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.