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Writing is not the only notation system used in literate societies. Some visual communication systems are very similar to writing, but work differently. Identity marks are typical examples of such systems, and this book presents a particularly well-documented marking system used in Pharaonic Egypt as an exemplary case. From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script is the first book to fully discuss the nature and development of an ancient marking system, its historical background, and the fascinating story of its decipherment. Chapters on similar systems in other cultures and on semiotic theory help to distinguish between unique and universal features. Written by Egyptologist Ben Haring, the book addresses scholars interested in marking systems, writing, literacy, and the semiotics of visual communication.

Signs and symbols --- Writing --- Paleography, Egyptian. --- Inscriptions, Egyptian. --- Egyptian language --- History. --- Writing, Hieroglyphic. --- Paleography, Egyptian --- Inscriptions, Egyptian --- Egyptian hieroglyphics --- Hieroglyphics, Egyptian --- History --- Writing, Hieroglyphic --- Demotic inscriptions --- Egyptian inscriptions --- Hieratic inscriptions --- Hieroglyphic inscriptions (Egyptian) --- Inscriptions, Demotic --- Inscriptions, Hieratic --- Inscriptions, Hieroglyphic (Egyptian) --- Egyptian paleography --- Chirography --- Handwriting --- Language and languages --- Ciphers --- Penmanship --- Representation, Symbolic --- Semeiotics --- Signs --- Symbolic representation --- Symbols --- Abbreviations --- Omens --- Semiotics --- Sign language --- Symbolism --- Visual communication --- Signs and symbols. --- Writing. --- Egypt. --- A.R.E. --- Ägypten --- Ancient Egypt --- Arab Republic of Egypt --- ARE --- Egipat --- Egipet --- Egipt --- Egiptos --- Egitto --- Égypte --- Egypten --- Egypti --- Ejiputo --- Gouvernement royal égyptien --- Ijiptʻ --- Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah --- Khēmi --- Maṣr --- Miṣr --- Misri --- Mitsrayim --- United Arab Republic

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Throughout Egypt’s long history, pottery sherds and flakes of limestone were commonly used for drawings and short-form texts in a number of languages. These objects are conventionally called ostraca, and thousands of them have been and continue to be discovered. This volume highlights some of the methodologies that have been developed for analyzing the archaeological contexts, material aspects, and textual peculiarities of ostraca.

E-books --- HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt. --- Ancient Egypt. --- Egyptology. --- ostraca. --- papyrology. --- Ostraca. --- Papyrology. --- Ostraca --- Egypt --- Antiquities. --- Potsherds (Ostraka) --- Paleography --- Pottery --- Writing materials and instruments