LEADER 02485nam 22003853a 450 001 9910633941903321 005 20230124202310.0 010 $a9781789255867 010 $a1789255864 035 $a(CKB)5580000000297214 035 $a(ScCtBLL)b4d99f11-51a6-4650-832c-d4e2a1ff1287 035 $a(EXLCZ)995580000000297214 100 $a20220504i20212022 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $auru|||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aScript and Society : $eThe Social Context of Writing Practices in Late Bronze Age Ugarit /$fPhilip J. Boyes 210 1$a[s.l.] :$cOxbow Books,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 330 $aBy the 13th century BC, the Syrian city of Ugarit hosted an extremely diverse range of writing practices. As well as two main scripts - alphabetic and logographic cuneiform - the site has also produced inscriptions in a wide range of scripts and languages, including Hurrian, Sumerian, Hittite, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Luwian hieroglyphs and Cypro-Minoan. This variety in script and language is accompanied by writing practices that blend influences from Mesopotamian, Anatolian and Levantine traditions together with what seem to be distinctive local innovations. Script and Society: The Social Context of Writing Practices in Late Bronze Age Ugarit explores the social and cultural context of these complex writing traditions from the perspective of writing as a social practice. It combines archaeology, epigraphy, history and anthropology to present a highly interdisciplinary exploration of social questions relating to writing at the site, including matters of gender, ethnicity, status and other forms of identity, the relationship between writing and place, and the complex relationships between inscribed and uninscribed objects. This forms a case- study for a wider discussion of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of writing practices in the ancient world. 606 $aLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Alphabets & Writing Systems$2bisacsh 606 $aSocial Science / Archaeology$2bisacsh 606 $aLanguage arts 615 7$aLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Alphabets & Writing Systems 615 7$aSocial Science / Archaeology 615 0$aLanguage arts 702 $aBoyes$b Philip J 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910633941903321 996 $aScript and Society$92987614 997 $aUNINA