance to see signs of 'cuneiformisation' in Cypriot writing practices in recent literature. This paper aims to show that Cypriot writers were interacting meaningfully and innovatively with cuneiform writing techniques, both in Cyprus and in Ugarit, with a reassessment particularly focused on the ways in which clay tablets were inscribed.
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    Publisher:
    Brepols
    Pub. Date:
    2023
    Book Title:
    New Approaches to the Materiality of Text in the Ancient Mediterranean: From Monuments and Buildings to Small Portable Objects
    Author/Editor:
    Erica Angliker, Ilaria Bultrighini
    Page Range:
    35 - 52
    ISBN:
    978-2-503-60156-4
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    4 months ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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