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Published by University of California Press, 1999
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- Title
- Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment
- Author
- Parkinson, Richard
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- very_good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0520222482
- ISBN 13
- 9780520222489
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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