Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment - Softcover

Parkinson, Richard

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9780520222489: Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment
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ISBN 10: 0520222482 ISBN 13: 9780520222489
Publisher: University of California Press, 1999

Synopsis

Publication to accompany a major 1999 exhibition at the British Museum celebrating the bicentenary of the Stone's discovery, and including a selective catalogue of the exhibits. It also examines the wider issues of script and writing in ancient Egypt and beyond, for example, the relationship between hieroglyphs and art, the social prestige of literacy, and the practical aspects of writing (scibal exquipment and training). Other issues in decipherment are also discussed, such as Linear B and Meroitic, a language which still remains to be read.

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About the Author

Richard Parkinson is Assistant Keeper in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum specializing in hieratic papyri and epigraphy. His publications include Voices from Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Middle Kingdom Writings (1991), Papyrus (with S. Quirke) and The Tale of Sinuhe and Other Egyptian Poems, 1940-1640 B.C.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0520222482
ISBN 13 
9780520222489
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
208
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