From single sign to pseudo-script : an ancient Egyptian system of workmen's identity marks /

From single sign to pseudo-script : an ancient Egyptian system of workmen's identity marks /

Writing is not the only notation system used in literate societies. Some visual communication systems are very similar to writing, but work differently. Identity marks are typical examples of such systems, and this book presents a particularly well-documented marking system used in Pharaonic Egypt a...

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Main Author: Haring, B. J. J.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 93.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303812.

Subjects:

Signs and symbols > Egypt > History.
Writing > Egypt > History.
Paleography, Egyptian.
Inscriptions, Egyptian.
Egyptian language > Writing, Hieroglyphic.
Signs and symbols.
Writing.
Egypt.
History.

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Call Number: PJ1089 .H37 2018

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Prologue
  • Making Sense of Funny Signs
  • Identity Marks, Egyptian and Other
  • Writing and Other Sign Systems
  • The Setting: The Workmen of the Royal Tomb and Their Textual Legacy
  • The Use of the Workmen's Marks: Historical Overview
  • How the Men Came by Their Marks, and Vice Versa
  • Epilogue: The Alphabet
  • Bibliographical Essay
  • References
  • Timetable: Kings and Dynasties of the Egyptian New Kingdom
  • Indexes.