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Published 1962

Writing /

: 261 pages : illustrations, plates, 3 maps, facsims, tables ; 21 cm. : Biography : pages 179-184.

Diringer, David, 1900-1975

Reading the past : ancient writing from cuneiform to the alphabet /

: 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

The first writing : script invention as history and process /

: xvii, 417 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages [354]-394) and index. : 0521838614

Houston, Stephen D.

Published 2014

Visualizing knowledge and creating meaning in ancient writing systems /

: Papers presented at a workshop held at Freie Universität Berlin in September, 2010. : 259 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9783935012119

Published 1957

Extinct languages /

: Translation of : Entzifferung verschollener Schriften und Sprachen. : 182 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Friedrich, Johannes, 1893-1972

Lost languages : the enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts /

: 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and index. : 9780500288160

Robinson, Andrew, 1957-

Published 2008

The disappearance of writing systems : perspectives on literacy and communication /

: xviii, 378 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9781845539078

Published 1990

Cadmean letters : the transmission of the alphabet to the Aegean and further west before 1400 B.C. /

: xiii, 156 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-152) and index. : 0931464471

Bernal, Martin

Journey of writing in Egypt /

: Translation of : rihlat al-kitabah fi misr. : 191 pages : illustrations (some color), color map, facsims ; 29 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9789774521355

Azab, Khālid Muḥammad

Published 2017

Understanding material text cultures : a multidisciplinary view /

: 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9783110417852

Hilgert, Markus

Published 2018

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

: xvi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004357532

Haring, B. J. J.

Politics and script : aspects of authority and freedom in the development of Graeco-Latin script from the sixth century B.C. to the twentieth century A.D. /

: Lectures delivered in 1957, reworked and elaborated for publication : [5], 361 pages : illustrations, Facsimiles ; 28 cm. : Bibligraphy : pages 341-345. : 0198181469

Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967

The materiality of texts from ancient Egypt : new approaches to the study of textual material from the early pharaonic to the late antique period /

: Papers from the conference "Beyond Papyri: The Materiality of Ancient Texts", held in Leiden, 27-29 October, 2016. : xv, 144 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-131) and indexes. : 9789004375284

Scripts /

: 178 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. : مكرر.

Berggren, Olaf

Before writing /

: volume 1 has foreword by William W. Hallo. : volume<1> : illustrations ; 29 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 0292707835 (volume 1 : alk. paper)

Schmandt-Besserat, Denise

Published 1982

Forgotten scripts : their ongoing discovery and decipherment /

: Includes indexes. : xxi, 226 pages : ill. ; 22 cm. : Bibliography : pages 211-214. : 046502484X

Gordon, Cyrus H.‪ 1908-2001

The story of decipherment : from Egyptian hieroglyphs to Maya script /

: 232 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, maps (some color) ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-224) and index. : 050028105X

Pope, Maurice

Published 2009

From Hellenism to Islam : cultural and linguistic change in the Roman Near East /

: xxx, 481 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9780521875813

Hard grains, irrigation, numerals and script in the rise of civilisations /

: 146 pages : illustraitons, maps ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-[143]) and index. : 879816915 : 0900-677X ; : https://catalog.lib.utexas.edu/search~S29?/o20278895/o20278895/1%2C1%2C1%2CB/marc&FF=o20278895&1%2C1%2C
Noura

Steensberg, Axel, 1906-1976

Published 1991

The Beginning of understanding : writing in the ancient world /

: vii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Allen, Marti Lu