02494nam0 22003131i 450 UON0052804520250516014656.927978-10-09-40079-420250402d2023 |0itac50 baengGB|||| |||||Hieroglyphs, pseudo-scripts and alphabetstheir use and reception in ancient Egypt and neighbouring regionsBen HaringCambridge [etc.]Cambridge University Press202377 p.ill.23 cmThe Egyptian hieroglyphic script was exceptionally versatile, as becomes clear when studying its multiple uses both within Ancient Egypt and beyond its borders. Even the few cases discussed in this Element demonstrate that in the ancient world hieroglyphs appealed to a wide readership, which ranged from highly accomplished scribes, artists and priests, to semi-literate workmen, as well as to speakers of non-Egyptian languages. Creative processes within these different groups resulted in very different adaptations of regular hieroglyphic writing: highly specialized enigmatic compositions, less informed ad hoc orthographies, isolated uses of hieroglyphs as marks and emblems, and the development of new writing systems. Important reasons for the wide appeal and deep impact of hieroglyphic writing are the iconicity and cultural messages of its individual signs on the one hand, and its remarkable semiotic strategies in rendering human language on the other.001UON005285362001 Cambridge elements. Elements in ancient Egypt in context210 Cambridge [etc.]Cambridge University PressLingua egiziana anticaScritturaStoriaUONC104781FICambridgeUONL000022493.111LINGUE AFROASIATICHE NON SEMITICHE. Lingue egiziane. Sistemi di scrittura22HaringBenUONV0692171819836Cambridge University PressUONV245943650ITSOL20250620RICASIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOUONSIUON00528045SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOSI VII 029/12 SI 52710 5 029/12 SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOSI202575 1J 20250402Bolla n. 13 del 13.5.2025. Hieroglyphs, pseudo-scripts and alphabets4380585UNIOR