Philippa Steele: 3 books
Understanding Relations Between Scripts
The Aegean Writing Systems
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Understanding Relations Between Scripts examines the writing systems of the ancient Aegean and Cyprus in the second and first millennia BC, principally Cretan ‘Hieroglyphic’, Linear A, Linear B, Cypro-Minoan and the Cypriot Syllabary. These scripts, of which some are deciphered and others are...
A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus
The Non-Greek Languages, and their Relations with Greek, c.1600–300 BC
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
This pioneering volume approaches the languages and scripts of ancient Cyprus from an interdisciplinary point of view, with a primarily linguistic and epigraphic approach supplemented by a consideration of their historical and cultural context. The focus is on furthering our knowledge of the non-Greek...
by Philippa M. Steele
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
From its first adoption of writing at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age, ancient Cyprus was home to distinctive scripts and writing habits, often setting it apart from other areas of the Mediterranean and Near East. This well-illustrated volume is the first to explore the development and importance...