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- Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context
- Series page
- Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Concordance ofHoChyMininscriptions cited
- Introduction: Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context
- 1 The development of Cypriot syllabaries, from Enkomi to Kafizin
- 2 Non-Greek languages of ancient Cyprus and their scripts: Cypro-Minoan 1–3
- 3 Writing in Cypro-Minoan: one script, too many?
- 4 Late Cypriot writing in context
- 5 From the Cypro-Minoan to the Cypro-Greek syllabaries: linguistic remarks on the script reform
- 6 The Cypriot Syllabary as a royal signature: the political context of the syllabic script in the Iron Age
- 7 Rethinking some alphabetic and syllabic Cypriot inscriptions
- Bibliography
- Index of inscriptions cited
- Index of syllabic signs discussed
- General index
Introduction: Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2013
- Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context
- Series page
- Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Concordance ofHoChyMininscriptions cited
- Introduction: Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context
- 1 The development of Cypriot syllabaries, from Enkomi to Kafizin
- 2 Non-Greek languages of ancient Cyprus and their scripts: Cypro-Minoan 1–3
- 3 Writing in Cypro-Minoan: one script, too many?
- 4 Late Cypriot writing in context
- 5 From the Cypro-Minoan to the Cypro-Greek syllabaries: linguistic remarks on the script reform
- 6 The Cypriot Syllabary as a royal signature: the political context of the syllabic script in the Iron Age
- 7 Rethinking some alphabetic and syllabic Cypriot inscriptions
- Bibliography
- Index of inscriptions cited
- Index of syllabic signs discussed
- General index
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- Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context , pp. 1 - 6Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013