Odyssey |
Autore | Powell Barry B |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 459 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 883.01 |
Soggetto topico |
Epic poetry, Greek
Epic poetry, Classical |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910467317103321 |
Powell Barry B | ||
New York : , : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Writing : theory and history of the technology of civilization / / Barry B. Powell |
Autore | Powell Barry B |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
Disciplina | 411.09 |
Soggetto topico |
Writing - History
Alphabet - History Writing - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-283-45402-5
9786613454027 1-118-29348-7 1-118-29351-7 1-118-29350-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : a difficult topic, little studied, poorly understood -- What is writing? -- Writing with signs -- Categories and features of writing -- Some general issues in the study of writing -- Protocuneiform and counting tokens -- Origins of lexigraphic writing in Mesopotamia -- Plato's Ideas and Champollion's decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphs -- Egyptian writing and Egyptian speech -- The origin and nature of Egyptian writing -- "The house of life" : scribes and writing in ancient Egypt -- Syllabic scripts of the Aegean -- The West Semitic revolution -- What kind of writing was West Semitic? -- The origins of West Semitic writing -- Chinese logography -- Lexigraphic writing in Mesoamerica -- The Greek alphabet : a writing that changed the world -- Summary and conclusions. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996441550803316 |
Powell Barry B | ||
Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Writing : theory and history of the technology of civilization / / Barry B. Powell |
Autore | Powell Barry B |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
Disciplina | 411.09 |
Soggetto topico |
Writing - History
Alphabet - History Writing - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-283-45402-5
9786613454027 1-118-29348-7 1-118-29351-7 1-118-29350-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : a difficult topic, little studied, poorly understood -- What is writing? -- Writing with signs -- Categories and features of writing -- Some general issues in the study of writing -- Protocuneiform and counting tokens -- Origins of lexigraphic writing in Mesopotamia -- Plato's Ideas and Champollion's decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphs -- Egyptian writing and Egyptian speech -- The origin and nature of Egyptian writing -- "The house of life" : scribes and writing in ancient Egypt -- Syllabic scripts of the Aegean -- The West Semitic revolution -- What kind of writing was West Semitic? -- The origins of West Semitic writing -- Chinese logography -- Lexigraphic writing in Mesoamerica -- The Greek alphabet : a writing that changed the world -- Summary and conclusions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139692303321 |
Powell Barry B | ||
Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Writing : theory and history of the technology of civilization / / Barry B. Powell |
Autore | Powell Barry B |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
Disciplina | 411.09 |
Soggetto topico |
Writing - History
Alphabet - History Writing - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-283-45402-5
9786613454027 1-118-29348-7 1-118-29351-7 1-118-29350-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : a difficult topic, little studied, poorly understood -- What is writing? -- Writing with signs -- Categories and features of writing -- Some general issues in the study of writing -- Protocuneiform and counting tokens -- Origins of lexigraphic writing in Mesopotamia -- Plato's Ideas and Champollion's decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphs -- Egyptian writing and Egyptian speech -- The origin and nature of Egyptian writing -- "The house of life" : scribes and writing in ancient Egypt -- Syllabic scripts of the Aegean -- The West Semitic revolution -- What kind of writing was West Semitic? -- The origins of West Semitic writing -- Chinese logography -- Lexigraphic writing in Mesoamerica -- The Greek alphabet : a writing that changed the world -- Summary and conclusions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910831046103321 |
Powell Barry B | ||
Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Writing : theory and history of the technology of civilization / / Barry B. Powell |
Autore | Powell Barry B |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
Disciplina | 411.09 |
Soggetto topico |
Writing - History
Alphabet - History Writing - Social aspects |
ISBN |
1-283-45402-5
9786613454027 1-118-29348-7 1-118-29351-7 1-118-29350-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : a difficult topic, little studied, poorly understood -- What is writing? -- Writing with signs -- Categories and features of writing -- Some general issues in the study of writing -- Protocuneiform and counting tokens -- Origins of lexigraphic writing in Mesopotamia -- Plato's Ideas and Champollion's decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphs -- Egyptian writing and Egyptian speech -- The origin and nature of Egyptian writing -- "The house of life" : scribes and writing in ancient Egypt -- Syllabic scripts of the Aegean -- The West Semitic revolution -- What kind of writing was West Semitic? -- The origins of West Semitic writing -- Chinese logography -- Lexigraphic writing in Mesoamerica -- The Greek alphabet : a writing that changed the world -- Summary and conclusions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910841468103321 |
Powell Barry B | ||
Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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