LEADER 02494nam0 22003131i 450 001 UON00528045 005 20250516014656.927 010 $a978-10-09-40079-4 100 $a20250402d2023 |0itac50 ba 101 $aeng 102 $aGB 105 $a|||| ||||| 200 1 $aHieroglyphs, pseudo-scripts and alphabets$etheir use and reception in ancient Egypt and neighbouring regions$fBen Haring 210 $aCambridge [etc.]$cCambridge University Press$d2023 215 $a77 p.$cill.$d23 cm 330 $aThe 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. 410 1$1001UON00528536$12001 $aCambridge elements. Elements in ancient Egypt in context$1210 $aCambridge [etc.]$cCambridge University Press 606 $aLingua egiziana antica$xScrittura$xStoria$3UONC104781$2FI 620 $dCambridge$3UONL000022 676 $a493.111$cLINGUE AFROASIATICHE NON SEMITICHE. Lingue egiziane. Sistemi di scrittura$v22 700 1$aHaring$bBen$3UONV069217$01819836 712 $aCambridge University Press$3UONV245943$4650 801 $aIT$bSOL$c20250620$gRICA 899 $aSIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEO$2UONSI 912 $aUON00528045 950 $aSIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEO$dSI VII 029/12 $eSI 52710 5 029/12 951 $aSIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEO$bSI202575 1J 20250402Bolla n. 13 del 13.5.2025. 996 $aHieroglyphs, pseudo-scripts and alphabets$94380585 997 $aUNIOR